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AirAsia Chennai to KL flight - arrives at right time?

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Can some one travelling by AirAsia, do let me know if the AirAsia flight reaches on time?

More specifically, my flight from Chennai to KL reaches KL LCCT @ 2.35 PM and I have a connecting flight to Singapore (AirAsia - LCCT) @ 5 PM. That is I have 145 minutes to change my flight.

Can someone give me some tips so that I can manage to take the connecting flight. We are 6 persons and and wil be having some check in baggage.

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Run?

Or allow 3 hours between flights ie take a later flight to s'pore

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Whether airasia arrives on time? Only God knows.

You have to decide if you want to take risk. If your flight is delayed you will burn your tickets for 6 people

However, airasia has fly thru. If you book your tickets With fly thru, you dont have to do immigration and baggage claim.

Go to airasia > flight info > fly thru .... And read up on how to get it

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Is there any chance you haven't yet booked your Singapore flights? If so, do consider booking the later flight. While all airlines try to run on time (as it costs them a LOT of money when they run late),and AirAsia has a reasonably good "on time record" (usually sitting somewhere around 75-90% on time) there are so many things that could cause delays, and with such a short turnaround any delay could risk you missing your next flight.

Consider that on arrival at LCC Terminal you will have to deplane and walk to the International arrivals hall (depending on where you are seated on the plane and which "gate" your plane is parked at it could take you up to 10 minutes to get off the plane and 10 minutes to walk to the arrivals hall.

From there you have to clear immigration and customs (all 6 will have fore-fingers scanned which can take some time, we've been in line anywhere up to 30 minutes). Then you have to collect your checked baggage, which can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 25 minutes...

Next you need to head over to the departures hall in order to check in / baggage drop for your next flight (for International you need to check in at least 60 minutes prior to your flight, but normal recommendations are 2 hours prior).

So if you can get a later flight to Singapore, it would be a good idea.

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Hi

For stat's look at the flight statistic site

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do

do you have air asia 'fly thru'???

Arriving at 2.35pm means it will be around 3:30 by the time you are clearing immigration / baggage reclaim, then on to the check in.

The check in will close at 4pm for your 5pm flight, so you have ONLY 30minutes safety!!

Only you can decide if 30mins is enough!!

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Airasia offers fly thru for your route. Check it out like I told u earlier

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Hi sanjeev_abhish, not sure what month shall be your travel period.

AK 1254 from MAA to KUL arrives at 1455hrs (2:55pm).

Nonetheless, you could had done a fly thru, to know of a KUL-SIN connecting flight at that time,as there are two options for fly thru when making booking to SIN from MAA.-with connecting flight to SIN at either 1730hrs (AK715) or at 1900hrs(AK717)

You had done a fly thru booking if on your flight itinerary, you only have one confirmation code(also known as PNR-passenger name record), which is the 6(six) alpha numeric character found on top left hand corner of the printed itinerary.

With a fly thru, you need not go through Malaysian immigration,and your checked baggage is tagged to final destination(in this case to SIN-Singapore).

So once you deplane, proceed to transit hall,get boarding pass for KUL-SIN sector,and proceed to boarding gate.

You have sufficient time.

And one final thing, you do need visa,even though you are transiting in Malaysia, though you will know this information from AirAsia pop up window when making your booking.

Have a pleasant journey.

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Thanks for all the replies.

mKiaratravel. My travel month is Jan, 13. The problem is that we had first decided to do KL and then by bus to Singapore. But we later felt that as we are already on LCCT airport, why not proceed to Singapore. This is how we could not take fly-thru. My flight AK1254 from Chennai reaches KL at 2.35 PM and flight AK1817 from KL to Singapore starts at 5 PM. AirAsia is also giving fly-thru in the same connecting flight, which we are taking. In order not to miss my flight, I intend to do the following.

* Web Check in (we also have 2 check in bags)

* Get front seats to deplane first.

* Keep immigration card ready to as to be first at the counter.

* After immigration check, 3 persons will go to the baggage drop counter, (we are 6 adults) and stand in queue. While other will fetch bags and bring it to the baggage drop counter.

All this will make us with sufficient time.Does the Baggage drop and check in counter closes 45 minutes before ? Considering Singapore as an International flight, I hope its not 1 hour. .

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Not sure why you decide to buy the 5pm flight. There is a flight departing every hour from KL LCCT to Singapore. You could have made it safer by taking a 7pm or later flight. Anyway, good luck.

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While the Fly-Thru option takes the 5pm flight to Singapore, do keep in mind that passengers travelling in this manner are not required to clear immigration and recheck their baggage (as their baggage is transferred on to their next flight). So for those using Fly-Thru the timing is no option at all.

In terms of check-in time, the "Ask AirAsia" response states:

"When do the check-in counters close?

"For flight numbers beginning with AK, FD & QZ, the check-in counters close 45 minutes prior to time of departure.

"For flight numbers beginning with D7, the check-in counters close 60 minutes prior to time of departure.

"Please note that in some airports, we do not have check-in counters. Guests must either check-in online or at the kiosk, and go through Baggage Drop..."

Personally, we would still be taking a later flight.

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I am planning to travel to KL by AirAsia flight AK1258 from Chennai in January 2013. The flight is at 6 PM from Chennai. I want to know whether Air Asia flights are on time and there would be no can cancellations from AirAsia. This would spoil my entire trip. Pl suggest.