AirAsia sells a record-breaking 500,000 seats in 48 hours

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes - YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia’s recent five million free seat promotion has seen 500,000 seats sold in just 48 hours, marking its record-breaking sale with the highest number of seats sold daily since the onset of COVID-19.

In a statement today, Capital A Bhd, the low-cost airline operator, said value seekers have been snapping up free seats by the minute to their favourite short-haul destinations with the likes of Langkawi, Penang and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.