Malaysian - Businessman | April 30, 1964 -
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 Jakarta.
Tony Fernandes
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When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.
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My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.
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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 it takes someone like myself or Richard Branson who comes from outside the industry to say, 'Hey, let's try something new.'
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Airlines are one of the last things to be liberalized.
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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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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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When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.
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The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.
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