Malaysia's AirAsia seeks to rename company as Capital A subject to shareholder approval. The name has been approved by the Companies Commission of Malaysia.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... al-2412351
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Are they planning to consolidate their debts into one easily monthly payment through Capital One?
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TokyoImperialPa wrote:Are they planning to consolidate their debts into one easily monthly payment through Capital One?
I think the change in name is to reflect the nature of Airasia Group Berhad - it is no longer just an airline. If you look at their corporate structure chart, you will see all sorts of companies in the Group. I guess that changing the name will tell investors that it is not an airline but a company with businesses in many parts of the economy.
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Sounds Terrible, hope they reconsider. Capital A sounds like an airline I've never heard of, thus one I would be weary of flying.
Re: Malaysia's AirAsia seeks to rename company as Capital A
TokyoImperialPa wrote:
Are they planning to consolidate their debts into one easily monthly payment through Capital One?
Re: Malaysia's AirAsia seeks to rename company as Capital A
Correct me if I'm wrong but the name of the airline won't change...just the group that owns them?
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They should call it Capital C, which is just about their credit rating.
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dalmit wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but the name of the airline won't change...just the group that owns them?
Correct!
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flee wrote:dalmit wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but the name of the airline won't change...just the group that owns them?
Correct!
That makes more sense, I missed that when I read the headline earlier.
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Interesting to see AirAsia is taking Lion Air and it's subsidiary 'Super Air Jet' on in the battle of the worst airline name.
Can they even afford to change their name right now? The cost of a new office sign would probably throw them into bankruptcy.
Can they even afford to change their name right now? The cost of a new office sign would probably throw them into bankruptcy.
Re: AirAsia Group seeks to rename company as Capital A
Change is official.
AirAsia Group announced the holding company has become Capital A Berhad. The name change reflects the Group’s additional business strategy as a broader holding company with a portfolio of travel, logistics, finance and lifestyle businesses.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 022-01-28/
AirAsia Group announced the holding company has become Capital A Berhad. The name change reflects the Group’s additional business strategy as a broader holding company with a portfolio of travel, logistics, finance and lifestyle businesses.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 022-01-28/
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Makes sense. Much like Allegiant is just one of the travel units under the parent company (Allegiant Travel Company), though their names are closely tied to one another. But they didn't have to be
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Is there a legal advantage to a name change of the controlling entiry during the bankruptcy?
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OzarkD9S wrote:TokyoImperialPa wrote:
Are they planning to consolidate their debts into one easily monthly payment through Capital One?
Interesting, looks like they could be loading all of the debts into a holding company with a name with no emotional attachment. By seperating the different business groups and the holding company they can limit the damage to brands like AirAsia as they go through a restructuring.
I suspect AirAsia is now at a size where it's value will be based upon its ability to generate sustainable profits, not it's rate of growth.
As such, the original investors, who were probably more venture capitalists rather than airline managers will look to invest elsewhere.
It would be interesting to know how their partners who invested in resorts and hotels as part of the "developing a destination" strategy are fairing. It could be the case there are quite a few other seperate failed businesses associated with this entity.
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lightsaber wrote:Is there a legal advantage to a name change of the controlling entiry during the bankruptcy?
Lightsaber
In the US, no. Name changes are not sufficient to remove any obligations/liabilities. I would imagine that's similar internationally because something as simple as a name change shouldn't be able to relieve the entity of obligations, etc.
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its all about brand protection, all the nasty things that will happen during re-structuring are associated with a bland corporation rather than the airline itself. Similar tactic as Facebook creating Meta
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S0Y wrote:its all about brand protection, all the nasty things that will happen during re-structuring are associated with a bland corporation rather than the airline itself. Similar tactic as Facebook creating Meta
Yes, I think Capital A (formerly Airasia Group) Berhad wants to rid itself of the bad press of Airasia and Airasia X. There are many non airline companies in the group and they don't really want to suffer the bad consequences of the restructuring of the airlines.
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/ ... estyle-and
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TexasAirCorp wrote:Interesting to see AirAsia is taking Lion Air and it's subsidiary 'Super Air Jet' on in the battle of the worst airline name.
Except the airlines within the group are retaining the AirAsia name. Capital A is purely the new name for the company that owns the airlines. It's like how Facebook (the company) rebranded to Meta last year, but Facebook (the social media platform) retained its name.
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2eng2efficient wrote:They should call it Capital C, which is just about their credit rating.
ha ha
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jbs2886 wrote:lightsaber wrote:Is there a legal advantage to a name change of the controlling entiry during the bankruptcy?
Lightsaber
In the US, no. Name changes are not sufficient to remove any obligations/liabilities. I would imagine that's similar internationally because something as simple as a name change shouldn't be able to relieve the entity of obligations, etc.
I was wondering if it reduces the number of future lawsuits against the company. I don't think it makes a difference, but does it reduce future legal expenses?
This is way to Capitol One a name.
The question is, are they making their monthly payments?
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It leaves the AirAsia name available as another corporate entity. (To Americans) think of how Comcast rebranded its internet service to Xfiniti, leaving the Comcast name as the parent company of the NBC networks, Universal studios, the cable TV services...
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While I don't love the name, the group compromises over 20 different products, services and brands in their portfolio.
There really is no reason to lump everything from grocery to restaurants, to digital or financial services under the airline name. A more neutral holding brand makes sense as most of the companies attached to the group have no real connections to passenger air transportation which AirAsia name is so well associated with. It simply becomes much cleaner for each venture.
There really is no reason to lump everything from grocery to restaurants, to digital or financial services under the airline name. A more neutral holding brand makes sense as most of the companies attached to the group have no real connections to passenger air transportation which AirAsia name is so well associated with. It simply becomes much cleaner for each venture.
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lightsaber wrote:jbs2886 wrote:lightsaber wrote:Is there a legal advantage to a name change of the controlling entiry during the bankruptcy?
Lightsaber
In the US, no. Name changes are not sufficient to remove any obligations/liabilities. I would imagine that's similar internationally because something as simple as a name change shouldn't be able to relieve the entity of obligations, etc.
I was wondering if it reduces the number of future lawsuits against the company. I don't think it makes a difference, but does it reduce future legal expenses?
This is way to Capitol One a name.
The question is, are they making their monthly payments?
Lightsaber
Nope no difference.
Re: AirAsia Group seeks to rename company as Capital A
MIflyer12 wrote:It leaves the AirAsia name available as another corporate entity. (To Americans) think of how Comcast rebranded its internet service to Xfiniti, leaving the Comcast name as the parent company of the NBC networks, Universal studios, the cable TV services...
Airasia is still a subsidiary of the Capital A Group - it is the holding company that changed its name, not the airline company.
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