AirAsia
Mahesh Kumar was appointed CEO of ADE in September 2020. In this role, he leads the transformation of AirAsia’s Engineering department into a comprehensive Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service provider driven by data and technology serving AirAsia and third party commercial airlines in the region.
Prior to this appointment, Mahesh was the Head of Fleet & Technical Asset Management at AirAsia. During that time, AirAsia sealed two major aircraft portfolio deals with BBAM and Castlelake LP for a combined value of USD3.6 billion which won the 2018 Air Finance Journal Award and 2019 APAC Airline Economics Award. In 2015, he was appointed as a pioneering Senior Vice President, Technical of the newly set up Asia Aviation Capital Limited, the aircraft leasing arm of AirAsia.
Mahesh joined AirAsia’s Engineering department in 2009 and since then has been involved in various engineering projects including defining and selection of aircraft and engine type, setting up AirAsia India Engineering and transforming Zest Airways into AirAsia Philippines.
Mahesh holds a Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering.
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AirAsia
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AirAsia is a leading low-cost airline that primarily operates in the Asia-Pacific region. They started out as Fly Asian Express in 2006 by serving rural areas of Sarawak and Sabah with turboprop aircrafts before rebranding to AirAsia in 2007. While they mainly operate out of the Kuala Lumpur airport, AirAsia services 26 destinations in Singapore, Bali, Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Seoul, Busan, and many others across Asia and the US. Their core fleet consists of the 39 Airbus A330. They are passionate about their business model having the lowest unit cost base of any long-haul airline in the world. In addition to their low-cost airline offering, other services include AirAsia Ride, Pocket, ikhlas, Money, Xpress, Health, Food, TravelMall, and many others that promise a quick and easy delivery at a low cost.