AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) is proposing to pay just 0.5 per cent of debt owed to each of its creditors and to terminate all existing contracts so that it can restructure 33.65 billion ringgit ($8.1 billion) of liabilities, a document seen by Reuters shows.
The Malaysian low-cost long-haul airline, a sister carrier to AirAsia Group Bhd, on Monday told the stock exchange it had set a date of Nov. 12 for creditor meetings to vote on the restructuring proposal.
“To avoid a liquidation and to allow the airline to fly again, the only option is for AAX to undertake the proposed debt restructuring,” the airline said in a 127-page explanatory statement for the meeting seen by Reuters that is being sent to creditors.
