Tony Fernandes
Tony Fernandes
Tan Sri Anthony Francis "Tony" Fernandes, CBEis a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". Fernandes managed to turn AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies...
NationalityMalaysian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 April 1964
CityKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CountryMalaysia
I think high oil prices will sort out the efficient and non-efficient players in the airline industry,
I don't know if every player in the Premier League feels hurt when they lose a game. The right sort is very important. I was naive in thinking that everyone was like me.
We have some teething issues but other than that everything is great.
Watch out, Singapore, is all I have to say.
Both of us working together will win big-time. With so much global competition, it really makes sense to combine our strength.
It's a dream come true for us. A few years ago we were just a two-plane operation and now we have our own home.
Airlines are one of the last things to be liberalized.
Ive lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that theres so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and Jakarta.
In Europe, they travel a lot lighter. I always joke that my Indonesian passengers bring their house and their neighbors house.
The passengers were on my aircraft, and I have to take responsibility for that.
Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldnt be only for the rich.
Winning is an amazing feeling. You dont get that in business; you dont get that in many things.
As long as we are enjoying ourselves, that's the most important thing
Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality.