Our Stories

airasia’s journey is full of memorable moments and incredible milestones. These stories seek to chronicle those memories that made airasia to what it is today.

Explore Our Stories

airasia Museum – How it came about

A behind-the-scenes look at how the airasia Museum came together.

Painting the town red

It was not until the 6th of January 2002, when our 3rd Boeing 737-300 flew in to the Subang Airport that our new red logo and livery was spotted.

airasia and Lat – 2004 livery

We took on a “Proudly Malaysian” front by collaborating and honouring the renowned Malaysian cartoonist Lat.

airasia’s first Airbus A320 and joy-ride flight for Allstars

To commemorate the arrival of the 1st Airbus A320 into our fleet and to ingrain a brand-new flying experience for Allstars.

airasia livery as flying airboards

See our collection of liveries from Boeing 737s to our current Airbus 320s and 330s across the Group.

airasia and Lat – 2009 livery

Our second collaboration with Datuk Lat in 2009 to celebrate our growth as an Asean airline!

Our first airasia.com livery

At a time of the dotcom era, we introduced a .com to our logo on the plane – the lowest fares, available exclusively on airasia.com.

Our first sale

In the first month of the takeover of airasia, we launched our first sale. We were still in our original corporate colours of blue and green.

Flying no-frills in 2002

On 18th April 2002, we became Asia’s first ticketless airline, doing away with the classic paper air ticket and the hassle of having to collect it.

‘A Dream Beyond the Skies’ by Cloakwork

When we moved to RedQ, Tony decided to commission a mural by Cloakwork to capture and celebrate the airasia story on an exterior wall of our headquarters.