A low-fare flight dispute between local consumers and Air Asia, a Malaysian low- cost airline, was resolved when the company agreed to dish out refunds to ticketholders after they held a press conference earlier Wednesday. In the company of opposition Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Wei- cher, the group had earlier accused Air Asia of fraud after it canceled a free outbound flight but refused requests for a refund on the return flight. One of the complainants, a woman surnamed Liu, said that last November she booked Air Asia's free-of-charge flight from Taipei to Bangkok scheduled on Oct. 28 this year and purchased the return flight at full cost. The airline, which has a motto of 'Everyone Can Fly, ' announced last month that it had canceled the outbound flight and would not give refunds for the return flight, Liu said. Huang said the airline's promotional strategy confused local consumers. Consumers are asked to 'book limited flights very early, and there is no guarantee' that the flight will take off as scheduled, he said. At the press conference, Chang Chia-lin, an ombudsman of the Consumer Protection Commission under the Executive Yuan, said that the airline violated the Consumer Protection Law's principles of equality and reciprocity. 'Consumers can demand a refund,' he said. Air Asia, the largest low-fare airline in Asia, sent Taiwan Marketing Representative Kevin Chen to meet the complainants and Huang after the press conference. The airline agreed to give a full refund. Huang suggested that similar disputes in the future be handled in the same manner. 