In Reply to: AA is really no-frill budget airliner ! posted by Bego on Monday, 18. May 2009 at 22:17 Bali Time:
Having flown Jet*, Air Asia Indonesia and Air Asia Malaysia, what they offer is, in a way similar and based on "user-pays", but Air Asia's prices ARE budget unlike some of Jet*'s.
I have not flown Air Asia-X on a long-haul route but if along lines of its short-haul "sister" carriers, the staff are really friendly and professional and I have also been impressed with both the quality and prices of the food and beverages served.
I was also fortunate when a guest on Air Asia's inaugural service Manado/Kuala Lumpur, to be given a full inspection tour of the Air Asia Training Facility near KL Airport. They train Cabin Crew, Ground Handlers, Engineering and Flight Deck Crew from the ground-up and have two in-house Flight Simulators (great to experience first-hand. The experience made me feel really confident flying with them.
By the way, the liquid restriction is part of International legislation affecting ALL carriers.