Annual Report 2019

20 August OURSHOP inks partnership with Regent Asia Group in the Philippines to enable travellers to pre-order and collect their duty-free items at Manila’s T3 International Terminal. 21 August AirAsia Foundation makes its debut in the world of fashion with the launch of its GOOD/jahat travel collection using upcycled materials from aircraft at KL Fashion Week 2019. 23 August AirAsia Foundation opens its first social enterprise hub in Kuala Lumpur. 29 August AirAsia BIG launches two-way points conversion with PETRONAS. 30 August AirAsia and AirAsia X sign two major agreements with Airbus covering the order of additional 12 A330neo and 30 A321XLR aircraft and a memorandum of agreement to support the development of the Malaysian aerospace industry. 31 August AirAsia Philippines appoints Joseph Omar A Castillo as its new Chairman of the Board effective 1 September 2019. 11 September Teleport expands into India with Zeal Global Services partnership. 12 September AirAsia Philippines announces new domestic route connecting Manila to Bacolod City, commencing on 27 October 2019. 17 September AirAsia Thailand announces flights from Bangkok to Varanasi, India. 18 September AirAsia Malaysia launches flights from Kuala Lumpur to Da Lat in Vietnam. 19 September AirAsia Thailand launches new direct flights from Chiang Rai to Hangzhou. 20 September AirAsia celebrates 600 million guests with a BIG Sale. 20 September AirAsia upgrades its inflight WiFi service by equipping several aircraft with Inmarsat’s high-speed Ka-band platform, GX Aviation. 25 September AirAsia named as official partner of Davis Cup by Rakuten Madrid Finals. 26 September 40 Allstars join hands to conduct reef and beach clean-up in Terengganu in support of International Coastal Cleanup 2019. 27 September OURSHOP adds health and beauty retailer Guardian into its list of partners to provide pre-purchase and collection at klia2. 9 October AirAsia Philippines unveils brand-new office, named RedPoint. 13 October AirAsia named as Asia’s Leading Low- Cost Airline at World Travel Awards Asia and Oceania 2019. 15 October 40 Allstars from across ASEAN contribute to wildlife rehabilitation through #AllstarsDoGood: Hammock Amok project. 23 October AirAsia enhances its mobile app with new and innovative features. 8 November AirAsia Indonesia announces Veranita Yosephine as new CEO. 11 November AirAsia Malaysia receives Blue Ribbon certification from the Ministry of Health Malaysia in recognition of its efforts to encourage and empower its Allstars and guests in creating a smoke-free working environment, as well as stopping all tobacco products from its inflight duty-free catalogue. AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2019 17 ABOUT US