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 to include its services on the airasia Super App. 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.

Source: The Edge Markets April 18, 2023 17:34 UTC