12 Feb 2009
AirAsia Bhd hopes that the issue over a new low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) will be resolved soon, its group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes said today.
"It will be resolved at some stage," he said.
"The quicker the better. We got to move. I think every effort is being made to resolve it quickly," he told reporters after launching the airline's "Pick A Seat" service here.
The government recently turned down AirAsia's proposal to build a RM1.6 billion airports in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, but the low-cost carrier managed to win some important concessions in the process, said a recent news report quoting sources.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) will be given the task of building a new LCCT, which will be located near the present terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, the report said.
It added that AirAsia managed to get assurance about lower airport charges and tax, which it will negotiate with MAHB, and it, will be also allowed to provide some input on the specifications for the new LCCT.
AirAsia has been complaining about the charges at the present LCCT as it argued that with less facilities available, the airport charges and tax should be much lower than those imposed at KLIA.
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