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During the [[BBC]] interview on August 31, 2020, [[AirAsia]] [[CEO]] [[Tony Fernandes]] said that during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, the restriction on local and international travel has caused AirAsia to report loss in revenue and has laid off some of the employees from the company. At the same time, the restriction period also gives AirAsia an opportunity to focus on digital business including improving existing AirAsia application, BigPay, an [[e-wallet]] application, and develop a [[super-app]] that includes certain features including [[online food ordering]], [[e-commerce]], payments, entertainment and travel that will compete with other super-app including [[Grab (application)|Grab]], [[Gojek]] and [[WeChat]]. He claimed that the development of super-app takes inspiration from Grab, GoJek and [[Meituan]].<ref>{{cite news |
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Revision as of 14:03, 4 December 2021
History
In September 25, 2015, during the Digital News Asia conference, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes announced that AirAsia is planning to diversify it's company from aviation industry-focused company into an e-commerce company, although further details haven't been disclosed during the announcement.[1]
During the BBC interview on August 31, 2020, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said that during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the restriction on local and international travel has caused AirAsia to report loss in revenue and has laid off some of the employees from the company. At the same time, the restriction period also gives AirAsia an opportunity to focus on digital business including improving existing AirAsia application, BigPay, an e-wallet application, and develop a super-app that includes certain features including online food ordering, e-commerce, payments, entertainment and travel that will compete with other super-app including Grab, Gojek and WeChat. He claimed that the development of super-app takes inspiration from Grab, GoJek and Meituan.[2]
References
- ^ Balea, Jum (2015-09-25). "Yes, AirAsia just called itself an internet company". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ Harper, Justin (2020-08-31). "The airline founder building Asia's next super app". BBC. Retrieved 2021-12-04.