# AirAsia seat give-away to revive demand **URL:** \ **Category:** Het laatste Thailand nieuws\ **Created:** [27 mei 2010 om 11:02 UTC](https://forum.wereldwijzer.nl/t/airasia-seat-give-away-to-revive-demand/72568 "2010-05-27T11:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thekurp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@thekurp](https://forum.wereldwijzer.nl/u/thekurp)\ **Post date:** [27 mei 2010 om 11:02 UTC](https://forum.wereldwijzer.nl/t/airasia-seat-give-away-to-revive-demand/72568/1 "2010-05-27T11:02:56Z")
> irAsia is giving away 10,000 free airline seats, costing at least 10 million baht, to help resuscitate the Thai tourism industry battered by political turmoil. The give-away is the first of a series of aggressive campaigns the no-frills carrier intends to stage over the next two months to woo back international tourists. > The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will subsidise the tickets in exchange for a firm commitment from the airline to bring in a set number of tourists. > Tassapon Bijleveld, chief executive of Thai AirAsia, said the need was two or three times greater than for a similar scheme that the airline and the TAT used two years ago after yellow-shirt protesters closed Bangkok’s two airports in late 2008. > In that case, the TAT extended 30 million baht to the airline to cover advertising and subsidising the air tickets. > He suggested that subsidising air tickets would be considered on the case-by-case basis if carriers commit to bringing in a certain number of travellers. > The 10,000 free AirAsia seats, which exclude fees such as airport taxes, are for non-Thais only and available for booking on the airline’s website from tomorrow, and good for travel between June and August.\*\* > \*\* bron: Bangkok Post Theo * * * _Edit door Redacie: Quote in quotevorm gezet_