(From left) Siti Hamisah, Aireen and Zaini witness the signing of the MOA between AirAsia and the vice-chancellors and representatives from the 20 public universities.
KUCHING: AirAsia, the region’s leading and largest low-cost carrier signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with 20 public universities in Malaysia to utilise the AirAsia ‘Waran Perjalanan Udara Awam’ (WPUA) which will enable more than 650,000 staff members and students from across the 20 public universities to travel more affordably and conveniently.
Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang, Secretary General II, Ministry of Education Malaysia and Datin Paduka Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir, Deputy Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education Malaysia was present to witness the signing of the MoA between Aireen Omar, CEO of AirAsia Berhad and the vice chancellors and representatives of the 20 public universities at the Ministry of Education’s office in Putrajaya yesterday.
On this move, Aireen said, “We are proud to establish this MoA between AirAsia and the 20 pub lic universities in Malaysia, benefiting the staff members and students.
“AirAsia has the widest domestic network, connecting not just both peninsular and East Malaysia, but also intra-East Malaysia; easing travel plans for students and staff of the public universities. Apart from that, our wide destination network across 20 countries will also provide all of them the opportunity to travel more as well.”
AirAsia’s WPUA is a special programme catered to the members of government agencies and statutory bodies in the country. In line with the government’s call to promote prudent spending, WPUA is specially designed by AirAsia with the lowest cost in mind, to allow government servants to travel and perform their duties to the public efficiently without excessive costs.
Members of government agencies, statutory bodies including public universities under the WPUA programme can enjoy privileges such as flexible flight booking and flight change, complimentary baggage allocation up to 40 kg, in-flight meals and seat selection; as well as waived service counter fees. In addition, guests travelling under WPUA programme are also covered by the Tune Insurance AirAsia Travel Protection plan.
The 20 Public Universities that are part of the MoA are Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Islam Antarabangasa Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Univesiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia.