Cheap Promises, Limited Seats

Air Asia's super-cheap ticket prices turned out to be nothing but spicy ads.

April 13, 2004

HENDRIK had to cancel his plans to fly cheaply from Juanda Airport, Surabaya, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Air Asia. When TEMPO News Room met him at a ticket sales booth last Thursday, he could not hide his disappointment. "When I heard that the ticket price was only Rp300,000 I rushed to Juanda," he said.

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