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Pursuant to Paragraph 14.08(a) of the Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, AirAsia Berhad ("AirAsia") wishes to announce that Dato' Anthony Francis Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer/Director of AirAsia, intends to deal in the securities of AirAsia during the closed period pending the announcement of AirAsia's results for the quarter ended 30 September 2006.

The total number of securities held by Dato' Anthony Francis Fernandes as at 1 November 2006 is as follows:-

Type of shareholdings	Number of Ordinary Shares of RM0.10 each in AirAsia	% of AirAsia's issued capital
Direct	2,627,010	0.11
Indirect:- Tune Air Sdn Bhd*	769,458,382	32.76

*Deemed interest by virtue of Section 6A of the Companies Act, 1965 through a shareholding of more than 15% in Tune Air Sdn Bhd ("TASB") held via TASB of 755,458,382 ordinary shares and via EB Nominees Sdn Bhd (Tempatan) Sdn Bhd (Pledged Securities Account for Tune Air Sdn Bhd) of 14,000,000 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each.


This announcement is dated 1 November 2006.

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Announcement Info

Company Name	AIRASIA BERHAD
Stock Name	AIRASIA
Date Announced	1 Nov 2006
Category	General Announcement
Reference No	CM-061101-8BD9F