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21 quotes by Tony Fernandes

Tan Sri Anthony Francis "Tony" Fernandes, CBE (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first 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-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies....
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I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

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If you have a great product but no one knows about it, it's history.

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In Europe, they travel a lot lighter. I always joke that my Indonesian passengers bring their house and their neighbor's house.

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Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger.... →

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I think airlines have been very much parrots. They'll just follow what everyone else is doing. Why change a model that they're happy in? And... →

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I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take... →

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In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion... →

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Airlines are one of the last things to be liberalized.

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Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.

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Don't kid yourself that anyone in the Premier League is going to do you any favours.

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I came from the music business, which reputedly has the biggest egos, but I really think the airline world caps it.

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I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

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I've lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that there's so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and... →

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