{"id":240006,"date":"2024-08-05T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=240006"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:40:52","slug":"airasia-celebrates-ningbo-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2024\/08\/airasia-celebrates-ningbo-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"AirAsia celebrates Ningbo flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SEPANG, 5 August 2024: AirAsia celebrated its first flights to Ningbo in China\u2019s Zhejiang province from two of its largest hubs in Malaysia \u2014 Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu on 1 August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests on flight AK181 from Ningbo were welcomed by Tourism Malaysia Deputy Chairman Dato Yeoh Soon Hin; Tourism Malaysia Director-General Manoharan Periasamy; Tourism Malaysia Director of International Promotion (Asia &amp; Africa) Nuwal Fadhilah Ku Azmi and AirAsia Chief of Global Policy and Government Relations Lim Boon Seong on arrival in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"355\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240007 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-2-300x179.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 595px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 595\/355;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The flight departed from Ningbo Lishe International Airport at 1255 and landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Terminal 2) at 1900 on 1 August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline celebrated its maiden flight from Ningbo to Kota Kinabalu on the same day.\u00a0Guests arriving on flight AK1519 were welcomed by Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment Sabah and Chairman of STB; Mohamad Libra Lee Haniff, Senior Deputy Director, International Promotion Division (Asia &amp; Africa) of Tourism Malaysia; Julinus Jeffrey Jimit, CEO of Sabah Tourism Board and Dato&#8217; Captain Fareh Mazputra, Managing Director of AirAsia Malaysia. 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