08
Jul
Posted by: popoyan / Category:
Travelling

What is the first thing came into your mind when see the above logo?
Now everyone can fly
Cheap price
Frequent flight delay
I have been on AirAsia for twice and both flight were on-time and I’m telling people that not too bad from my own experience.
Today, I would like to change my statement again. Why?
Seong Seong went to KL (from Penang to LCCT) yesterday and his flight delayed for 1 hour (from 8.50pm to 9.50pm).
Today on hsi way back from KL to Penang, his flight suppose to be 7.00pm and guess what, the flight delay again.
How long do you think the flight is delayed today? The flight was delayed to 10.10pm (3 hours 10 minutes of delay) and Seong Seong waited in LCCT for the few hours. Pity Seong Seong. Lucky still got CoffeeBean where he can get online.
Finally, the plane has arrive and Seong Seong get onboard on time and thinking that he will be able to see me in another 1 hour time. Hehe… Unfortunately, the flight delay again for around 15 minutes and fly only around 10.25pm.
I drive and reach Penang Airport at 11pm to fetch Seong Seong and the flight arrived only around 11.30pm and by the time Seong Seong walk out from airport is already 11.45pm. We reach home around 12 midnight.
Let’s do some very simple calculation here.
Total hour delayed
= 1 hr + 3hr 10 min + 15 min
= 4 hr 25 min
Total flight
= 2 (from myself) + 2 (from Seong Seong)
= 4
Average delay per trip
= 4 hr 25 min / 4
= 1 hr 6 min
So, the next time you plan to take any airasia flight, get ready with 1 hour of delay in every flight. Hahaha …
I checked from AirAsia website and found the below.
“In accordance with industry standards, an ‘on-time’ departure is one that departs from the designated bay no more than 15 minutes from the scheduled departure time.”
Below is the statistic for their flight on-time performance.
