AirAsia’s Stansted–KL flights make cheap long-haul travel easier
March 12th, 2009 by Tim Uden
Today AirAsia has started its London Stansted–Kuala Lumpur flights. This means that you can now fly from the UK to Australia on low cost airlines with only one stop en route.
In a previous post I mentioned how you can piece together relatively short hops on low cost carriers to make your own round-the-world trip. Before AirAsia started their Stansted-Kuala Lumpur flights, you would have had to make five separate flights on Tiger Airways, Air Arabia and easyJet to fly between Australia and the UK on budget airlines. Now it’s a straightforward journey on a single airline with one stop in Malaysia.
AirAsia’s regular one-way fares are around £179 between London Stansted and Kuala Lumpur but specials (like their promotional launch fares on sale last November) on this route go as low as £99 one way.
From Kuala Lumpur AirAsia has cheap onward flights to Australia and throughout South East Asia. Prices advertised on their website today include bargains such as Kuala Lumpur–Perth for £18 and Kuala Lumpur–Melbourne for £39; and those fares include taxes and fees.
3 Responses to “AirAsia’s Stansted–KL flights make cheap long-haul travel easier”
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June 14th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
cheers for the post any more tips on where to get cheap flights me and my partner are going travelling in january thinking of starting in thailand any advice or tips. Thanks
August 1st, 2009 at 10:12 am
Dear SIr / Mdm,
I majeed ahmed in Kualalumpur, i bought 1 return ticket from air asia flight kualalumpur to singapore then transit in singa pore then singapore to Aus tralia, but i missed my flight KL to Singapore so please do assist me how can i use this ticket for next or what is procedure, i bought by online with credut card
Please reply me
and further inquiry feel free contact at 012-3329480
Regards majeed
August 31st, 2009 at 6:12 pm
For trips in thailand, check out bangkok and koh sa mui 2 of the most important stops ( check out also when is the full moon festival in the koh sa mui islands).
After Thailand, make your way down to malaysia, visit Kuala Terengganu Redang islands berjaya resort it’s excellent, Tioman berjaya resort, langkawi islands, sipadan islands in sabah and of course penang bazaars and kuala lumpur petronas twin towers. After malaysia, take a 45 min flight to Singapore and visit sentosa island and walk around the orchard road. After singpore, make your way to Bali Indonesia and lay out under the sun and play sum water sports, experience the bazaar and the roasted pigs, the parties and the shopping then moving on to Jakarta best to stay in South Jakarta environment more safe and cleaner streets. Moving on to the Phillippines after that to Beijing then Seoul then Tokyo… Your south East Asia tour would be totally worth it!