Friday, June 25, 2010

Melbourne in Winter The Best Place to Chill Out




Booking Period :
25 June 2010 - 8 July 2010
Travel Period : 12 October 2010 - 30 November 2010
Travel Notes
- Advanced booking required.
- Fares are not available during embargo period.

Stand to win an AirAsia X Premium Experience for 2 to Melbourne. Just play the game at www.chilloutmelbourne.com/my For more information on Melbourne, please visit www.visitmelbourne.com/my


Fly from/to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (LCC Terminal), Kuala Lumpur :
International All-in-fare from
Operated By AirAsia X
Economy seats Premium seats
Melbourne RM 299.00

Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh


Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh


Booking Period :
14 June 2010 - 27 June 2010 LAST 3 DAYS!
Travel Period : 25 August 2010 - 8 May 2011
Travel Notes
- Advanced booking required.
- Fares are not available during embargo period.

Fly from/to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (LCC Terminal), Kuala Lumpur :
International All-in-fare from
Cambodia
Phnom Penh RM 69.00

Malaysia Airlines to sell tickets via iPad


Malaysia Airlines appear to be embracing emerging technology with their two latest innovations - becoming the world’s first flight operators to sell flight tickets via Apple iPad kiosks and by offering a seperate mobile augmented reality app.

In conjunction with air transport IT specialist, SITA, the domestic-based kiosks were launched Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, with the iPhone augmented reality (AR) application, MHdeals, soon to follow.

The iPad MHkiosks seek to alleviate queue management issues at the airline’s ticket offices, where customers can now be re-directed to stand-alone on-site kiosks during peak hours. In another Malaysia Airlines first, the flight operators announced tentative details of their forthcoming AR app (pictured below), an area of tech we covered recently on JOE.

Malaysia Airlines CEO, Tengku Dato’ Azmil Zahruddin has said there is “huge interest” in their designated kiosks for Apple’s latest world-beater, stating: “It is as simple as ABC. You select your itinerary, pay with a credit card, and receive confirmation via SMS and email. There is no printing and no admin fee.”

Malaysia Airlines augmented reality app in action.

Jim Peters, SITA Chief Technology Officer, who has worked in all the recent SITA/Malaysia collaborations couldn’t be any more excited at the prospect, stating that “SITA regards these two innovations as very significant breakthroughs in the airline industry. It’s also a fun and interactive way to choose your destination, book a ticket, and then fly.

The AR app, MHdeals, utilises both the users’ iPhone camera and GPS to determine their location and display the nearest airports from which the user can access current Malaysia Airlines deals. When passengers find a deal they like, they can click “book now” and are redirected to the airline’s dedicated iPhone app (launched last year), to order the flight.