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Interview: Air Asia Deputy CEO
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2019
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Podcast episode
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The latest edition of the Skift Airline Weekly Lounge contains an exclusive interview with Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO.
There was no backtracking from AirAsia in its plan to branch out into selling other airlines on its platform, financial services, and more experiences.
Asked at Skift Forum Asia in Singapore in May 2019 if becoming the Amazon of travel is overly ambitious, Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO, said it’s “ambitious, but I think it’s very doable.”
Another AirAsia executive recently made the declaration that the airline could become the “Amazon of travel.” In this discussion, interviewer and Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan gets to the core of the boast.
There was no backtracking from AirAsia in its plan to branch out into selling other airlines on its platform, financial services, and more experiences.
Asked at Skift Forum Asia in Singapore in May 2019 if becoming the Amazon of travel is overly ambitious, Aireen Omar, AirAsia’s deputy CEO, said it’s “ambitious, but I think it’s very doable.”
Another AirAsia executive recently made the declaration that the airline could become the “Amazon of travel.” In this discussion, interviewer and Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan gets to the core of the boast.
Released:
Jun 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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