Mumbai: Low cost carrier AirAsia on Sunday said that the AirAsia India board has approved and appointed a Chief Executive Officer for the Indian subsidiary. Earlier, an airlines spokesperson had said that the airline had not yet appointed a CEO for AirAsia India.
"The board of Airasia India has approved and appointed a Ceo for Airasia India. He will be a revelation. Thrilled to have him on board," AirAsia Group chief Tony Fernandes tweeted tonight. He, however, did not identified the person.
The comment came in response to a PTI story quoting an airline spokesperson as saying," AirAsia India has not appointed a CEO." The spokesperson said this in an e-mail statement to PTI from airline's headquarters in Sepang, Malaysia. The e-mail came after PTI sought confirmation of the name of CEO doing rounds in the industry.
Air Asia, which is the largest low-cost airline in Asia, has formed a joint venture with Tata Sons and Telestra Tradeplace of Arun Bhatia in a 49:30:21 holding to launch a low-cost carrier in the domestic market. The venture received a formal approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board on April 4 to set up the company in the country....
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05:00 PM, Mar 13, 2013
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03:10 PM, Mar 11, 2013
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12:58 PM, Mar 06, 2013
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12:30 PM, Mar 06, 2013
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04:10 PM, Feb 21, 2013
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