KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia has dismissed Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) police report against its chief executive officer Tony Fernandes over claims that the airline was pressured to cancel flights during the 14th General Election (GE14) period. "AirAsia strongly refutes the police report lodged by Mavcom against AirAsia Group CEO Fernandes. "We would like to emphasise that the video released by Fernandes on May 13 is fully supported by evidence and facts, including direct communication between AirAsia Malaysia CEO Riad Asmat and Mavcom executive chairperson Abdullah. Mavcom said it had in fact approved all 66 additional flights which Air Asia had applied for on Apr 23 itself. In the statement, Mavcom also explained that initially, AirAsia had on April 13 and 18, requested for a total of 54 additional flights, which it approved.

Source: New Strait Times May 15, 2018 12:45 UTC