Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) regional CEO Filippo Bagnato(left) handing over the first of the 20 new ATR72-600 turbo prop aircraft to Firefly CEO, Ignatius Ong (right) in Toulouse on Wednesday. - Bernama
TOULOUSE: Premier short-haul airline operator Firefly Sdn Bhd sees the airline industry as a catalyst to continue driving Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth, on the back of increasing domestic flight traffic in Asia.
“I see the airlines driving the GDP instead of the GDP growth driving the industry. Without us, the growth may not be as high,” chief executive officer (CEO) Ignatius Ong told reporters at a briefing.
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