Hong Kong, Dec. 22 -- In early December, the AirAsia Group and Universal Music Group (UMG) launched RedRecords, an announcement the airline group's CEO, Tony Fernandes, said "was incredibly important" to him. "It seems life has come full circle for myself and my AirAsia brothers, Kamarudin and Nadda, whom I met through our early days in music," he said at the debut of the company that has been established to discover and develop talent from Southeast Asia and the wider continent.

"Already, we have revolutionized air travel, enabling everyone to fly. As we celebrate 18 years of operation of AirAsia, we are focused on transforming the airline into a global digital travel and lifestyle leader," Fernandes said.

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