Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2)
10 February 2019 AS a court fight brews between Asia’s biggest budget airline group and Malaysia’s dominant airport operator, a common major shareholder has asked them to talk things over. It is learnt that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a substantial shareholder in both AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB) and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), has … Continue reading Newsbreak: EPF voices concern over AirAsia-MAHB litigation
9 February 2019 The Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) has exceeded the targets in all seven elements under the Quality of Service (QoS) performance measure in November 2018, said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB). KLIA’s main terminal, meanwhile, exceeded the targets in seven out of eight elements, MAHB said in a statement today. Klia2 … Continue reading Klia2 exceeds quality of service targets
6 February 2019 Air Asia has claimed that Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) has turned down their offer of mediation, in a letter sent by the airport operator’s lawyers. The airline said that in an attempt to resolve the parties’ ongoing dispute over passenger service charges at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), they had … Continue reading MAHB turned down our offer for mediation, says AirAsia
5 February 2019 After years of being at loggerheads, Malaysia’s dominant airport operator and Asia’s biggest budget airline group are taking their airport tax dispute to court for the first time. The airport tax, or passenger service charge (PSC), has been a point of contention between Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and AirAsia group for … Continue reading PSC dispute: Let the courts decide
5 February 2019 THE Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is the 12th busiest in the world measured by international passenger traffic. This is good news for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), which operates 39 airports in the country. But not all news in our aviation industry is good news. Entrance to klia2 Main Terminal Building … Continue reading Taxing dispute
4 February 2019 AirAsia Malaysia chief executive officer (CEO) Riad Asmat has slammed Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd’s(MAHB) statement on the passenger service charge (PSC) that was released yesterday, calling the airports operator’s arguments “duplicitous and disingenuous”. In a statement today, Riad said the seven-page statement by MAHB yesterday did not clarify on the PSC, but … Continue reading AirAsia Malaysia’s CEO slams MAHB’s PSC clarification, calling it ‘duplicitous and disingenuous’
4 February 2019 The bad blood between Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and AirAsia Group Bhd continues to boil over. After being served with a notice by AirAsia claiming almost RM480mil for losses incurred from operating at klia2, MAHB said the low-cost carrier’s disparity of approach to the Passenger Service Charge (PSC) impacted its ability … Continue reading MAHB-AirAsia feud undermines M’sian effort to be aviation hub
4 February 2019 AS the feud intensifies between Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and AirAsia, so too the voices from air travellers against the imposition of a departure levy, as well as increase in passenger service charge (PSC). Malaysians, however, said they were determined to continue travelling. (File pix) Malaysians say the departure levy will … Continue reading Travellers against departure levy
3 February 2019 As the passenger service charge (PSC) dispute between AirAsia and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) escalated further this past week, the airport operator has come out to say that it is simply following the rules and protecting both its shareholders and the local aviation sector. In a statement released today, MAHB highlighted … Continue reading MAHB points to rulebook as PSC fight heats up
3 February 2019 Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) said that it does not set, fix or control passenger service charges (PSC), in response to civil suits between its subsidiary Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd and AirAsia over hundreds of millions of ringgit in outstanding PSC. The airport operator said PSC partially covers the operating, improvement … Continue reading MAHB says it does not set, fix or control passenger service charges (PSC)