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AirAsia, Malaysian authorities in quarrel over naming of airport terminal

Xinhua, June 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

AirAsia, Southeast Asia's leading budget airlines, is in quarrel with the Malaysian authorities over the naming of its main airport terminal in the country, local media reported Wednesday.

AirAsia announced that the Kuala Lumpur International Airport second terminal (KLIA2), where it operates most of its flights, would be rebranded to low-cost carrier terminal 2 (LCCT2), in the promotional materials to its website, tickets and even taxi services.

However, Malaysia's airport authorities MAHB responded that the unilateral renaming of the terminal by AirAsia would be a violation of aviation law.

AirAsia and MAHB have been long in strain relations over the Kuala Lumpur airport terminal, the major gateway to the country. The budget airlines was forced to relocate to the new terminal from its original low-cost carrier terminal in 2014.

AirAsia's Chief Executive Aireen Omar complained that the airlines growth had since been hampered by the design and check-in system of the terminal, which could not handle larger volume of passengers.

She also described the new terminal as "beyond repair" for its building quality, which cost AirAsia to maintain operations. Endit