03 June 2009

A Tweet from Tony

KUALA LUMPUR - AirAsia group chief executive Tony Fernandes has assured his followers that his health is okay.

Fernandes fainted at KLââ¬â¢s Low Cost Carrier Terminal on Monday evening after attending AirAsia's Penang-Singapore inaugural flight celebration earlier in the day.

Writing on Twitter, Fernandes assured those concerned for his health: ââ¬ÅâœAm fine. Resting at home as the doc ordered. Everythingââ¬â¢s okay and am just exhausted.ââ¬~

While heââ¬â¢s taking time out, the AirAsia CEO might want to run his eye over recent comments by Ryanair budget airline boss, Michael Oââ¬â¢Leary.

Undaunted by Ryanairââ¬â¢s pre-tax loss of 180.4m euros in the 12 months to the end of March, Oââ¬â¢Leary predicted, "In the coming winter, there will be a bloodbath in the industry.

ââ¬ÅâœWe will hopefully cause most of that and the losers will be BA, easyJet and other high-fare airlines," he said.

O'Leary is still looking at the on-board lavatories as a source of extra revenue although he has discounted asking passengers to pay to use them.

However, he added, "If we can get rid of two of the three toilets on a 737, we can add an extra six seats."

Hopefully, not in the toilets...

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• Looless is clueless
  
  

  Michael O'Leary's plans to remove toilets from Ryan Air -- first airline to introduce Looless Class, makes 'leisure travel' an oxymoron. I can see the new Ryanair ad campaign already: 'No money, no dunny'

  By Mere Observer, Thursday, June 4, 2009