Who owns AirAsia?
AirAsia is owned by AirAsia X (Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia: 5238).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AirAsia X Berhad Annual Report 2025, 29 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AirAsia X Berhad reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Founded
- 2001
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- Bursa Malaysia: 5238
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About AirAsia
AirAsia is the low-cost airline brand of AirAsia X Berhad, whose 2025 annual report traces the group to the launch of AirAsia in 2001 under the tag line Now Everyone Can Fly. AirAsia Berhad, the Malaysian short-haul airline, became a wholly owned subsidiary of AirAsia X on 11 March 2026 when AirAsia X bought it from Capital A. The group reports more than 150 destinations under the AirAsia name.
Ownership timeline of AirAsia
Where AirAsia sits in AirAsia X
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full AirAsia X brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by AirAsia X
AirAsia X controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; AirAsia X has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: AirAsia X
AirAsia X is a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bursa Malaysia: 5238.
AirAsia X Berhad is the Malaysian low-cost airline group listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia since 10 July 2013. Its 2025 annual report says that in January 2026 it completed the acquisition of AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia Aviation Group Limited from Capital A Berhad, consolidating all AirAsia-branded airlines under one aviation platform across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Cambodia. Capital A, formerly the parent of the AirAsia airlines, no longer owns them.
🇲🇾 AirAsia and other Malaysian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 71 brands that began in Malaysia. 11 of them (15%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; AirAsia is not one of them.
- Firefly — Malaysia Aviation Group 🇲🇾
- First World Hotel — Genting 🇲🇾
- Hornbill Skyways — Hornbill Skyways 🇲🇾
- MISC — MISC 🇲🇾
- Pos Malaysia — Pos Malaysia 🇲🇾
- Raya Airways — Raya Airways 🇲🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AirAsia?
The parent company of AirAsia is AirAsia X, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia.
Is AirAsia Malaysian?
Yes. AirAsia originated in Malaysia in 2001 and its owner, AirAsia X, is also headquartered in Malaysia.
Is AirAsia still owned by AirAsia X?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, AirAsia is still owned by AirAsia X. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] AirAsia X Berhad Annual Report 2025 — AirAsia X Berhad, Annual report, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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