The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has gone to the court to enforce the RM2 million fines each imposed on the local budget airline AirAsia Bhd and its sister long-haul carrier AirAsia X Bhd.

The move followed on the heels of AirAsia and AirAsia X’s legal challenges against the RM2 million fines imposed on each of them over alleged breach of the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection Code 2016 (MACPC)...