airasia super app

Jul

Fly the super app skies with AirAsia

Just about every major tech company now wants to be a fintech, super app or both. What makes AirAsia different is that its core service has nothing to do with the internet or banking. Indeed, AirAsia is an airline that happens to have a digital services arm. The Malaysia-based firm…

Feb

Asia Banking Research

Will AirAsia’s super app gambit take flight?

Once upon a time, super apps began as e-commerce platforms or free messaging services. They tapped the network effect to build giant user bases. Because their overhead was low, they could afford to be patient about monetization. Transportation companies do not have the same luxury, especially airlines reeling from the…

Oct

Asia Payments Research

Can AirAsia build a super app?

If ride-hailing companies can aspire to be digital banks and super apps, then perhaps airlines can too. In fact, consumers probably trust airlines with their data more than they do Grab and Gojek. For Malaysia’s AirAsia, which lost a record US$238 million in the second quarter, developing new revenue drivers…

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