How AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes is steering his budget airline toward post-pandemic recovery

Tony Fernandes, CEO of budget airline AirAsia, says his company is almost on the other side of the travel industry’s pandemic-fuelled turbulence. Fernandes said the Malaysian carrier is looking to expand its presence in China and Southeast Asia to capitalise on a surge in post-Covid travel demand. In an interview with the Post, Fernandes talks about the source of his positivity, his retirement plans and what it means to be an “industry disrupter”.