Bangkok (TAN): AirAsia recently unveiled a new ‘Sustainable Asean’ livery on its newest Airbus A320 in conjunction with Asean Day celebrations in the Thailand capital city.
Alongside the Asean Chairmanship logo, the special livery features several Asean tourism icons.
The launch event was attended by the advisor to the Thai ministry of foreign affairs Vijavat Isarabhakdi, and director general of Thailand’s department of ASEAN affairs Suriya Chindawonogse, along with AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes.
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“As a truly Asean airline, we’re thrilled to showcase what makes our home special on one of our aircraft, and to reiterate our ongoing commitment to sustainability. It’s a beautiful, courageous artwork and we hope it catches people’s eye and sparks a conversation about the benefits and impact sustainable travel has on 650 million people who call Asean home,” Fernandes said.
AirAsia’s sustainability efforts include guest education, carbon reduction and waste management, the collection and separation of recyclable items on board and community-based tourism programmes such as JourneyD, as well as fostering social enterprise initiatives across Asean through AirAsia’s philanthropic arm AirAsia Foundation.
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The Airbus A320 aircraft with registration number 9M-AJW will be based in Malaysia, where it will fly to more than 50 destinations in all 10 ASEAN member nations from Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia will also launch the livery on an Airbus A320 based in Bangkok later this year.
