KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) will assess if executives from local budget airline AirAsia and its long-haul sister company AirAsia X violated the Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015 as well as the commission’s guidelines concerning graft allegations on...
Monday, 03 Feb 2020 05:09 PM MYTThe Mavcom logo is seen at the reception desk of the office of the Malaysian Aviation Commission in Menara 1 Sentrum, Kuala Lumpur, May 28, 2018. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Mavcom said it is looking into the matter as a result of the graft allegations made against the carrier by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office . It pointed out that the companies are subject to the law also known as Act 771 and the Guidelines on Fit and Proper Person as they hold air service licences issued by the commission.
The British SFO alleged that Airbus paid a bribe of US$50 million to win plane orders from Asia’s largest budget airline group.
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