The injunction application was sought by Malaysian Airlines Bhd (MAB) and its subsidiary, Firefly.

The national airline and Firefly had filed a lawsuit against AirAsia last year, accusing it of committing trademark infringement, passing off, trade misrepresentation and unlawful interference with trade.

The injunction order will be in force until the disposal of the lawsuit.

In his ruling, judicial commissioner Azlan Sulaiman agreed that MAB had good grounds to justify the grant of the injunction.

He said AirAsia’s business of selling tickets on the SuperApp would not be adversely affected as the low-cost carrier would still be able to sell seats on other airlines.

AirAsia had objected to MAB’s application, saying that several other websites, including Expedia, Agoda, Skyscanner and Traveloka, also sell Malaysia Airlines’ flight tickets.

The court also ordered AirAsia to pay MAB costs of RM20,000.

In April, Malaysian Aviation Group managing director Izham Ismail said they had sought the injunction after failing to reach a commercial agreement with AirAsia for the sale of inventory.

The issue of Malaysia Airlines tickets being sold on Air Asia’s SuperApp was first raised by former transport minister Wee Ka Siong.

Wee claimed the SuperApp had priced return flight tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on Malaysia Airlines at RM3,138 during the Hari Raya period.

His predecessor at the time, Loke Siew Fook, the current transport minister, took Wee to task by asking why he was checking the price of Malaysia Airlines tickets on the SuperApp instead of the airline’s own app or website.

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