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Budget pioneer enters consolidation phase: AirAsia to focus on core countries.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Boonsong Kositchotethana

Aug. 1--KUALA LUMPUR -- Following an aggressive expansion in the three years since its inception, AirAsia, Southeast Asia's leading budget carrier with subsidiaries in Thailand and Indonesia, is consolidating business and maximising the full potential of operations within the region.

AirAsia has decided not to jump on the bandwagon of no-frills flights to the two huge, emerging air travel markets of China and India, nor is the airline aiming to create networks on other continents, defying industry analysts who assumed AirAsia wanted to move into those countries.

"We're not ready for China and India. You can never push yourself too much and risk everything. You don't need to be the first, " said Tony ...

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