AirAsia Food to launch in Indonesia early next year

AirAsia has announced that it will launch its food delivery service in Indonesia in early 2022. It has opened applications for prospective partners in the country.

AirAsia Food is offering special commission rates for three months for the first 1,000 culinary merchants that will join its platform.

Photo credit: AirAsia Food

AirAsia’s food delivery service was first launched in Malaysia, which it subsequently expanded to Singapore and Thailand. With the addition of the Indonesian market, the food business line is boosting the group’s super app aspirations.

Early AirAsia Food partners in Indonesia will also benefit from exposure and support from AirAsia’s ecosystem even before the food service launches, said Arbi Wienandar, head of ecommerce at AirAsia Super App Indonesia. He added that more details on city rollouts will be announced soon.

The group launched its food delivery services in Malaysia in August, shortly after its logistics arm, Teleport, acquired DeliverEat for US$9.8 million. In the same month, AirAsia began operating its ride-hailing service AirAsia Ride in the country.

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In July, AirAsia acquired Gojek’s Thailand business for US$40 million.

Correction (Dec. 24, 2021 11:50 a.m. SGT): This article earlier incorrectly stated that AirAsia launched its food delivery service first in Singapore instead of Malaysia.