Tony Fernandes shares AirAsia experience at Obama Foundation event

Geraldine TongPublished: Dec 11, 2019 6:24 AM

When the AirAsia Flight 8501 flying from Surabaya to Singapore crashed into the Java Sea in 2014, killing all 162 people on board in 2014, AirAsia Group Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Tony Fernandes (above) said everyone advised him against going to Indonesia to directly deal with the crisis.

But the entrepreneur said he still decided to fly to Surabaya to meet with each and every one of the families of the victims of the crash, for he felt that was the right thing to do...

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