Air Asia
British billionaire Richard Branson (L) gestures as he arrives at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur on May 12, 2013 after working as a flight attendant onboard an AirAsia flight from Perth. Branson honoured a losing bet with AirAsia group chief Tony Fernandes over whose Formula One racing team would finish ahead of each other at the Abu Dhabi race during their debut 2010 season.
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Like, he would get to know even the cameramen, even the makeup artists, that’s how he’s so down to earth. And I think that speaks a lot on how he is successful in AirAsia ... He’s a low-cost guy, he always says that. He has low-cost businesses. ‘Di ba, low-cost airline (AirAsia), low-cost hotel (Tune Hotels), kasi very low-maintenance siya. Alam mong he’s up there, but he’s very humble.
Like, he would get to know even the cameramen, even the makeup artists, that’s how he’s so down to earth. And I think that speaks a lot on how he is successful in AirAsia ... He’s a low-cost guy, he always says that. He has low-cost businesses. ‘Di ba, low-cost airline (AirAsia), low-cost hotel (Tune Hotels), kasi very low-maintenance siya. Alam mong he’s up there, but he’s very humble.
What he doesn't realise is once I go to space, there'll be a low-cost version - AirAsia Galactica, about 10 per cent of the price he's charging.More quotes »
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Richard Branson shaved legs, put on lipstick after losing Formula One racing team bet
his legs shaved, put on lipstick and squeezed into a red skirt to honor a bet by serving as a flight attendant Sunday on an AirAsia trip from Perth, Australia , to Malaysia .But he earned a reprimand from AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes after he deliberately Read more »
Around the web
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AirAsia Q1 net profit down 39%
JAYA (May 23, 2013): AirAsia Bhd, the largest low-cost carrier in Asia, saw its net operating profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 (Q1) grow 3% to RM168.4 million from RM163.5 million a year ago, on higher passenger numbers and increased ancillary 5:39 PM from The Sun Daily Malaysia Read more »
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AirAsia's profits hit by financing costs
and analyse performance of all BSE sectoral indices and other global indices on a single page. Full Coverage An Airbus A340 AirAsia X passenger jet arrives on its inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Paris Orly Airport February 14, 2011. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) 7:41 AM from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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AirAsia X sets indicative price for Malaysia IPO
LUMPUR: Long-haul carrier AirAsia X, founded by entreprener Tony Fernandes, has set an indicative price of 1.45 ringgit ($0.48) per share for an initial public offering (IPO) in Malaysia worth more than $300 million, according to sources with knowledge of 4:50 AM from Economic Times Read more »
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After Utusan, CUEPACS joins AirAsia boycott call
she had previously purchased a ticket aboard AirAsia ― despite the carrier not being licensed to do so. The call to boycott AirAsia was mooted by Utusan’s Awang Selamat — the nom-de-plume for the paper’s collective editorial voice — in its column on May 19 5/21/13 from The Malaysian Insider Read more »
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Leave troubles behind with irresistible AirAsia deals
JAYA: Take a break from the office and book a mid-year holiday flight with AirAsia's affordable fares to various destinations. From Kuala Lumpur, choose to fly to Krabi, Singapore and Langkawi from RM49, or discover Indochina from RM89 to places like Yangon, from The Star Malaysia Read more »
