CEO Fernandes seeking more ways to get people using its ‘super app’
AirAsia Group chief Tony Fernandes says the pandemic has been a “once-in-a-lifetime chance to recast your business”. (Reuters File Photo)
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.
“We are working on that right now. I think we are about a year and a half away from launching,” Mr Fernandes said on Saturday during an online discussion as part of the Youth Economic Forum.
With the airline business taking a hit from the coronavirus pandemic, AirAsia has been expanding in the digital space. It launched a…
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