While going around South East Asia I had subscribed to receive news from various airlines operating in the area just in case we get a good bargain on any flight. One night in Saigon (Vietnam) I received an email from AirAsia, a low cost carrier based in Malaysia. They were having a new line all the way to New Zealand, flying to Chistchurch. Return flight from Malaysia for... €300!!! I couldn't believe it. Put some thought into it since we were running pretty low on money and I knew New Zealand would be expensive but we were certain we would be able to get some job and earn some money there... so the next day it was click click and we were going to New Zealand soon enough, on Christmas day... the funny thing is that after we took the flight, they stopped flying to New Zealand... so we were some of the few people who flew back then with such a low cost. As I checked their website they have renewed flying to New Zealand from Malaysia since 2016, for the same ridiculous price...
The flight was not full and we were sitting side by side on a two seats place. The staff was friendly but during the flight EVERYTHING had an extra charge. Nothing came for free, not even a blanket.. Drinks, blankets, even the screen to watch movies, you needed to pay for. Asking for some hot water to make our own instant noodles was kindly declined, as we were informed they were selling the exact same noodles thus unable to provide hot water for people who had their own. Still, you couldn't beat the price of that flight so all these details were not so important.
It took around 10 hours to fly the approximately 8700km from Kuala Lumpur to Christchurch... we arrived just a bit before midnight on Christmas day...
This was our aircraft from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to Christchurch New Zealand.
Departing, managed to get a photo of one of the really beautiful mosques in Kuala Lumpur.
Additional information
Air Asia website: https://www.airasia.com
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