The fee will be deferred until the company involved has discussions with the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) and e-hailing companies.

The decision followed discussions between the company, RA Consultant Group, and the e-hailing coalition of Malaysia as well as the Muslim Consumers Association yesterday, the company said in a statement.

The company also agreed with the e-hailing coalition that the RM2 fee would be billed to the booking app used by e-hailing customers instead of requiring the use of the Touch ‘n Go entry terminal.

RA Consultant was appointed by Segi Astana Sdn Bhd, concessionaire for the integrated complex gateway@klia2.

The RM2 entrance fee had been imposed on all e-hailing and taxi drivers who wished to pick up passengers at Gate 5, Level 1 of the budget airport.

It came after the company managing the traffic flow and queueing system at klia2 installed a gantry at Level 1, where e-hailing and taxi drivers were required to tap their Touch ‘n Go card to enter the pick-up area. Drivers had also been required to have a minimum of RM20 value in their Touch ‘n Go card.

It was believed that the e-hailing drivers and cabbies were passing the extra RM2 charge to their customers.

Separately, a spokesman for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd said the shopping mall gateway@klia2 and the transport hub did not fall under its authority.