17 November 2010
Air Asia
AK 709
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Singapore (SIN)
A320
9M-AFI
Budget Class
I had obtained my Air Asia ticket on 10 Oct for the promo price of only RM10 + RM25 taxes!! The taxi from the city to LCCT costs more than double my airfare! Also paid RM12 for a pre-booked meal and drink on the flight, just for the thrill of having a meal on such a short flight.
KL LCCT departure hall
Air Asia bag drop / document check counters. Most pax were encouraged to check-in online or using the self check-in machines.
I am quite sure Air Asia has much more flights than MH.
Air Asia A320 pushed back with KLIA main and satellite terminals in the background.
Air Asia X A330-300
Air Asia land!
The chaotic gate area with boarding announcements blaring every few minutes.
A few duty free shops available too.
FIDS of Air Asia's international departures. My flight was delayed for 20min due to late arrival of aircraft from Langkawi.
Gate T4
While proceeding to the aircraft, I spotted this A320 with a wheelchair symbol on its engine. Special livery for?
Under the dark clouds and drizzly weather.
9M-AFI that will fly me back to SIN
Boarding in rainy weather, budget style.
Going towards my seat at 16F.
On the ramp. Another special livery A320 beside.
Flight was probably 60-70% full. Leg room just sufficient for the short hop, but the plane was definitely not cleaned!! Trash from the previous occupant (or previous-previous?) were still in the seat pocket! And chewed gum was stuck onto the safety card!!
Mags in the seat pocket. The inflight magazine was not bad, i must say. (The safety card is from the next seat)
Tookoff almost an hour late.
Climbing to 27,000 feet.
After seatbelt signs were turned off, crew first came round with immigration forms and then starting serving pre-booked meals with coffee/tea. I observed more than 10 pax who had reserved meals on this short flight.
I had pre-booked the BBQ chicken with potatoes and vegetables.
The meal was quite alright and serving was generous. I also had a tea to accompany the meal. Due to the very short time, I had to gobble everything within 5 minutes before the crew came around to pick the trash.
My friend had the Bukhara Briyani.
I tried some and it was very tasty!
We only cruised at 27000ft for about 10min before starting our descent.
Indonesian island of Batam in the distance.
Flaps down.
Final approach to Rwy02L.
Landed at Changi about 20min late and taxiing to the gate.
We will be parking at Terminal 1 beside this Air Seychelles B767.
After disembarkation, I did some spotting in the terminal before clearing immigration. JAL B767-300
Lionair B737-900ER pushing back with a SQ B744 parked at the gate beside it. Apparently the gate is considered a remote stand as the gatehold room is under renovation, thus explaining the SQ plane at terminal 1.
Lets have a look around the renovated T1. Lots of greenery.
Shops and cafes.
More flowers and greenery. If you notice, the carpeting has been replaced with one of almost similar colours to the newer T3.
