AirAsia wins ABA for aviation
SEPANG: AirAsia has won this year’s Asean Business Award (ABA) for Priority Integration Sector (Aviation).
The award recognises the integration and connectivity between Asean businesses owned and operated by AirAsia, as wel l as its outstanding performance and presence in the region.
AirAsia chief Global Affairs officer Juergen Keitel accepted the award on behalf of the airline at a gala dinner held at the RitzCarlton Hotel Singapore.
The award was presented by Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said, “Our dream is to have a single Asean sky and an Asean single window that will increase economic integration in the region.
“We are now working towards making AirAsia a single Asean airline which is owned by Asean nationals. We also hope that travelling within Asean will be made easier in the future with one single visa. Tourists shouldn’t have to apply for 10 dif ferent visas to visit this fantastic region.”
The ABA were created by the Asean BAC in 2007 to recognise outstanding Asean enterprises, to serve as a platform to spread information on the Asean Economic Community and to spotlight SMEs that have the potential of becoming global economic players in their respective industries.