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One of the first things Tony Fernandes wants to do after the company is back in business is to rehire every staff he had to let go during the Covid-19 crisis, even as he remains confident the airline is set to come out much stronger. The AirAsia Group’s CEO…
AirAsia Group Bhd group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the budget airline “can survive” just on domestic traffic, which is about 50% of the group’s business. “That is very different from Singapore Air (Singapore Airlines) or JAL (Japan Airlines Co Ltd) or…
“The coordination on Covid-19 is horrific,” AirAsia Group Bhd founder and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes laments and claims in a direct swipe at world governments’ on how the global pandemic has been managed and its impact on the travel…
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned AirAsia chief executive officer (CEO) Tony Fernandes on 20 January in an ongoing probe against the airline. Summons have been issued to the entire top brass of the airline, both past and present, under the Prevention…
AirAsia Group Bhd chief executive Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said today he is stepping down from all official board positions except AirAsia Group and AirAsia X Berhad to pave the way for new leaders to move up the company’s ranks. On Twitter, Fernandes he made…
The public nature of aviation means it tends to attract large-scale palace intrigue about executive leadership changes from employees, customers and other stakeholders and observers. With the industry typically having small margins and many uncontrollable…
AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes closed his Facebook account and said he may shut his Twitter page, citing “hate” being transmitted on the networks after the live-streaming of the terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand. “The amount of…
Malaysian discount carrier AirAsia Group won’t open any new airline in the next three years and will focus on current operations after its proposed Vietnam launch, Group CEO Tony Fernandes said Wednesday. “After Vietnam, we will focus on what we have,”…
Malaysian businessman and AirAsia’s chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has expressed interest to work with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after visiting the national body for a meeting on Monday. “At the meeting, Tony, through his…
Airasia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes launched his memoirs, Flying High, a look back at his journey from music man to airline man. The book was unveiled at a star-studded affair at Marini’s On 57 in Kuala Lumpur, in the shadow of the…
