Air Asia Berhad originally founded by DRB-Hicom in 1993 before it was bought over in December 2001 by a company called Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Tune Air's owner, Dato' Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes or usually called Tony Fernandes had thought of an idea to introduce a product that will take the world by storm. The event of Tony Fernandes taking over Air Asia Berhad seemed impossible to everyone. Almost everyone thought that it was a big mistake and that the company will fell deeper in debts, but people were terribly wrong about it. Just a year after Tune Air Sdn Bhd had taken over, it was making a huge progress. Under Tony Fernandes, Air Asia break even and had settle all its losses and paid it debts. That brings to what Air Asia is now. For several years, Malaysia Airlines had monopoly the airline market, becoming the first national airline. But recently Air Asia has taken the place of the former national airline monopoly, Malaysian Airlines (MAS)