KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Malaysia-based Batik Air, a member of Indonesia's Lion Air Group, has joined national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd to say that it has not given consent for AirAsia Super App, one of the portfolio companies of Capital A Bhd, to include its services on the airasia Super App platform.
It claimed that AirAsia Super App had acted in an "unauthorised manner" by putting the airline’s and Indonesian low-cost carrier Super Air Jet’s flights up for sale on the app.
"We wish to notify the public that Batik Air Malaysia, and all the airlines within the Lion Air Group, namely Lion Air, Batik Air Indonesia and Wing’s Air, and Super Air Jet have not given any consent for AirAsia Super App to include their services in the airasia Super App," Batik Air said in a statement on Tuesday (April 18).
The airline said it has demanded AirAsia Super App to immediately remove or delete all unauthorised products and services of the group and Super Air Jet from the airasia Super App, failing which it will "seek legal redress in accordance with the laws of Malaysia".
Earlier, Malaysia Aviation Group Bhd group managing director Captain Izham Ismail said the aviation group has filed for an injunction to stop AirAsia from selling Malaysia Airlines tickets on its airasia Super App.
“Yes, I would like to confirm that we have filed for the injunction as we were not able to reach a commercial agreement before this and they continued to sell our inventory," he told a press conference on Tuesday.
The matter was revealed by Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Monday, who advised consumers to check and purchase tickets through the official apps of the airlines to avoid buying tickets at high prices as ticket prices would be different if they are purchased using other apps.