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Fernandes Plans US Listing for AirAsia, Super App – FT


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Tony Fernandes, left, with Dómhnal Slattery, chief executive of Avolon, in front of a model eVTOL air taxi. Photo: Avolon

 

Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes’s Capital A group is planning New York listings for both its low-cost AirAsia airline and a digital e-commerce-based “super app”, he told the Financial Times.

The company, which previously considered merging its digital businesses with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), was hit hard by the pandemic, prompting EY in July 2020 to question its ability to survive.

 

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George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.