AirAsia Group Berhad (AAXBF) Discusses Operational and Financial Position Amid Recent Media Coverage and Crisis Response September 17, 2026 11:00 PM...

AirAsia Group Berhad (AAXBF) Discusses Operational and Financial Position Amid Recent Media Coverage and Crisis Response September 17, 2026 11:00 PM EDT

Anthony Fernandes - Co-Founder & Non-Independent Executive Director Tharumalingam Kanagalingam - Group Chief Executive Officer

A very warm welcome to our distinguished guests, analysts, investors and members of the media present here today as well as the international press joining the press conference online. Today, it is our great privilege to welcome Mr. Tony Fernandes, Co-Founder and Adviser of AirAsia Group, together with Mr. Bo Lingam, Group CEO of AirAsia Group, which is joining us online; and also Mr. Farouk Kamal, Deputy Group CEO.

They join us today to give an update on the situation and provide clarity on the recent news surrounding AirAsia Group that everyone has been following.

Without further ado, I would like to invite Mr. Tony Fernandes to address the situation to you all. Please, Tony.

Anthony Fernandes Co-Founder & Non-Independent Executive Director

Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming. Honestly, there are better things to do right now than have this press conference, but it has become so much news. In my normal style, I'd rather deal direct with it and be transparent and you can ask me whatever questions you want. That's always been my style over the last 25 years.

My senior management team is here, some with socks, some with no socks, but they're all here from Thailand, from Malaysia and Indonesia and Philippines, because obviously, the news that one newspaper article has created a ripple effect everywhere. And so I thought it's better that everyone is here, and you can ask whatever questions you want on this.

I suppose I'd start before I go into this presentation is, one, I think in the 25 years, we've been the