Editor’s take: The week that was — July 5-10 AirAsia Group acquired Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek’s Thailand business in a stock swap deal, which would result in the latter owning a 4.76% stake in AirAsia’s lifestyle platform. In an interview with DealStreetAsia, the budget airline’s CEO Tony Fernandes explained the genesis of the transaction and the inorganic growth route that the firm is planning to adopt to expand its operations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Salim Dhanani, CEO and co-founder of AirAsia’s fintech unit BigPay said the group’s goal in Thailand is to launch all core features, from payments to international remittance.