Malaysia’s AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes is greeted as he arrives for its annual general meeting in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur June 20, 2011. Fernandes has never done things in a small way. Whether he’s running Asia’s biggest budget airline, managing a Formula One team or launching a takeover bid for an English football club. But by smashing the aviation industry’s record for the number of planes in one order and becoming Airbus’s biggest airline customer with an $18 billion purchase of 200 jets, the charismatic 47-year-old Malaysian has surprised even himself. His bold move at the Paris Air Show is part of an ambitious expansion plan that he hopes will see AirAsia’s fleet size rival industry titan Southwest Airlines. To match Newsmaker AIRSHOW/AIRASIA-FERNANDES Picture taken June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: PROFILE TRANSPORT BUSINESS)
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