NEWS: Could AirAsia’s Santan brand cater for Malaysian Airlines?

Capital A CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes talks about the possibility of offering its in-flight F&B brand Santan to national carrier Malaysia Airlines.

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00:00 Old Tony would have done a lot of things on Instagram and all kinds of things.

00:06 Professional Tony answer, Executive Chairman answer.

00:10 We have made it known to Malaysian Airlines that we could provide them food that would

00:15 work.

00:18 Long time ago.

00:21 You know, I think one of the sad things that I found in Malaysia and other parts is airlines

00:30 sometimes get too emotional.

00:33 And they don't see that it doesn't matter whether you want to work with someone.

00:37 If it makes sense, work with them.

00:41 They don't necessarily want to work with us on Super App.

00:44 Makes no sense not to activate a 50 million database.

00:49 I on the other hand, am working with my competitors because I think that's better for us.

00:55 If our competitor is better than AirAsia, AirAsia needs to be kicked.

01:01 Super App is agnostic.

01:02 We will work with anyone who wants to work with us because we have to make travel affordable

01:09 to everybody.

01:11 So that's a difference in culture, right?

01:14 So you know, Malaysian Airports wants to work with us.

01:18 It's the best relationship we've had in 21 years.

01:21 By the way, the old Tony would have been selling Santan outside the MAS gates.

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