Monday, May 26, 2008

AirAsia to operate from KK international airport

The star (May 24): Low-cost carrier AirAsia will have to operate from the international airport terminal here after May next year despite appeals to stay on at Terminal Two.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Lajim Ukin said that they would cease operating at the airport’s Terminal Two complex in Tanjung Aru and move to the main airport complex that is currently being upgraded.

“All airlines, even domestic ones, will use the main terminal block as soon as it is ready for operations,” Lajim said after visiting the RM1.4bil upgrading works at Kota Kinabalu International Airport here yesterday.

“The move to house all airline operations under one roof is practical and will benefit travellers whether local or foreign,” Lajim said, adding that the current Terminal Two would be converted into a dedicated cargo terminal.

On the progress of the airport expansion and refurbishment, he said the main terminal should be ready by May 20, 2009, with partial operations beginning in July this year.

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