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    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Lex
      AirAsia: please cease our unease with lease fees deets, Mr Fernandes Premium content

      Investors need more information to decide whether this Spac deal is fit for take-off

      Tony Fernandes, chief executive officer of Capital A
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      AirAsia chief prepares runway for New York Spac listing

      Tony Fernandes’s Capital A conglomerate on fundraising campaign ahead of merger with blank-cheque company

      AirAsia planes on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      Tony Fernandes plans New York listing for AirAsia

      Capital A group chief says ‘time is right’ for IPO of low-cost airline

      Tony Fernandes and Dómhnal Slattery, chief executive of Avolon, in front of a model eVTOL air taxi
    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      News in-depth
      AirAsia plots more digital deals to navigate Covid troubles

      Tony Fernandes says pivot to ride-hailing and ecommerce could involve Spac listing

    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
      Airlines
      AirAsia X shares fall 9.5% on rights issue plan

      Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes’s carrier says fundraising is ‘critical’ to survival efforts

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      AirAsia shares fall as carrier rethinks India investment

      Stock drops as much as 8% after regional airline’s Japan unit files for bankruptcy

    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Malaysia’s state and budget airlines confront the same crisis

      Malaysia Airlines and low-cost local rival AirAsia Group both seek debt relief

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      News in-depth
      Covid-19 brings Tony Fernandes’s global empire down to earth

      AirAsia boss known for using publicity to build his brand and business is forced to refocus

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Lex
      AirAsia/Tony Fernandes: waiving and drowning Premium content

      Coronavirus is adept at turning the marginal into the unsustainable

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Airlines
      Shares in AirAsia’s long-haul carrier sink on restructuring plan

      Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes’ airline launches last-ditch effort to save business

    • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
      LexAirlines
      AirAsia/Tony Fernandes: stall story Premium content

      Crunch highlights Malaysian aviation’s long struggle with chronic overcapacity

      Tony Fernandes poses with AirAsia flight attendants before the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in 2011
    • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
      AirAsia shares fall 18% as auditor raises ‘going concern’ doubts

      EY says coronavirus casts ‘significant doubt’ on Malaysian carrier’s prospects

    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      AirAsia chief denies any involvement in Airbus bribery scandal

      Tony Fernandes says his now-defunct racing team was not ‘improperly’ sponsored

      FILE PHOTO: Lotus (later Caterham) Formula One team principal Tony Fernandes poses with Air Asia flight attendants before the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at Sepang circuit outside Kuala Lumpur April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Chong/File Photo
    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes steps aside during Airbus probe

      Low-cost carrier’s shares slide after UK publishes details of investigation

      People wait at Don Mueang International Airport, as AirAsia aircraft is seen outside the terminal in Bangkok, Thailand, December 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC114D0ED740
    • Sunday, 13 January, 2019
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      AirAsia set to meet its match in Vietnam’s VietJet Premium content

      Low-cost carrier drives growth by copying from south-east Asia’s budget pioneer

      VietJet and AirAsia planes cross paths at Ho Chi Minh airport October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White
    • Friday, 20 July, 2018
      IPOs
      Thai Air Asia X planning to launch IPO
    • Friday, 1 June, 2018
      News in-depthWeek in Review
      Fernandes: businessman who usually bounces back

      AirAsia boss has been on defensive after being accused of ‘criminal conspiracy’

    • Thursday, 31 May, 2018
      Indian business & finance
      How tycoon’s AirAsia India airline venture hit turbulence

      Fernandes accused of ‘criminal conspiracy’ in country’s complex regulatory landscape

      (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 12, 2015 AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes speaks at a press conference in Sydney. India's federal police on May 29 raided the local offices of budget carrier AirAsia as investigators accused the airline's boss Tony Fernandes of illegally obtaining flying licenses. The Central Bureau of Investigation said it was probing allegations that Fernandes lobbied Indian officials for favourable treatment around licenses for his low-cost carrier. / AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKSPETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images
    • Wednesday, 30 May, 2018
      Indian business & finance
      Aide to former Tata head in airline corruption row

      Indian investigators allege Tony Fernandes-backed carrier paid bribes to influence laws

      (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 12, 2015 AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes speaks at a press conference in Sydney. India's federal police on May 29 raided the local offices of budget carrier AirAsia as investigators accused the airline's boss Tony Fernandes of illegally obtaining flying licenses. The Central Bureau of Investigation said it was probing allegations that Fernandes lobbied Indian officials for favourable treatment around licenses for his low-cost carrier. / AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKSPETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images
    • Wednesday, 30 May, 2018
      Indian business & finance
      AirAsia falls 4.5% after India launches investigation
      PHUKET AIRPORT KAI MAO BEACH, PHUKET, THAILAND - 2018/03/19: Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 landing at Phuket. (Photo by Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
    • Monday, 15 May, 2017
      Transport
      AirAsia plans state tie-up to bring low-cost model to China

      Malaysia-based airline will face opposition from Chinese flag carriers

      AirAsia Bhd Chief Finacial Officer Aireen Omar Portraits...An Airbus Group NV A320 aircraft operated by AirAsia Bhd. stands on the tarmac before its unveiling at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. AirAsia, Asia's largest budget carrier, is optimistic about launching an airline in Japan next year as the tourism market is "exploding", Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes said last week. Photographer: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 12 December, 2016
      News in-depthIndian business & finance
      Mistry’s Tata allegations spark official probe of AirAsia India

      Ousted chairman urges shareholders to push for governance reforms

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2015
      Aerospace & Defence
      AirAsia crash partly blamed on faulty rudder, say investigators

      Problems with system identified 23 times in run-up to Flight QZ8501 tragedy

      File photo of an Airbus investigator walking near part of the tail of the AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane in Kumai Port, near Pangkalan Bun...An Airbus investigator walks near part of the tail of the AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane in Kumai Port, near Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan in this file photo taken on  January 12, 2015. Indonesia was set to publish the results of its investigation into last year's crash of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet on Tuesday, the first official explanation to the families of the 162 people killed in the disaster. The Airbus A320 crashed into the Java Sea on Dec 28 last year, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore.   REUTERS/Darren Whiteside/Files
    • Tuesday, 25 August, 2015
      Transport
      Founders: Indonesia’s Lion Air magnate Rusdi Kirana

      The billionaire has gone from selling typewriters to build one of fastest-growing airlines

      President Director of Lion Group, Rusdi Kirana poses on the aisle of a new Airbus A320 of Indonesia's premier service Batik Air while on inaugural flight from Jakarta to Batam city on November 21, 2014 in Batam city aiport in Riau province, western Indonesia, during a ceremony marking the arrival of the first batch of Airbus A320. The biggest private Indonesian airline company, Lion Group which operates Batik Air has purchased a total of 234 Airbus A320 aircraft to boost its growing operation in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
    • Tuesday, 21 July, 2015
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Tony Fernandes loses Asia Tune Hotels partner

      Blow to AirAsia founder as Red Planet launches its own chain

      Tony Fernandes, group chief executive officer of AirAsia Bhd., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, April 20, 2015. AirAsia, Asia's second-largest budget carrier by market value, plans an initial public offering of its Indonesia business early next year as travel demand surges. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Tony Fernandes
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