Garuda's LCC Citilink denies Malaysian affiliate plans

Garuda Indonesia's budget unit Citilink has denied any involvement in plans by 2 Malaysian companies to establish a budget airline that will use its brand name. SMTrack, a Malaysian listed company that provides radio frequency identification tracking services, announced April 15 a plan to buy 60% of Citilink's Malaysian general sales agent, Dexma Express, and start work to transform it into a low-cost carrier under the name Citilink Malaysia. It also indicated that the Indonesian carrier would later invest in the proposed Malaysian affiliate. But the Indonesian LCC strongly refuted the plans. "We have not set up any future plan in establishing a business entity in Malaysia," it said. <br/>