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title: "Aged like milk: AirAsia’s ‘innocent’ tweet turns into target for online vitriol"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/netizens-leaving-unsatisfied-comments-airasias-tweet/
date: 2022-06-12
modified: 2022-06-12
lang: en
author: "Khoo Shiyuan"
description: "KUALA LUMPUR - What started off as an innocent question quickly turned into a lightning rod for beleaguered low-cost airline AirAsia. Yesterday (June 11), the airline posted a question on..."
categories:
  - "Society"
tags:
  - "advice"
  - "AirAsia"
  - "backfired"
  - "refund"
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word_count: 184
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# Aged like milk: AirAsia’s ‘innocent’ tweet turns into target for online vitriol

**KUALA LUMPUR** - What started off as an innocent question quickly turned into a lightning rod for beleaguered low-cost airline AirAsia.

Yesterday (June 11), the airline posted a question on its official [Twitter](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA) account where it asked netizens on what advice they'll give to first-time flyers.

[![AirAsia](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/image-845.png)](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA)Screenshot via [Twitter/airasia](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA)

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go as planned as the tweet began to fill up with angry comments left by netizens who were upset with AirAsia's services in recent weeks.

[![AirAsia](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/1-11.jpg)](https://twitter.com/OwToTheZie/status/1535476943646208000?s=20&t=UPRFmj8XWONHeDHkvHrerw)Screenshot via [Twitter/airasia](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA)

[![AirAsia](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/3-7.jpg)](https://twitter.com/Injang_Nation/status/1535582187437039617?s=20&t=UPRFmj8XWONHeDHkvHrerw)Screenshot via [Twitter/airasia](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA)

They also slammed the airline for dragging its feet on refunding customers for flights which were cancelled at the last minute without any prior notice.

[![AirAsia](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/4-5.jpg)](https://twitter.com/adhaghni/status/1535471821520531456?s=20&t=UPRFmj8XWONHeDHkvHrerw)Screenshot via [Twitter/airasia](https://twitter.com/airasia/status/1535413219036057602?s=21&t=pjNpj4w-eU9EjZgB_67dgA)

However, Capital A Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes denied the allegations, saying that AirAsia had [refunded nearly all customers](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/06/803801/airasia-aviation-group-confirms-near-completion-refund-requests) who were affected by flight cancellations caused by the pandemic.

The airline has also come under immense scrutiny from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), who launched an investigation last month into the issue.

Read about it [here](https://weirdkaya.com/kpdnhep-to-probe-airasias-flight-delay/):

https://weirdkaya.com/kpdnhep-to-probe-airasias-flight-delay/

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Cover image via Twitter/airasia & The Edge Markets

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