- Business
- Capital A Berhad (KLSE:5099), formerly AirAsia Group Berhad, is a Malaysia-based investment holding company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur that oversees a portfolio of synergistic travel, aviation, and lifestyle businesses including aviation operations via AirAsia-branded airlines; Asia Digital Engineering for maintenance, repair, and overhaul services; digital platforms encompassing travel, e-commerce, and fintech through the airasia super app offering 16 products and services such as BigPay for payments and Teleport for logistics, freight, and home delivery; ventures in e-hailing, online food ordering and delivery, investment management, cargo services, cross-border e-commerce logistics and payments, software development for cybersecurity and IT, multimedia content trading, coffee and tea products, financial services, media content, aircraft leasing and rental, drone training, event ticketing, tour and travel, inflight meals and retail, customer loyalty programs, and brand licensing and merchandising; as well as engineering, outsourcing, consulting, food and beverage, and airport-related support services primarily targeting leisure and business travelers across Asia with routes spanning over 165 destinations in 25 countries through subsidiaries in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Cambodia. The company operates in the travel, leisure, and hospitality sector with a focus on low-cost aviation and integrated digital ecosystems. In recent developments, Capital A entered conditional share sale agreements in April 2024 to dispose of its AirAsia Aviation Group for MYR3 billion and AirAsia for MYR3.8 billion to AirAsia X, extended through supplemental agreements including one on October 17, 2025, as part of its ongoing PN17 regularization plan involving capital reduction of up to RM6 billion to offset accumulated losses, with CEO Tony Fernandes targeting completion by late July 2025 subject to Thailand Stock Exchange approval, creditor consents, and RM1 billion equity placement potentially involving Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund; meanwhile, AirAsia secured a landmark order for 70 A321XLR aircraft and plans a Gulf hub for Eastern Europe expansion in 2025.