PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Bhd has rejected allegations that it acted improperly when it bought aircraft from Europe's Airbus SE years ago. AirAsia was responding to media reports on the Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into by Airbus SE and the UK SFO on Jan 31. "The articles referenced above allege that certain agreements by AirAsia to order Airbus aircraft were improperly linked to sponsorship by Airbus of a sports team jointly owned by AirAsia executives. AirAsia vigorously rejects and denies any and all allegations of wrongdoing," said AirAsia. As a customer of Airbus since 2005, AirAsia never made purchase decisions that were premised on an Airbus sponsorship.

Source: thestar February 01, 2020 15:33 UTC