AirAsia seeks cheaper debt with $100 oil pressuring financing

Bloomberg · 6 hours ago
AirAsia seeks cheaper debt with $100 oil pressuring financing
  • AirAsia Group is looking for cheaper debt and plans to avoid additional private credit borrowing, according to co-founder Tony Fernandes.
  • Fernandes said private credit rates are expensive and that he does not want more debt.
  • The financing effort faces a difficult backdrop with oil near $100, which raises cost pressure for the Southeast Asian budget carrier.

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I don’t want to take any more private credit debt because it’s expensiveTony Fernandes
I don’t want more debt. I don’t like debt.Tony Fernandes

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