SEPANG, 1 October 2019: AirAsia guests will have reason to celebrate today as the airline introduces a reduced passenger service charge (PSC) at klia2 and other international airports in Malaysia.
The move follows last month’s announcement by the Malaysian Minister of Transport, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, confirming the Cabinet’s decision to reduce the PSC for passengers travelling outside of ASEAN from MYR73 to MYR50 effective 1 October.
AirAsia Group president airlines, Bo Lingam, said: “We fully respect the Cabinet’s decision and as per the minister’s announcement, we will proceed with charging the reduced PSC from 1 October. As the airports belong to the government, the Cabinet has every power to implement changes to the PSC.
“The fact that the Cabinet has chosen to reduce the applicable PSC to MYR50 demonstrates that the PSC rates set by the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) are maximum rates rather than fixed rates, consistent with statements made by Mavcom.
“For this reason, we believe there is no need for further gazetting of the lower PSC rate for it to become effective 1 October.”
To mark the change, AirAsia will run a 23-hour “Shared Prosperity” promotion today, offering a 23% discount on all seats to destinations beyond ASEAN including Tianjin, Melbourne, Seoul, Jaipur, Tokyo and Taipei, for immediate travel through to 9 February 2020. The “Shared Prosperity” promo will be available on airasia.com and the AirAsia mobile app and includes hotel bookings. There are also special discounts on merchandise and duty-free items on ourshop.com.
