AirAsia
AirAsia India appoints Tata Steel’s Sunil Bhaskaran as new CEO
11 Oct 2018
Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, will also buy out the 2 per cent stake held by Tata veterans S Ramadorai and R Venkataramanan, retaining 51 per cent stake in the airline JV
AirAsia weighs acquisition of 134 Airbus aircraft worth $23 bn
16 Jul 2018
AirAsia is weighing an order for 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft and 34 more of the larger A330 neos, worth about $23 billion at list price
AirAsia India shows 79% growth in December with 1.42 mn passengers
27 Jan 2018
Earlier this month, managing director and chief executive Amar Abrol had told journalists that he was hopeful of breaking even by the end of 2018 or in the first week of 2019
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