Skift Take
AirAsia’s head honcho can’t wait to transform the airline — he's in the driver’s seat for AirAsia.com and pulling in the best of his troop on the journey. Second-quarter results, just out, show a rather promising platform.
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes will take on the added role as CEO of AirAsia.com, a new position that will allow him to have direct oversight of his vision to transform AirAsia into a much broader platform for online travel.
The company said Fernandes' new role will be temporary with a new CEO for the digital platform to be named “in due course.”
Fernandes has said he sees AirAsia becoming a digital force, increasing its efforts to sell additional travel-related services such as hotels, tours, insurance and more to the millions who fly the airline.
AirAsia Group announced the executive restructuring as part of its second quarter financial results released Wednesday.
AirAsia.com generated sales totaling $1.3 billion (RM5.4 billion) in the second quarter, while profit (EBITDA) grew 232 percent to $439,000 (RM1.85 million), the group said.
Joining Fernandes in driving AirAsia.com is AirAsia’s chief commercial officer Karen Chan, who oversees all commercial functions as AirAsia.com's chief commercial officer. Former AirAsia Malaysia’s head of co
