Colin and May Schooling are flying for free on AirAsia till 2018.

The parents of the Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling are accepting AirAsia's free flights gift for the time being.

The 21-year, who won Singapore's first Olympic Gold at Rio 2016, had requested for his parents to use his gift until he graduates from the University of Texas in two years’ time.

Under the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, Schooling is currently unable to accept any commercial deals.

The airline had previously announced after the Rio Olympic Games that it would provide “free flights for life” to all ASEAN athletes who had won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes who won silver and bronze medals would get free AirAsia flights for five and two years respectively.

A total of 21 athletes from Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia were awarded their gifts of free air travel by AirAsia at a ceremony in Bangkok on Thursday, Sept. 8.

AirAsia flies to more than 70 destinations around Asia, Oceania, and Africa.

And sometimes to Melbourne unintentionally.

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