Interview: AirAsia Deputy CEO
The latest edition of the Skift Airline Weekly Lounge contains an exclusive interview with Aireen Omar, AirAsia's deputy CEO.
Articles tagged “AirAsia”
Philippine Airlines Is Losing Money, Again
This is a story about an airline with lots of potential, in a fast-growing region. But it’s not a happy story.
The Great Fall of China: Demand still growing fast, but overcapacity, pricier fuel sink Q2 profits for Chinese airlines
In a new book about China, Harvard professor Graham Allison provides a list of astonishing facts about the country’s economic development. In 1980, its gross domestic product was less than…
Phony Fernandes? Not exactly. AirAsia has messy accounting, but its low-cost credentials are indisputable
As Airline Weekly regularly warns when reporting AirAsia’s quarterly net results, things are not always as they seem. Last fall, for example (on Sept. 1, 2014), readers were advised to…
A Boom with No Local Heroes: Air traffic in Taiwan is booming. So why aren’t Taiwanese airlines prospering?
Amid the darkness, there is light. In Taiwan, last week’s TransAsia crash breached the airline industry’s supreme mandate: safety above all. But away from the fog of disaster is a…
A Perilous Passage to India: Memo to AirAsia and Singapore Airlines: This won’t be easy
To obtain a license to launch, an airline in India needs more bureaucratic approvals than the city Thiruvananthapuram has letters in its name. But lo and behold, AirAsia India—a joint…
Capacity Audacity in Asia: Carriers across the region, led by LCCs, have their feet firmly on the growth pedal
And you thought you’ve got problems?