Tan sri anthony francis fernandes cbe also known as tony fernandes is a malaysian entrepreneur he is the founder of tune air sdn bhd who introduced the first budget no frills airline air asia to malaysians with the tagline quotnow everyone can flyquot he has since founded the tune group of companies fernandes was born in kuala lumpur to a goan indian father and kristang mother ena dorothy fernandes he was educated at epsom college between 1977 and 1983 and graduated from the london schoo