"Anthony Francis "Tony" Fernandes", Order of the British Empire/CBE is a Malaysians/Malaysian Entrepreneurship/entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad/Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first Low-cost carrier/budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". Fernandes managed to turn AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public company/public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies.

He was also instrumental in lobbying the then-Prime Minister of Malaysia/Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad/Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in mid-2003, to propose the idea of open skies agreements with neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore. As a result, these nations have granted landing rights to AirAsia and other Low-cost carrier/discount carriers.

As of February 2014, Forbes Asia valued Fernandes' net worth at $650 million, ranking him at number 28 on the Forbes list of Malaysia's Richest.

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As long as we are enjoying ourselves, that's the most important thing.

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It was strange when I first came to the airline. The pilots freaked out because they suddenly saw their CEO pushing the ladder (to the plane).

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We have some teething issues but other than that everything is great.

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Watch out, Singapore, is all I have to say.

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I think high oil prices will sort out the efficient and non-efficient players in the airline industry.

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It's a dream come true for us. A few years ago we were just a two-plane operation and now we have our own home.

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Both of us working together will win big-time. With so much global competition, it really makes sense to combine our strength.

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