PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd have been ordered to pay RM41.52 million in total to Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd (MA Sepang) after the Kuala Lumpur High Court granted summary judgment in favour of the latter.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said the High Court granted summary judgment in favour of its wholly owned subsidiary MA Sepang in all three civil suits filed by MA Sepang against AirAsia and its long-haul affiliate AirAsia X.
The summary judgment order was for a combined amount of RM40.73 million in unpaid passenger service charges (PSC) and a combined amount of RM792,381 in unpaid late payment charges.
The summary judgment order further included a declaration for the low-cost airline group to pay MA Sepang the PSC rates that have been gazetted in law.
“The High Court also dismissed the applications filed by AirAsia to strike out or stay the three civil suits filed by MA Sepang,” said MAHB.
To recap, the low-cost carrier group was sued by the airport operator for refusing to collect the additional RM23 PSC per passenger at klia2. The legal tussle intensified when AirAsia applied for MAHB’s lawsuit to be struck out.
AirAsia had also tried, but failed to obtain leave to challenge the Malaysian Aviation Commission’s refusal to mediate on the dispute.
