opportunities for delivery drivers in the new markets we aim to hour cross-border door to door deliveries by leveraging launch soon. AirAsia and interline partners' wide network. "Thai people are already ahead of the curve in embracing the 3) Fintech digital revolution, mobile and real time activities including e- commerce, fintech and online entertainment are a way of life. I BigPay: Asean Challenger Bank - Fintech company focusing believe we can leverage what Gojek has already achieved in on payment solutions, remittance, lending as well as a soon to Bangkok and really take it to new heights to deliver greater be a virtual bank. BigPay aims to democratise financial ser- convenience and price competition for the people of Thailand." vices across Asean by providing great value financial products such as multi-currency e-wallet, remittance services and lend- About airasia Digital ing airasia Digital (previously known as RedBeat Ventures) is the About Gojek digital venture arm of airasia Group. airasia Digital leverages the Group's physical and digital assets, to create an ecosys- Gojek is Southeast Asia's leading on-demand platform and a tem of businesses that connect with our customers in their pioneer of the multi-service ecosystem model, providing ac- everyday life, transforming the AirAsia brand into a fully cess to a wide range of services including transportation, food fledged digital company. delivery, logistics and more. Gojek is founded on the principle of leveraging technology to remove life's daily frictions by con- airasia Digital integrates the Group's continued innovation fo- necting consumers to the best providers of goods and ser- cus and business building expertise, best-in-breed technology vices in the market. solutions, talent development programmes and big data in- sights, for travel and lifestyle businesses to thrive in Asean. The company was first established in 2010 focusing on courier and motorcycle ride-hailing services, before launching the app airasia Digital comprises of three key focus businesses: in January 2015 in Indonesia. Since then, Gojek has grown to 1) airasia Super App become the leading on-demand platform in Southeast Asia providing access to a wide range of services from transporta- All in one platform with a growing number of Travel, Lifestyle tion, to food delivery, logistics and many others. and Rewards offerings for everyday needs and access to vast amounts of data to provide customised offerings for their cus- As of March 2021, Gojek's application and its ecosystem have tomers such as Flights (AirAsia and other airlines), Hotels, been downloaded more than 190 million times by users SNAP (Flights & Hotel packages), Unlimited, airasia farm, across Southeast Asia. airasia food, airasia fresh, airasia beauty, airasia shop, airasia Gojek is dedicated to solving the daily challenges faced by health, airasia academy (Redbeat Academy), IKHLAS, BIG consumers, while improving the quality of life for millions of Rewards, and airasia Media Group (content and ads). people across Southeast Asia, especially those in the informal 2) Logistics sector and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Teleport - Cross-border logistics operations encompassing freight, delivery and e-commerce. Tech-enabled regional lo- gistics service providers with the capabilities to enable 24- End of documentAirAsia takes a quantum leap towards At the same time, in a realignment of its international strategy, "airasia Digital and the airasia Super App will become a highly becoming a leading tech giant by acquiring Gojok is increasing investment in its Vietnam and Singapore valued partner for us as we share the same goal to provide Gojek's Thailand operations operations, having identified these markets as strong sources users with better services, while enhancing the livelihoods of of growth for the business going forward. This includes in- drivers and merchants. At the same time, the deal will enable creased driver and merchant acquisition initiatives, enhance- us to pivot our focus in international markets towards Vietnam KUALA LUMPUR, 7 July 2021 - airasia Digital, the digital ments to user experience as well as launching new products and Singapore - markets providing us with the best retum on arm of airasia Group and Gojek, Southeast Asia's leading mo- and services. investment and strategic growth opportunities." bile on-demand services and payments platform, today re- airasia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said today's announce- President of airasia Digital, Aireen Omar, said the an- vealed a partnership whereby airasia Digital will acquire Go- ment is "the start of a tremendous long term strategic partner- nouncement of this collaboration delivers proof of the success jek's operations in Thailand. ship with Gojek which is sure to rock the industry. of our digital transformation and pivot from an airline to a one This win-win deal is expected to rev up expansion of the "By taking on Gojek's well-established Thai business, we'll be stop lifestyle super app, anchored on travel. airasia Super App in Asean, while enabling Gojek to increase able to turbo charge our ambitions in this space to become a "What we have achieved in the past year is incredible, include investments in its Vietnam and Singapore operations. leading Asean challenger super app. ing changing the mindset of thousands of Allstars (staff) from In retum, Gojek will receive shareholding in the airasia Super "We already have a complete digital economy ecosystem. We an airline mentality to becoming digitally focused, which is no App whose market value is around USD1 billion, The deal pro- mean feat. The airasia Digital group consists of three key digi- have successfully established over 15 different non airline vides both parties with a strong foundation to explore addi- products and lifestyle services on our digital e-commerce plat- tal companies, namely the airasia Super App which provides a tional opportunities for collaboration and synergies in one of form in Malaysia. Now it's time to take it to the next level. In lifestyle platform for travel, e-commerce, financial services, the fastest-growing regions in the world. response to overwhelming regional demand, we are setting farm to table, health and edutech products and services. Our logistics venture Teleport, is the fast growing e-commerce lo- As part of its commitment to Thailand, the airasia Super App our sights on bringing our Super App offerings to all of our key markets, following the successful roll out in Thailand gistics company, ready to offer instant door-to-door deliveries aims to continue to leverage the existing ecosystem services as well as delivering within 24hrs across all of Southeast Asia for riders, merchants and customers while adding new offer- "All of our digital businesses are going from strength to and airasia's BigPay fintech business is now on track to be- ings, such as groceries and beauty items. It will seek regional strength and through this alliance, our goal of becoming the come the region's first virtual bank expansion into new markets like Chiang Mai and Phuket in the Asean Super App of choice is fast becoming a reality." near future. 'The future is exciting as we continue to forge ahead with Gojek CEO Kevin Aluwi, said, "This deal is a testament to many new innovations to truly embrace the digital era and The Gojek app will continue to operate for existing users in the accomplishments of our team in Thailand, who grew the make a difference to people's everyday lives." Bangkok through to 31 July 2021 to ensure stability for Gojek business from nothing to an on-demand service provider that drivers and merchants - who will be invited to onboard the has made a difference to hundreds of thousands of people Meanwhile, on behalf of AirAsia Thailand's major investor, airasia Super App in coming weeks throughout the country. The business was built on a huge AirAsia Thailand Executive Chairman, Mr Tassapon Bijleveld said "The airasia brand is already strong in Thailand airasia will work with the existing Gojek team in Thailand, who amount of talent and passion and we will of course, work closely with our Thai employees as well as airasia through this and we are thrilled to confirm this partnership today supporting will operate the Gojek business during the transition period the upcoming launch of the airasia Super App in the kingdom before moving over to the airasia super app, bringing local transition. We are proud of and deeply grateful for everything Gojek Thailand has achieved, as well as for our loyal Thai and cementing a long term future for Gojek's employees, driv- market expertise and a deep understanding of Thai user consumers and driver and merchant partners, who have al- ers and merchants. Not only will it support local SMEs and needs to the business. ways been at the heart of what we do. fresh food suppliers, but will also create more income-earning