AVIATION tycoon Tony Fernandes has diversified his airline business by diving into the food delivery venture.

The AirAsia Group chief executive officer posted on Instagram a picture of himself next to a motorcycle with a delivery food bag that read “airasia.com/food”.

“Getting ready to make food deliveries to your house,” he posted. 

He has received positive responses from Malaysians with 8,761 likes and 223 comments.

The company started a new venture called airasia food in May, which is an online food delivery platform curated to support local businesses and franchises to stay afloat amid these tough times. 

Last month, AirAsia Group Bhd’s total number of passengers dropped by 85% to 1.91 million during the third quarter (Q3) of 2020 from 13 million in the same quarter last year. 

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the load factor for the group decreased to 66%, the airline group said in its quarterly report to the stock exchange. 

While capacity has been reduced last month given the conditional movement-control order by the government, AirAsia Malaysia is striving to recover to 60% of its pre-Covid domestic capacity by the fourth quarter. – November 12, 2020.