Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes said the calculation process, which would reflect the available facilities at individual airports, could be done in six months.
“I applaud Mavcom for doing it and it is about time. Malaysia will be the first country in Asean to do this properly and I urge them to do it quicker,” he told reporters after unveiling the airline’s digitalisation plan at Changi Airport T4 today.
In August, Mavcom chief operating officer Azmir Zain was reported as saying that the commission was looking to revamp the calculation of PSCs at local airports, in line with international practices.
He had also said that European countries took between three and four years to implement the mechanism and that Mavcom was looking at a similar timeline.
Meanwhile, during his presentation, Fernandes said his vision was to eliminate the usage of cash on AirAsia flights with the introduction of its e-wallet service, BigPay.
The service, expected to be launched within the next two to three months, would allow travellers to connect up to 10 debit or credit cards to make transactions across Asean.
It would have all 10 Asean currencies, while also offering cheaper foreign exchange rates compared with banks.