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AirAsia awards ASEAN Olympic gold medalists with lifetime free tickets
AirAsia announced today that it will supply ASEAN Olympians who won gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics with a lifetime of free air tickets.
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AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes. (Courtesy/The Star/ANN)
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f the many prizes, bonuses and tokens of appreciation given to Olympians, the ones that might be the most attractive, aside from the cash bonuses, are probably those that include the phrase "lifetime supply" and it becomes even sexier when followed by the phrase, "airline tickets".
AirAsia announced today that it will award ASEAN Olympians who won gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics with a lifetime supply of free air tickets.
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said in a statement: “I admire the performance of athletes like Sukanya Srisurat and Sopita Tanasan from Thailand, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir from Indonesia and also Joseph Schooling and Hoang Xuan Vinh who won the first golds for Singapore and Vietnam.”
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While gold medalists are being awarded with free lifetime AirAsia tickets, silver medalists are also being awarded with free tickets for five years and bronze medalists are awarded with free tickets for two years.
The free tickets can be used to fly to more than 120 destinations within the AirAsia flight network and AirAsia X in Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
“They have proven that we can achieve anything as long as we are confident and always try our best tirelessly to make our dreams come true. This is in line with AirAsia’s mission, which is to be the best by setting examples,” Fernandes said, “These athletes have taught us to not stop trying to be the best and, for that, this is the least AirAsia can award them with.”
Fernandes said he also hopes the wins can inspire other athletes in the region, and he looks forward for more medals from ASEAN athletes.
