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AirAsia web site in B&W to honor Thai King's death

Old Oct 14, 2016, 4:27 pm
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AirAsia web site in B&W to honor Thai King's death

Just went on to AirAsia's website to book some flights, only to be greeted with a Black and White version of the site I am used to.

Am I going selectively colorblind, or what is going on?
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Old Oct 14, 2016, 4:32 pm
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No it is in respect for the death of the King of Thailand.
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Old Oct 14, 2016, 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by ExpatSomchai
No it is in respect for the death of the King of Thailand.
Fair enough. They could have put that somewhere on the site, instead of putting me off booking with them. My eyes are all screwed up from it.

Isn't AirAsia a Malaysian airline?
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Old Oct 14, 2016, 5:14 pm
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You also have Thai Air Asia
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Old Oct 14, 2016, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by telabadmanwot
Just went on to AirAsia's website to book some flights, only to be greeted with a Black and White version of the site I am used to.

Am I going selectively colorblind, or what is going on?
Originally Posted by ExpatSomchai
No it is in respect for the death of the King of Thailand.
Title of thread updated to reflect reason why website is in Black & White
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Old Oct 15, 2016, 7:19 am
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Title of thread updated to reflect reason why website is in Black & White
"AirAsia web site in B&W to honok Thai King's death"
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Old Oct 15, 2016, 7:20 am
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Just noticed a load more Thai sites are at it too.

Is there any way to get it back to normal?

My eyesight isn't great and the sneaky LCC booking page keeps adding things I dont want and cant see where to remove them. The buttons are grey text on grey background!
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Old Oct 16, 2016, 2:08 pm
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No all websites, as a sign of respect, have been changed to black and white. I would expect this maybe to last for around 30 days from the death of the King.
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 3:54 am
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Back to colors now.
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 5:57 pm
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I ended up booking an Air India flight instead, cost about the same with all the bells and whistles. Saved me from a headache.
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 8:12 pm
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Got any screen shots? I missed it looks like.
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 8:41 pm
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http://www.airasia.com/th/en/home.page
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 8:47 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
Got any screen shots? I missed it looks like.
You can always try Google search.

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That certainly isn't it @:-)

A picture of a couple of bikini clad lasses frolicking in the surf, in living colour (picture will probably be different depending on when you click the link).
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 8:54 pm
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I don't see bikinis or surf, just color in the boxes down the page. The top half is mostly black and white, with prices in red and with a black and grey "in remembrance...." box toward the top.
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 10:35 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I don't see bikinis or surf, just color in the boxes down the page. The top half is mostly black and white, with prices in red and with a black and grey "in remembrance...." box toward the top.
Lovely pic, sorry it's not in your browser
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