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AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes yesterday said “good bye” to the famous social media platform - Twitter; this time for real.
"I will be closing down my Twitter account today. As I said, wait till QPR gets promoted and I reach 50. I may restart dedicated accounts. Goodbye all. Maybe I return. Been fun. And damn useful. Speak the truth be brave," he said in another tweet. Fernandes last tweet, saying that he was closing the account was at 2.20 pm yesterday.
AirAsia India officials have confirmed Fernandes' decision.
In April, Fernandes took everybody into surprise after he tweeted saying he decided to quit from Twitter and April 30th will be last day.
He added, reaching 50 years old. Think I spend to much time on it. It's been awesome but time to move on. He however took a U-turn on that decision.
Fernandes used the network very effectively. All major announcements about the airline, offers, discussion on the industry, on his favourite sport activities, industries, birth day wishes, work out in gyms, investors road show anything and everything has been discussed in his account.
Fernandes started Tweeting on December 7, 2008. He had over 9.64 lakh people follow him on this social network. The followers included journalists, from across the World.
Earlier, when asked Twitter was a platform for all his announcements, he said, “I get very good response from you [the media] guys on Twitter. Tatas went mad when I first announced on Twitter about the joint venture."
An AirAsia official, who didn't want to be named, once said that “If you want to know all about AirAsia and need a comment from him (Tony), log on to his twitter. It is the best way”.
