1. Those whose flights have been cancelled and are entitled to a refund find dealing with AirAsia an exercise in patience and perseverance.

2. Contacting AirAsia staff is an arduous task in itself. Some customers say they are asked to wait 30 to 60 days to process their refunds and when the time is up AirAsia can come up with another excuse to reset the waiting time.

Folks, RM1.95 a minute charge to talk to a service staff. Wowwwwww!!

1. Those who fly AirAsia know that delays and cancelled flights are far more common than other airlines.

2. AirAsia has the dubious practice of combining flights if passenger loads are low without regards to disrupting their passengers’ schedules.

3. The fine print on their tickets claims they have the right to do this. Only a country with weak consumer laws like Malaysia allows them to get away with it.

Lost time is never found again, folks!

1. Passengers also fly from the LCCT which is a pathetic excuse for an airport and they have to walk a long way to the plane as AirAsia will not pay for aerobridges.

2. This makes AirAsia unsuitable for senior citizens. Then again AirAsia usually flies to remote airports which may cost more to get to the city.

Folks, pity those senior citizens & parents with young children and infants! Now everybody can walk & fly!

1. This pricing model of gouging Peter to subsidize Paul does not work anymore.

2. Consumers are getting savvier with tight social networking and no longer assume that AirAsia is always the cheapest.

3. They will buy when AirAsia’s prices are cheap and stay away when prices increase.

4. There are still some ignorant ones who do not compare prices but depending on consumer ignorance is never a good business model.

5. Passengers have wised up to AirAsia’s pricing tricks. What about you, folks?

Heheheheheheheheh!!

1. AirAsia practices a sliding scale of pricing depending on when you book.

2. Early birds get cheap prices which are probably below AirAsia’s cost while late comers will be charged more.

3. Then there are the gimmicky promotion giveaway seats which have to be subsidized from somewhere and it’s not from Tony’s pockets.

4. The upshot is that AirAsia is not always the cheapest and can be more expensive than regular airlines.

5. As nobody will pay more than a regular airline for a budget airline AirAsia tries to hide its real pricing and make it difficult for customers to compare.

So folks, is AirAsia Really Cheap? You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time! Hahahahah!!

Folks, the most aggravating is AirAsia’s RM1.95 a minute charge to talk to a service staff.

It may be for something which is not their fault like flight delays, claim of refund, lost luggage or being overcharged on their credit cards but having to pay by the minute to complain is really annoying.

To add insult to injury they are frequently made to wait on hold while the charge keeps ticking.

So folks? Hahahahahahahahahah!!

1. Other practices which do not go down well with passengers are credit card charges, counter check-in charge and seat selection charge.

2. The first two may be considered hidden charges as they are non-optional and should be added to the fare in the first place.

3. Those who do not pay to select seats (currently at RM35 per passenger from KL) are randomly distributed so families will be split up.

4. This is especially annoying as passengers are not charged for any real goods or services but for the right to sit together which should be theirs in the first place.

5. Folks, it’s like taking something away which should be yours and demanding a fee to give it back.

Folks, AirAsia copies a lot from Western budget airlines like Virgin Airways but some of what it copies are outdated or culturally unsuitable for local customers.

1. When did AirAsia descend from a public champion to a money grabbing witch?

2. To be sure this did not happen suddenly but has been ongoing for years.

3. The negative public perception against AirAsia has reached an alarming level and cannot help but affect the airline’s business. The suit by the Australian consumer watchdog ACCC did not help.

Folks, I'm a frequent traveller on MAS, AA, Jetstar & SIA!

1. AirAsia’s success story has begun to falter amid charges of poor service, inflexibility, hidden charges, deceptive pricing and anti-consumer practices designed to squeeze the maximum from passengers.

2. Whenever there is a news item on AirAsia in malaysiakini, Malaysian Insider and other online sites readers’ comments are almost wholly negative towards the airline.

3. It is unusual for a budget airline which purports to provide affordable flying for passengers to end up on the wrong side of public opinion but AirAsia has certainly succeeded.

But why, Folks?

1. UOB-Kay Hian Singapore based brokerage has a sell rating on AirAsia at 2.92 TP.

2. HwangDBS with revised on Airasia at Rm2.90 TP.

3. Maybank IB advised investors to TAKE PROFIT ON RALLIES & Rm 2.74 TP if support area at Rm2.88 is breached.

Beside the above, most of the Investment Banks are still giving high TP. But sadly too much supply than demand. Most investors are still bearish rather than bullish with Airasia future returns.

So folks, what about you?

Maybank IB last Thursday advised investors to TAKE PROFIT ON RALLIES with weaker support areas at Rm2.68 & Rm 2.88 and downside targets at Rm2.47 & Rm 2.74!

Last friday this counter rallied & rebounded touching rm3.10 high. So folks, how everybody doing...going with or against the advice?

Will there be a retest on last week low price? Just wait & enjoy the show. folks!

Folks, we must remember that stocks trade based on what people’s opinions of what they will be worth in the future. If a company is doing well, people will start to expect earnings to increase handsomely.

Rusdi and Tony (who has welcomed the competition) will be going head-to-head though Malindo, unlike AirAsia, will offer frills like in-flight entertainment.

The market, in fact, seems eager to fuel the rivalry: AirAsia’s market capitalisation fell by RM475mil at the end of Sept 12, 2012 (one day after the announcement of Malindo) and its share price fell 5.33%.

As Citi analyst Rigan Wong was quoted in the Financial Times on Sept 13, Lion Air’s expansion may WEAKEN AirAsia’s FUNDING source for its Indonesian expansion, disrupting its plans to go regional.

So folks, could the funding be the reason for Airasia to review Batavia acquisition?

Another interesting aspect of the competition is that AirAsia and Lion Air represent a proxy war for aviation dominance in the South-east Asian market between Airbus (AirAsia) and Boeing (Lion/Malindo).

Still, this has the makings of a great business rivalry — on the scale of Apple vs Microsoft or Pepsi vs Coca-Cola.

CONSUMERS want low airfares, regular on time flights and new planes. If you thought flights between Malaysia and Indonesia couldn’t get cheaper and more frequent: think again, folks!

Once the KLIA 2 airport is operational in May 2013, MAHB will have almost 10 low-cost carriers flying from there. Among them are Zest Airways, Malindo Airways, Firefly, Lion Air, Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific Air and definitely, AirAsia.

Look like Airasia future earnings will be in the picture here. If the returns anticipated to be lower in the near future, then investors will start dumping & locking in their profit and will only start accumulating at bargain prices within the predicted future PE.

So folks, its all about supply & demand. At this stage more supply(selling) then demand(buying) due to the aniticipated lower future PE.

Remember folks, the operating expenses are on the way up while the operating profits seem to be on the way down!

By 2Q 2013, prospect for Airasia earnings will be affected by Firefly & Malindo Airways.

Also not helping either, are lingering LOSSES from its new low-cost carrier start-up in Japan and the Expedia JV, given the long gestation periods for these new venture.

Folks, careful now!

Cheers bro!

Seat: 78.7cm - Malindo / 73.66cm - AA

Aircraft: 737-900 (new) - Malindo / A320(3yrs) - AA

F & B: Light food & juice - Malindo / Nil - AA

Aerobridge: Yes - Malindo / No - AA

Entertainment: Yes - Malindo / No - AA

Base: KLIA2 - Malindo / KLIA2 - AA

So folks, make you choice!

There’s a new player in Malaysian aviation and my itinerant heart is glad as long as airfares remain cheap and flights are regular.

Having yet another regional airline to choose to fly with is always welcome.

This has the makings of a great business rivalry — on the scale of Apple vs Microsoft or Pepsi vs Coca-Cola.

Folks, Airasia vs Malindo Airways?

Air Asia's Tony Fernandes was quick to tweet:

"I think Malindo is more problematic for Malaysian Airlines not AirAsia. We have very strong position in Malaysia and are really a regional company."

I wonder, perhaps his habitual slagging off of Malaysian Airlines is peeving the Malaysian politicians off?

Maybe yes....maybe no....so let time be the judge to that, folks!

As Air Asia becomes stronger regionally, Tony will have to spend less time on the home turf Malaysia... is this peeving some politicians off? Elections are coming up in Malaysia, no?

Hahahahahahah!!

Looking back over the years, Lion Air have announced many plans to set up joint ventures and/or subsidiaries outside Indonesia, none of which have come to fruition.

Malindo appears to be Lion's boldest move yet, with a reputable local partner in the form of NADI, and the ceremony was attended by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib.

This time around, it seems that Lion Air is planning serious business outside it's den.

Time will be the judge, folks!

Growth on the premium sector through Lion's Batik Air will not be as rapid as desired, again, due to limitations on infrastructure in Indonesia.

This Malindo Airways JV announcement effectively put an end to the previous rumored Malaysian joint venture, Lion Berjaya Air (And unless there's another announcement, Lion Air Australia is effectively scrapped).

There you go, folks!

Lion Air sees that if it wants rapid growth, it must be done outside Indonesia. This is nothing new to Lion Air, but previous attempts to set up subsidiaries outside Indonesia have so far failed (in my opinion, due to picking the wrong partners). Malindo seems to be the most realistic one yet (and I believe it will happen).

So folks, Lion Air see Malaysia as a potential growth market while Airasia think otherwise. Time will tell!! Hahahahahaha!!

Lion still have A LOT of aircraft to be delivered, and they have to be used somewhere, these aircraft will now go to Malindo.

Folks, a lot of aircraft to be delivered to Airasia also. So making Indonesia with limited infrastructure as their Asean base, folks?

Possible reason why Lion Air expanding to Malaysia, folks!

Lion Air sees that its growth in Indonesia needs to slow down due to infrastructure limitations such as airport aircraft parking space are running out nationwide.

Could that be one of the reason why Airasia reviewing their decision, folks?

RHB Research believes the market, could have been a "little ahead of itself" in terms of the prediction of a price war, and the depth and width of the price war caused by Malindo's entry.

Investors' concerns over keen competition have caused a sell-down in AirAsia's share earlier this week, sending it below the psychological RM3 mark.

All the best, folks!

"AirAsia hinted that after having got to know the Indonesian aviation sector better due to the proposed acquisition, it now ironically feels that to grow its Indonesian operations organically (as against M&A) may not necessarily be a bad idea after all," said the RHB research firm.

There you go, folks!

RHB Research, in a report on Friday, commented the budget carrier might be rethinking its plan to acquire Batavia Air of Indonesia following its teleconference with officials of AirAsia.

RHB added AirAsia said it might choose to grow "organically" in Indonesia instead of going through merger and acquisitions (M&A).

There you go, folks....a flip flop?

AirAsia chief executive officer Irene Othman told the edgemalaysia.com in response to a question on Friday: "Due diligence is still on-going. We haven't come to a conclusion yet. We are not re-thinking, but putting it under review."

If this happens, it is reversing its recent decision to capture up to 15% of the Indonesian passenger market.

So how now, folks? Hehehehehehehehe!!

BAD NEWS

AirAsia Bhd hinted it might change its mind on the acquisition of PT Metro Batavia in Indonesia for US$80 million (RM240 million) cash.

Force selling should be around the corner! Careful now!

If a stock price is soaring but its fundamentals, such as earnings growth, aren't following suit, it's time to sell.

Remember folks, for AA their operating profit is declining while it operating expneses increasing Q to Q!

1. The right time to unload shares is one of the toughest calls investors have to make.

2. Even professional traders and money managers admit it can be difficult. It's a lot easier to buy a stock than to sell a stock.

Many investors watch their stocks soar up and then unable to contemplate their stock no longer increasing in value, hold on to as it falls.

This is the most common problem with investors timing stock sales. They simply cannot let go of their stocks and therefore follow them all the way down.

So folks, invest wisely with your hard earned cash!

You bought a company that looked like a steady growing concern, but instead it has turned out to be a roller coaster ride.

For whatever reason, this stock is just too volatile for your nerves. Dump this firecracker and replace it with a stock that will let you sleep at night. Hahahahahahaha!!

If you buy a stock as a trader, rather than an investor, you may set an arbitrary floor for the stock.

When the stock falls to this floor, you sell. Many traders set that floor in the 6% – 8% range, depending on the volatility of the stock.

They may not be happy about a small loss, but they make sure it doesn’t become a big loss.

WB - Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

HAhahahahahahahah!!

But you are not WB loh! Heheheheheheh!!

1. Folks, no one can consistently predict the tops and bottoms of the stock market.

2. History has proven that correctly predicting the timing and extent of stock market trends is impossible.

3. This is because world developments and the psychological reactions of people are completely unpredictable. It’s no surprise that a foolproof winning formula remains elusive.

1. Folks, you start investing, and find yourself buying in at the top. Then, prices stumble and you sell.

2. Precisely at the bottom! Like the pendulum that keeps on swinging back and forth, investor sentiments tend to alternate between periods of enthusiasm and despair.

3. Unfortunately, many investors are guided by their emotions and allow the mood of the market to dominate their investment decisions.

Some researchers theorize that investors follow the crowd and conventional wisdom to avoid the possibility of feeling regret in the event that their decisions prove to be incorrect.

Careful now folks, this behaviour could lead you to the slaughter house!

The embarrassment of having to report the loss to others may also contribute to the tendency not to sell losing or gaining investments.

Every experienced trader knows that fear and greed are two emotions that can dramatically affect your success in the market.

You have to deal with controlling greed and fear every single day. Although there are no easy answers when it comes to the stock market, of one thing I am certain:

If you are a greedy trader and always try to squeeze every last point out of every trade, it’s only a matter of time before you end up with a lot less than you actually started with!

Hahahahahah!!

Many people are wondering why they didn’t take their i.e. 50% or 200% gains when they had the chance.

Most investors will rationalize they ran these high gains down because they were afraid they would lose even higher profits.

For many of these investors, it was just plain greed that prevented them from selling their stocks.

Advisable to take profit on rallies (rebound)!

One theory is that investors avoid selling stocks that are going down, in order to avoid the fear, pain and regret of having made a bad investment.

On the other hand, they also avoid selling when prices are going up, because they are very greedy and are afraid that the price will keep on going up.

So folks, which one are you?