Tony Fernandes

Retail Asia24/06/2021

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 said having survived the last 15 […]

Retail Asia12/03/2021

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 ANA (All Nippon Airways Co Ltd),” Fernandes was quoted as saying. At […]

Retail Asia19/01/2021

“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 and aviation industries. BBC has today quoted Fernandes as saying that in his history […]

Retail Asia17/01/2020

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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 of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The action against Fernandes comes more than a year […]

Retail Asia02/10/2019

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 first decision to step down as the first step […]

Retail Asia13/08/2019

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 events, it is easy to hope the executive change will improve the experience, hence calls for Bob Crandall to return to American […]

Retail Asia21/03/2019

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 hate that goes on in social media sometimes outweighs the good,” Mr Fernandes […]

Retail Asia03/01/2019

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,” Fernandes said in a twitter post. “Focus this year is to make Indonesia and Philippines […]

Retail Asia22/05/2018

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 company AirAsia, expressed his interest to collaborate with FAM in the future for various aspects such […]

Retail Asia02/11/2017

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 Petronas Twin Towers. The launch was attended by AirAsia […]

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Rehiring everyone laid off is my priority, says AirAsia boss

Tony Fernandes says AirAsia ‘can survive’ just on domestic traffic

AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes claims governments ’ Covid-19 coordination ‘horrific’

ED summons AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes

Tony Fernandes steps down from all posts except Airasia, Airasia X

AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes: ‘Too Many Leaders Stay Too Long’

AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes quits Facebook, citing social media ‘hate’

AirAsia to freeze launches for next 3 years barring Vietnam

AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes wants to help Malaysian football

AirAsia Group CEO launches memoirs