SEPANG,
June 13 (Bernama) -- Low-cost airline,
AirAsia Bhd, will sign five more joint-venture agreements with regional
airlines within the next two years to expand its business in the region.
Chief
executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, said the move was in line with
AirAsia's ambition to become the leader in the industry.
"The
enormous potential in an underserved market of three billion people spread
across Asean, Northeast Asia and South Asia offers huge opportunity and AirAsia
is ideally positioned to reap huge dividends by serving this market," he
said after announcing the set-up the airline's Asean office in Jakarta here
today.
AirAsia
had signed a joint venture agreement with Japan's All Nippon Airways to form
AirAsia Japan, which is expected have its first flight in August.
In line
with the company's expansion strategy, he said, the airline was also
considering placing an additional order for 50 planes to its existing order of
75 planes, scheduled to be delivered by 2016.
He said
the airline might ask Airbus to advance the aircraft to fill the requirements
of its operations.
Fernandes
said the Asean office, called AirAsia Asean, would focus on the development of
its regional operations as well as to bring the airline to a higher level.
The
office, which would serve as the 'nerve centre' of its regional operation,
would help the airline to engage more closely with the Asean secretariat
headquartered in Jakarta, he said.
He said
the office would also help raise the profile of AirAsia Indonesia, which was
scheduled for listing on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by year-end.
Fernandes
said with the establishment of the Asean office, he would leave his post as CEO
of Malaysian operation to focus on the regional operation and would announce
his replacement on Monday.
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