In 2001, Tony Fernandez is a young Executive who served as Vice Chairman of the ASEAN region in the Warner Studio Songs Southern Eastern Japan. One day, he saw TV footage of a study stating that 85% of the inhabitants of Malaysia were never boarded a plane in their lives. This gave him the idea to establish the first low-cost airline in Malaysia.
Fernandez mortgaged his house and then persuaded some friends in the music studio to build a small aviation company. Will be named Track Water After several times failed to get the certificate permits the establishment of companies. Fernandez finally met with PM Malaysia time, Mahathir Mohammed. He recommends that Fernandez took over Air Asia, a subsidiary of the State-owned aviation, who was then a debt incurred due to errors of the previous management.
During this time, many thought Fernandez just needs to issue the 1 ringgit to ownership rights over water for Aisa. Although in theory this is true, in fact Tony et al. also inherited the company's debt worth 40 thousand ringgit, they should pay in installments. He also has only 250 employees and two old aircraft Boeing 737-300 with one travel traffic.
However, his conviction turned out to be true. The citizens of Malaysia and neighboring countries sign up to be snatching passengers of Air Asia. In one year, Air Asia has paid off all his debts. Nine years later, Air Asia is the company cheap flights with the world's fastest growth rates, has been transporting 85 thousand passengers, with 7000 employees and 90 new aircraft to operate 130 airports in Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
It is said that, when his company was little, often also involving Fernandez himself as the operational staff in various divisions. He sometimes takes the passenger bag, serve check-in, even become impromptu steward. This gave him the opportunity to experience firsthand the problems experienced by the crew and passengers of Air Asia. When he learned that some employees of the lowly Air Asia also dreamed of being a pilot and a flight attendant, he gave them a scholarship to continue his studies. One other thing that makes Fernandez is very proud of is the fact that Air Asia has 35 people official women in management, which is the most among all airlines in Malaysia.
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