AirAsia X joins Restaurant Month as Official Airline for ‘Street Eats’

Auckland, New Zealand – 04 August, 2016. Leading low-cost airline AirAsia X has announced its support of Heart of the City’s Restaurant Month as the official airline sponsor for Street Eats. The popular annual foodie festival will celebrate its fourth year and will serve over 80 dishes from more than 30 restaurants and food trucks in a one-day event in the city centre.

AirAsia X Chief Executive Officer, Benyamin Ismail said, “We are pleased to support the Street Eats food festival this year. They say you really get to know a destination when you experience its local dishes and culture. Therefore, we will have the AirAsia Hawkers Market at the festival, which will showcase plenty of vibrant and exciting Asian cuisine from our wide network such as Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Indian and more.

“Asia is no doubt the world’s biggest playground and we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of Kiwis travelling to Asia to experience its food and culture since the inaugural flight in March. New Zealand has long been requested by our passengers across ASEAN as a destination of choice as well.

“We thank Heart of the City for the opportunity to be part of this popular event and to highlight the wonderful array of Asian restaurants and cuisine in the city centre during Restaurant Month.”

AirAsia X has played a key role in delivering affordable air travel to and from New Zealand, connecting Kiwis to over 100 destinations across 26 countries since the airline commenced daily services to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a brief stopover on the Gold Coast in March 2016. 

Visit the AirAsia Hawkers Market and be in to win a trip for two to Kuala Lumpur!
Along with the AirAsia Hawkers Market at Street Eats, AirAsia X are also giving away two return flights from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to a lucky Street Eats attendee! Simply complete a competition entry form at the event and you could be the lucky winner of an epic Asian food journey.

Street Eats
Shed 10, Queens Wharf, CBD, Auckland
Saturday 6 August 2016, 10:30am – 8:00pm
$5 entry on the door for adults and free entry for supervised children.

“There’s no better time to visit the heart of the city. Restaurant Month's Street Eats is one of the most popular events on offer during the month long dining celebration in August in the city centre and given Aucklanders' passion for good food, this annual celebration is a particular favourite. We are delighted to have the support of AirAsia X this year to make this event even more of a highlight," said Jane Stewart, Event and Sponsorship Manager for Heart of the City.

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About AirAsia X

AirAsia X is the long-haul, low-cost affiliate carrier of the AirAsia Group that currently serves 22 destinations across Asia (Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Seoul, Busan, Taipei, Xi’an, Beijing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, New Delhi, Kathmandu), Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Gold Coast), New Zealand (Auckland), the Middle East (Jeddah, Tehran, Muscat) and Africa (Mauritius). AirAsia X operates a core fleet of 31 A330-300s with a seat configuration of 12 Premium Flatbeds and 365 economy seats. The airline has carried over 19 million guests since commencing operations in 2007. AirAsia X was awarded the World's Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Cabin and Best Low Cost Airline Premium Seat at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards for four consecutive years from 2013 to 2016. AirAsia Group is the first airline globally to collaborate with INTERPOL to implement the I-Checkit system to screen passports of all prospective passengers against information contained in the world police body’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database​.

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