KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has been redesignated as acting group chief executive officer (CEO) of long-haul budget airline AirAsia X Bhd with effect from Friday (July 8).

Fernandes is appointed as the acting group CEO in addition to his position as a non-independent non-executive director of AirAsia X, the group said in a Bursa Malaysia filing.

AirAsia X's former group CEO Nadda Buranasiri resigned in April following his resignation as CEO of Thai AirAsia X Co Ltd (Thai AAX).

He served as AirAsia X group CEO from Nov 1, 2018, and as Thai AAX CEO from 2014.

On April 18, Thai AAX announced the appointment of Patima Jeerapaet as its new CEO to succeed Buranasiri, who was then appointed as executive adviser.

Last month, AirAsia X also announced the resignation of Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz as its chairman effective July 1.

In a separate filing on July 1, AirAsia X, a Practice Note 17 company, updated that it was still in the midst of regularising its financial position and it had about four months left to submit its regularisation plan to the relevant authorities.