Gespräche über eine Zusammenlegung sind kein Gerücht.

Eine Fusion war schon 2019 im Gespraech, daher sind es keine Geruechte, sonder der Meinungsaustausch vor ort laeuft schon lange:
Mohamed Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s minister of international trade and industry and the government’s designated second-in-command, told the publication that conversations were due to take place soon regarding how to help the country’s struggling airlines. He said that even last year, long before the pandemic hit, a merger between Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia had been considered a possibility.