AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes: With the digital platforms such as the super app, fintech and food business going pretty well, we are now at the end of the tunnel and excited on the diversified businesses that are coming in. - File pic is recovering well from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the aviation industry, having seized the opportunity to relook at opportunities that it had not been able to do earlier and accelerated its digital transformation, said group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.
The group saw the situation as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to recharge its business, and started to focus on ASEAN, relook at its cost structure and do away with businesses that did not make sense, he said.
KUALA LUMPUR: The regional budget airline AirAsia is seeking to launch an app-powered flying-taxi business as soon as next year, according to co-founder and chief executive Tony Fernandes.
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plans to launch an air taxi service and the country s first drone delivery service as the budget carrier seeks to diversify amid the coronavirus pandemic, the company s CEO said on Saturday.
As part of the group s diversification push, it also aims to launch a ride-hailing service next month as COVID-19 continues to hit air travel. The air taxi will have a pilot and four seats. At the moment, we have our team working on this upcoming service by AirAsia, Chief Executive Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said at the Youth Economic Forum 2021, state news agency Bernama reported on Saturday.
The service should start operating in about 18 months, Fernandes was quoted as saying.