As Rafidah's impact and popularity grew, the pressure grew exponentially. It was getting harder and harder to resist the pressure from the prime minister's office. Tony Fernandes More Quotes by Tony Fernandes More Quotes From Tony Fernandes Believe the unbelievable, dream the impossible, never take no for an answer. Tony Fernandes answersdreambelieve I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. Ive hired many people at very strange places. Tony Fernandes strange-placesambitionhumble Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality. Tony Fernandes dignityrightsmean As long as we are enjoying ourselves, that's the most important thing Tony Fernandes importantinspirationallong Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldnt be only for the rich. Tony Fernandes aviationgoalmen Winning is an amazing feeling. You dont get that in business; you dont get that in many things. Tony Fernandes winningfeelings The passengers were on my aircraft, and I have to take responsibility for that. Tony Fernandes passengerstaking-responsibilityresponsibility Airlines are one of the last things to be liberalized. Tony Fernandes airlinelasts Ive lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that theres so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and Jakarta. Tony Fernandes jakartaindonesiabali In Europe, they travel a lot lighter. I always joke that my Indonesian passengers bring their house and their neighbors house. Tony Fernandes neighborhouseeurope We have ordered the 330 but to finally confirm it we must make sure price is right. Performance is right. Engine is right. PDP (pre-delivery payments) is right. and performance of the 330 251-tonne is right. If right, (it is) the plane we dreamt of and fought for and then we can order more. Or else. Tony Fernandes company-news Within 24 hours, we were summoned by the (regulator) Malaysian Aviation Commission and told to cancel all those flights. That put us again under tremendous pressure. Tony Fernandes top-news I am sorry for what has gone on. I buckled at the crucial moment in our history, it wasn't right and I will forever regret it. Tony Fernandes top-news We are about to sign A321neos. Tony Fernandes company-news With this aircraft we believe we will hit 100 million passengers in the not-too-distant future. Tony Fernandes company-news We see a great end to the year and a light at the end of the tunnel for the Malaysian operations after a series of headwinds that affected our operations. Tony Fernandes industrials There are no financial difficulties in Indonesia, we have said that it needs funding and we are going to clean it up. But you can't arrange funding in three weeks. Tony Fernandes industrials We're deliberately doing that because we want to show that we're not afraid of flying to FAA-registered authorities, they'll audit us, they'll go through us with a fine toothcomb. Tony Fernandes industrials What I've been getting thousands of tweets on...is to restart Europe early next year now we have the right aircraft to do that. Tony Fernandes industrials There's nothing per se we have changed on that as yet, other than reviewing everything in a very micro-management style. Tony Fernandes industrials
