Wednesday, February 9, 2011

1Malaysia Chinese New Year. =)

The other day, I saw these pictures on Facebook; it was the Chinese New Year celebrations at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal LCCT - an event organized by Air Asia =) There were lion dances and special appearances by Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes himself too!

The lion dance performances =)

Anyways, meet Air Asia's own Choy San Yeh!!!

Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes!!! =P

In case you didnt know - Datuk Seri Anthony Francis Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur and 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". He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. He rose to prominence by turning AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. Fernandes was also instrumental in lobbying the then-Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in mid-2003, to propose the idea of open skies agreements with neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore. As a result, these nations have granted landing rights to AirAsia and other discount carriers. Fernandes is the team principal of the new Lotus Racing, which raced in the 2010 Formula One season.

Here he is; with the Air Asia crew as well as members of the public. =P