Pie in the sky? AirAsia to open a restaurant chain
AirAsia wants customers to taste the food they serve in the air.
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Jet, set, go: AirAsia to set up a low-cost carrier in Vietnam
Asia’s popular budget carrier, AirAsia has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation reaffirming its intention to set up a low-cost carrier in Vietnam with local partners.
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Indian CBI sets date for Tony Fernandes questioning
Following raids on AirAsia’s India offices in Mumbai on 29 May, investigating allegations of corruption and bribery, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned CEO Tony Fernandes, AirAsia India’s non-executive director R Venkataramanan and Bo Lingam CEO of operations for questioning on 6 June, according to an article in the Financial Express.
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Malaysian PM launches Langkawi’s new Chinese connection
Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has overseen the launch of AirAsia’s new direct flight connecting Langkawi with mainland China. The low-cost carrier recently commenced the first ever non-stop route connecting the Malaysian resort island with Shenzhen, the fast-growing city in the Pearl River Delta. Flights will now operate three times a week. This marks the
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AirAsia launches corporate travel programme
AirAsia is stepping up its efforts to target business travellers with the launch of a new corporate travel programme. Under its new “MyCorporate” scheme, AirAsia will offer a series of fare bundles that include ancillary products usually popular with business travellers. Three bundles have been created: Fare Only, Corporate Lite and Corporate Full Flex. As
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Cambodian uni opens “Tony Fernandes School of Business”
The University of Cambodia has named its business school after AirAsia’s group CEO, Tony Fernandes. The university unveiled the “Tony Fernandes School of Business” and its accompanying logo this week, along with a lecture hall within the school which is named after AirAsia. Fernandes had earlier been conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Management by the
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AirAsia to launch Chinese airline
AirAsia has signed an agreement for its most ambitious venture to date: a low-cost carrier based in mainland China. The Malaysian company has penned a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with finance company Everbright and the government of Henan province to establish AirAsia China, a budget airline based in Zhengzhou. In addition to the creation of
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AirAsia acquires stake in travel planning start-up
AirAsia is acquiring a 50% stake in Touristly Travel, the Malaysian online travel planning start-up. The deal, which will consist of an asset injection and loan valued at MYR11.5 million (US$2.6m), will also see AirAsia’s group CEO Tony Fernandes become chairman of Touristly. AirAsia will inject the digital platform of its in-flight magazine, Travel 3Sixty,
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