KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — AirAsia has signed an agreement to buy US$12.25 billion (RM51.72 billion) worth of long-range Airbus 321XLR aircraft, with deliveries confirmed by 2028, said Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

PARIS, June 18 — The world's biggest air show looked set on Wednesday for a muted finale after the owner of budget carrier AirAsia, often a source of last-minute dealmaking drama, played down the prospect of expected plane deals with Airbus or Embraer.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — A private placement to raise RM1 billion (US$226 million) by Malaysia’s Capital A, owner of budget airline AirAsia, was “done”, group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said on Monday, as the company edges closer to completing a reorganisation plan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — AirAsia will not give up on securing a license to operate in Singapore, despite having been rejected three times, said Capital A chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

SUBANG, July 23 — Relevant parties should have offered AirAsia Group compensation following the global information technology (IT) outage, said Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

LONDON, June 25 — AirAsia has been awarded the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024, marking its 15th consecutive win in the low-cost carrier segment globally.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — AirAsia Group Sdn Bhd (AAG) is poised to be listed on Bursa Malaysia in September, taking over the listing status of AirAsia X Bhd, said Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Capital A Bhd's Aviation Services has expressed interest in acquiring airports across Asean as part of its next five-year business plan.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Capital A's Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday he has agreed to put aside retirement plans and has signed a new five-year contract to continue as chief executive of the company, the operator of budget airline group AirAsia.

SEPANG, March 4 — The proposal to retain the six per cent service tax for domestic flights will be discussed in this week's Cabinet meeting, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

SEPANG, Jan 8 — Capital A Bhd has entered into a non-binding letter of offer with AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) for the proposed disposal of its aviation business, namely AirAsia Bhd (AirAsia Malaysia) and AirAsia Aviation Group Ltd (AAAGL).

SEPANG, Jan 8 — AirAsia Aviation Group has appointed Datuk Captain Chester Voo as deputy group chief executive officer (CEO) of airline operations and Farouk Kamal as deputy group CEO of corporate, effective today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — AirAsia today announced a major expansion of its services covering China, India and Malaysia, totalling an astounding 230 weekly flights for the first quarter of 2024 with up to 5.2 million seats per year.

SEPANG, July 12 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah attended the unveiling of Teleport’s Airbus 321 freighter (A321F), earlier today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has disposed of his entire shareholding in QPR Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — “There would be no AirAsia without Datuk Pahamin A Rajab,” AirAsia co-founder Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said on the passing of co-founder and former chairman of the low-cost airline.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Capital A Bhd, the parent company of low-cost airline AirAsia, has expressed confidence that local airport tax charges imposed by the government will remain reasonable as part of the effort to boost tourism in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Malaysia's Capital A will combine its AirAsia budget airline business with long-haul offshoot AirAsia X as part of a corporate restructuring designed to shed its status as a financially-distressed firm, chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said.

MELBOURNE (Australia), Nov 3 — AirAsia Aviation Group's medium haul affiliate airline, AirAsia X Bhd (AAX), said it has no immediate plan to find a successor to Tan Sri Tony Fernandes as the airline's management and board will oversee its operations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — Tan Sri Tony Francis Fernandes has resigned as AirAsia X Bhd’s (AAX) group chief executive officer (CEO) effective today.