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AirAsia defends sale of flights offered by other airlines on its SuperApp
April 20th 2023
Earlier this week, Malaysia Aviation Group CEO, Captain Izham Ismail, revealed the company had filed an injunction to stop AirAsia from selling Malaysia Airlines tickets on the LCC’s SuperApp. Read More » Lion Air Group added it had not consented to the sale of its tickets on the LCC’s app. airasia SuperApp acting CEO, Mohamad Hafidz, said the app's online travel agent (OTA) platform held a travel agent licence and was an International Air Transport Association accredited travel agent authorised to sell flights on any airline. “As an accredited OTA, airasia SuperApp’s flight inventories come from established partner aggregators as well as direct airline partners, a common OTA industry practice,” Hafidz said. “We continue to call on MAS and other airlines to partner directly with the airasia SuperApp to achieve better efficiency and performance. We will be happy to move our conversation forward by working together to offer Malaysians the best value when it comes to travel and win together.”
