Make the airport a pleasant port of entry
24 August 2015 I travelled to Chennai in India on AirAsia three weeks ago and returned only on Friday. After the baggage check-in at the … Continue reading Make the airport a pleasant port of entry
Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (klia2) Info Site
24 August 2015 I travelled to Chennai in India on AirAsia three weeks ago and returned only on Friday. After the baggage check-in at the … Continue reading Make the airport a pleasant port of entry
21 August 2015 Last Friday, AirAsia Bhd served a letter of demand on Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and its wholly owned subsidiary Malaysia Airports … Continue reading AirAsia takes MAHB to court
17 August 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has categorically denied that it owes AirAsia Bhd for damages due to cracking and ponding at the … Continue reading AirAsia’s damage claims wholly unjustified, says MAHB
14 August 2015 The Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad (MAHB) has told AirAsia that the work plan to fix the ground depression problems at Kuala Lumpur … Continue reading MAHB working to fix klia2 problems
14 August 2015 Airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has come out to say that there were no occasions in which flight operations had … Continue reading MAHB says KLIA2 works did not affect flight operations
13 August 2015 HLIB Research expects Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and AirAsia Bhd to reach an amicable settlement following the low cost carrier's letter … Continue reading HLIB expects amicable solution for MAHB, AirAsia
12 August 2015 Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said today that AirAsia will not move to Kota Kinabalu International Airport’s Terminal 1 despite the deputy transport … Continue reading AirAsia rejects order to quit KK budget terminal
11 August 2015 A doctor who is a traveler criticised the unreasonable stand of Malaysian Airports Holdings Bhd that screenshot e-Pass for boarding is not … Continue reading Review the screenshot e-Pass ban, MAS told
11 August 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has outlined several possible options with respect to AirAsia Bhd's complaints about klia2 which might not be … Continue reading MAHB lists ‘unfavourable’ solutions for AirAsia
10 August 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) handled 12.7% more passengers in July 2015, with strong growth in both domestic and international passenger numbers. … Continue reading July passenger traffic up 12.7%
9 August 2015 The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) will investigate an aircraft rollback incident that was said to occur on July 17 at klia2 … Continue reading DCA to investigate AirAsia’s rollback incident at klia2
7 August 2015 AirAsia Bhd has no choice but to take stern action against Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) following the airport operator’s inefficiency which … Continue reading AirAsia says it has ‘no choice’ but to take stern action
6 August 2015 One of the world’s largest private airport operators – which manages 39 airports in Malaysia – is inviting companies to bid for … Continue reading MAHB invites bids for KLIA in open tender
5 August 2015 AirAsia Bhd has urged Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to make all of the relevant certifications with regards to klia2 publicly available. … Continue reading AirAsia wants MAHB to make public klia2 certifications
1 August 2015 Low-cost airline claims it suffers losses operating from klia2 and LCCT AirAsia Bhd is seeking RM409mil from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) … Continue reading AirAsia seeks RM409 million from MAHB
1 August 2015 Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz slammed Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) for playing down the defects at klia2, saying that MAHB was being … Continue reading Stop taking klia2 defects lightly, lives at stake
31 July 2015 AirAsia Bhd is seeking RM409mil for alleged loss and damages incurred operating from klia2 as well as from the low-cost carrier terminal. … Continue reading AirAsia seeks RM409m from MAHB over klia2, LCCT
31 July 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) reported a smaller net loss of RM19.88mil for the second quarter ended June 30, in line with … Continue reading Smaller net loss for MAHB
28 July 2015 Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB) gave its assurance that klia2's terminal, apron and taxiways are safe for operation. "Safety is of utmost … Continue reading klia2 safe for operation, assures MAHB
28 July 2015 Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) says that the klia2 terminal, apron and taxiways are safe for operations and ruled out any suggestions … Continue reading MAHB says only 2.3% of klia2 airport area affected by settlement
28 July 2015 Lower fuel prices and capacity demand growth are fuelling Asia-Pacific airline executives to change their strategy to take advantage of the new … Continue reading Airlines to leverage on lower fuel prices
27 July 2015 The sinking of Kuala Lumpur's new budget terminal klia2 should never have happened, AirAsia group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes said today. … Continue reading Sinking of klia2 should not have happened, says AirAsia boss
27 July 2015 Kuala Lumpur’s new budget passenger terminal – klia2 – is sinking, with cracks appearing in the taxiway and water forming pools that … Continue reading klia2 still sinking, AirAsia tells airport authorities
24 July 2015 Affin Hwang Capital expects Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to continue registering a core net loss in the second quarter results due … Continue reading MAHB’s 2Q15 likely to remain in the red
23 July 2015 The Customs Department seized methamphetamine worth a total of RM2 million in two separate busts this month at the Malaysia Airport Kuala … Continue reading Customs seize RM2m worth of methamphetamine at KLIA, klia2
22 July 2015 DAP's Tony Pua and PKR’s Rafizi Ramli, who have been vociferous in their criticism of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), have been barred … Continue reading 1MDB critics Tony Pua and Rafizi barred from leaving country
10 July 2015 Jetstar Asia is celebratings its two and a half millionth passenger on the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur route, one of the busiest … Continue reading Jetstar Asia celebrates 2.5 million passengers between KL, Singapore
30 June 2015 The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) branch thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 800 boxes of filtered … Continue reading KLIA Customs foils RM4 million cigarette smuggling attempt
16 June 2015 A verifier travel document and biometrics system facility is being installed at the Malaysia Airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), to … Continue reading klia2 gets new detection machine
16 June 2015 There was conflict of interest in the award of the Express Rail Link's (ERL) contracts to build a link between airports, the … Continue reading PAC finds conflict of interest in KLIA-klia2 rail link
11 June 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is targeting to grow its non-aeronautical revenue contribution to 60%, managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said. Its … Continue reading MAHB to beef up non-aeronautical ops
10 June 2015 Hong Leong Investment Bank is optimistic Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) would not be largely impacted by the recent restructuring of Malaysia … Continue reading MAHB not largely impacted by MAS restructuring
10 June 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) expects to finalise by December discussions with the joint venture between UEM Construction Sdn Bhd and Bina … Continue reading UEM-Bina Puri JV to know damages to pay for klia2 delay
9 June 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is still in discussions over the quantum of the liquidated and ascertained damages (LAD) to be paid … Continue reading Talks ongoing over payments for klia2 delay, says Liow
2 June 2015 All Jetstar Asia flights arriving and departing from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia will be shifted to the klia2 terminal … Continue reading Jetstar Asia to move to klia2 terminal in Kuala Lumpur
31 May 2015 The special position enjoyed by government-linked companies (GLC) under Khazanah Nasional makes it difficult for Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to conduct … Continue reading Hard to probe into MAS as it’s a GLC, PAC tells union
27 May 2015 The works ministry has completed 4,303 or 84 per cent of the total development projects under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), the … Continue reading Work ministry has 84% projects under 10MP completed
27 May 2015 Syarikat Secret Recipe Manufacturing Sdn Bhd had violated food safety requirements which resulted in the revocation of its 'halal' certificate on May … Continue reading Secret Recipe violated food safety requirements
22 May 2015 An audit of the klia2 will be conducted following the Cabinet's green light, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He … Continue reading Cabinet approves klia2 audit, says Liow
22 May 2015 The Transport Ministry today urged Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd (MAHB) to shed light on the Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) findings on low-cost … Continue reading Liow presses MAHB to reveal PAC findings on klia2 overruns
22 May 2015 Putrajaya defended today the increase in the construction cost of Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), saying the onus was now on … Continue reading Defending klia2 cost increase, minister says onus on MAHB
20 May 2015 DAP today labelled Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai the "most blinkered" transport minister for denying the massive cost overruns in the construction … Continue reading Blinkered Liow ignoring obvious overruns in klia2, says DAP
19 May 2015 A PAS lawmaker today derided the Second Kuala Lumpur International Airport (klia2) as a low-value terminal after Putrajaya insisted there were no … Continue reading klia2 not low-cost but ‘low-value’ terminal, says PAS MP
19 May 2015 A total of 24 million passengers have used the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) since it was operational, the Dewan Rakyat … Continue reading 24 million passengers use klia2 since operational
19 May 2015 The construction of Kuala Lumpur International 2 (klia2) never experienced a cost overrun although it ultimately cost RM4bil to build instead of … Continue reading Ministry: klia2 construction never experienced cost overrun
19 May 2015 There were no cost overruns involved in the delayed construction of second Kuala Lumpur International Airport (klia2), Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow … Continue reading klia2 cost increase due to new design concept, claims Minister
16 May 2015 MAH Sing Group Bhd is looking at joining the growing ranks of Malaysian property developers who want to set up real estate … Continue reading Property company interested in mall REIT
14 May 2015 A report by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) showed that both domestic and international passenger movements at airports operated in Malaysia have … Continue reading Air passenger traffic up in April 2015
6 May 2015 Kenanga Investment Research has maintained its Underperform call on MAHB with a lower target price of RM6.18 following its downward revision in … Continue reading Kenanga Research keeps Underperform rating on MAHB
6 May 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is reviewing its claims and counter-claims following the imposed liquidated and ascertained damages (LAD) on UEM-Bina Puri … Continue reading MAHB reviews claims
5 May 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) recorded earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of RM861.4 million (without construction revenue and cost) … Continue reading MAHB achieves KPI for 2014 with EBITDA of RM861.4 million
5 May 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) will bid for the maintenance job at the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), its Chairman … Continue reading Malaysia Airport Holdings to bid for Saudi maintenance job
4 May 2015 The setting up of the Asean Lane is aimed at driving into the creation of an Asean identity and community in the … Continue reading Asean Lane creates Asean identity, notes Philippine envoy
17 April 2015 A travel and tours company, believed to be linked to Uber, is facing two charges of operating vehicles and ferrying passengers without … Continue reading Company charged with ferrying passengers without licence
14 April 2015 By Melody Ng, Brands Editor & Asia Bureau Chief Puan Faizah Khairuddin, the much-respected Senior General Manager of Commercial Services at Malaysia … Continue reading Puan Faizah Khairuddin resigns from MAHB
13 April 2015 CIMB Research has maintained its Hold call on MAHB with a targe price of RM7.45, as the outlook forMAHB’s Malaysian business is … Continue reading CIMB maintains Hold on MAHB
11 April 2015 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Paul Low has defended the Finance Ministry for not submitting an official response to the … Continue reading Minister will report PAC’s recommendations to the Cabinet
10 April 2015 THE Public Accounts Committee has taken the Finance Ministry to task for not reporting back to PAC on the progress by ministries … Continue reading PAC: Ministry didn’t get back to us
8 April 2015 Aviation analysts said someone “independent”, who has the collective interests of all stakeholders in mind, should head the proposed Malaysian Aviation Commission. … Continue reading Someone ‘independent’ should head Malaysian Aviation Commission
9 April 2015 The Finance Ministry has been taken to task for not reporting back to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the progress of … Continue reading Nur Jazlan: Govt must take PAC recommendations more seriously
7 April 2015 BUILDING 16 more walkalators and having first aid kits in every public toilet at klia2 are among the measures to be taken … Continue reading klia2 to get more walkalators and first aid kits
6 April 2015 Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is in plans to build 16 more walkalators amounting to RM38 million at klia2, the Dewan Rakyat … Continue reading 16 more walkalators at klia2: Aziz Kaprawi
2 April 2015 MALAYSIA. Heinemann Asia Pacific has announced the winner of its ‘Win Your Dream Vacation’ contest, organised in celebration of theofficial opening of be … Continue reading be Duty Free marks opening with US$15,000 vacation giveaway
27 March 2015 DAP wants Putrajaya to stop "pussyfooting" over the audit of the RM4 billion klia2 and issue a directive to the auditor-general (A-G) … Continue reading Stop delaying klia2 probe, DAP tells Putrajaya
27 March 2015 Tony Pua wants the Transport and Finance Ministers to stop pussyfooting around the scandal. Liow Tiong Lai has been described as a … Continue reading MP queries ‘over up’ at klia2
25 March 2015 Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan today launched the Tourism Refund Scheme counters which would be operational at eight main airports when … Continue reading Tourism Refund Scheme counters at 8 main airports beginning April 2015
20 March 2015 LAND Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar announced new fares for budget taxis, hired cars and express buses … Continue reading Working out the fare hike
19 March 2015 Aviation analysts are not overly concerned about the potential threat from the newly established airline Flymojo to AirAsia Bhd as the newcomer … Continue reading New airline Flymojo no threat to AirAsia
16 March 2015 WCT Holdings Bhd is eyeing to derive 20% of the group's net profit from its investment and management division by 2016, from … Continue reading WCT aims to grow shopping mall trade
8 March 2015 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will proceed with its investigations on 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) once it received the audit report from … Continue reading PAC needs AG’s report on 1MDB to start investigation
2 March 2015 WE were suppose to board a flight from Singapore to klia2 at 12.10 pm on Feb 23. However, upon reaching the departure … Continue reading Airlines should have contingency plan when flight delays
2 March 2015 PERKASA Jauhari Sdn Bhd, the turnkey contractor which designed and built the air traffic control tower at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport … Continue reading Control tower at KLIA2 cools down with Schneider equipment
2 March 2015 I have used the new klia2 twice before and again last weekend to go to a neighbouring city. I decided that this … Continue reading My ‘exhausting’ experience at klia2
27 February 2015 BY Brian Martin Budget travel has already revolutionised the industry, but technology is bringing even more innovations. IN this day and age … Continue reading The jet-set world of pre-flight retail
26 February 2015 AirAsia Bhd's pre-tax profit for its financial year ended Dec 31, 2014 declined to RM22.7 million from RM361.23 million in 2013. Revenue, … Continue reading AirAsia FY14 pre-tax profit plunges to RM22.7 million
26 February 2015 The air traffic control tower at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) is now using the Uniflair Precision Air Conditioning solution, … Continue reading klia2 Air Traffic Control Tower implements Schneider’s solutions
24 February 2015 By T K Chua I do not know the exact intention of Zainuddin Maidin’s piece on Lee Kuan Yew. In the midst … Continue reading What’s your point, Zam?
24 February 2015 The next time you are at klia2 and are looking for a quick, affordable snack, head on over to the airport's all-new … Continue reading Convenience at klia2
24 February 2015 AirAsia Bhd and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) have established a good line of communication to ensure the smooth running of the … Continue reading AirAsia, klia2 enjoying clear skies together
19 February 2015 Kuala Lumpur based long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X has opened its sixth destination in China with a new 4X-weekly service to … Continue reading AirAsia X opens Chongqing route
18 February 2015 In conjunction with the Chinese New Year, shoppers and visitors to Paradigm Mall in Kelana Jaya and gateway@klia2, Malaysia’s only shopping mall … Continue reading Malls create festive ambience with a thousand lanterns
17 February 2015 Malaysia Airports has announced the winners of its KLIA/klia2 Shopping Hunt contest, organised in collaboration with local radio stations MYFM, SINARfm and … Continue reading MAHB concludes KLIA/klia2 Shopping Hunt retail competition
13 February 2015 The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) hopes the public will continue to use public transportation, even in the face of declining fuel … Continue reading SPAD: Continue to use public transport
10 February 2015 The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Customs foiled two attempts by foreigners to smuggle 7.19kg of methamphetamine through the airports here late … Continue reading KLIA Customs seizes drugs worth RM1.37 million in 2 cases
8 February 2015 An AirAsia X plane bound for Jeddah spent about four hours circling over the Straits of Malacca on Sunday apparently to burn … Continue reading Technical error forces AirAsiaX plane back to klia2
4 February 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) announced on Wednesday the defects liability period for the klia2 terminal building started on Jan 27, 2015 … Continue reading klia2 defects liability period to expire in January 2017
28 January 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is targeting a hefty increase in earnings for the current financial year ending Dec 31, underpinned by … Continue reading MAHB sees big rise in current-year earnings
27 January 2015 Through a strategic partnership between the WCT Malls and DOMedia Asia, a leading Wi-Fi advertising platform in Malaysia, brands including the retailers … Continue reading WCT Malls and DOmedia Asia partner to enable advertisers
26 January 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) envisages the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Aeropolis (KLIA Aeropolis) to position Malaysia as a hub for aviation, … Continue reading KLIA Aeropolis set to put Malaysia on aviation map
22 January 2015 Aviation stakeholders are in talks with the Ministry of Finance to exempt passenger service charges (PSC) from being taxed under the Goods … Continue reading Aviation stakeholders’ ask for airport tax to be GST exempted
22 January 2015 Tourists from China are unlikely to be attracted by the waiver in visa fees offered by Malaysia, as they are more discouraged … Continue reading Free visas not enough to woo China tourists, say groups
21 January 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said the failure to provide detailed clarification on National Airport Master Plan (NAMP) 2008, which became the … Continue reading Development Of KLIA2 based on 2008 National Airport Master Plan
21 January 2015 A Chinese travel agency has welcomed the announcement of visa fee-free (VFF) for Chinese tourists, believing the move will help boost the … Continue reading Chinese travel agency welcomes VFF for Chinese tourists
20 January 2015 The Visa Fee-Free (VFF) move for tourists, among them from China, as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today, … Continue reading Free visas for tourists may be issued before Chinese New Year
14 January 2015 Malaysian low cost airline Malindo Air's proposed flight to Vizag has run into rough weather with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) … Continue reading Malindo Air’s flight to Vizag hits AAI air pocket
12 January 2015 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) group recorded 83.3 million passenger movements in 2014, an increase of 4.7% from a year, but this … Continue reading Malaysia Airports records 83.3m passenger movements in 2014
8 January 2015 Pua, who is a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said instead of merely offering his verbal endorsement of the panel’s … Continue reading Make sure special audit on klia2carried out
7 January 2015 Malaysian police have sent a team of eight Disaster Victim Identification personnel – consisting of divers, crime scene investigators, fingerprint experts and … Continue reading Malaysian police send DVI team
5 January 2015 Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai welcomes the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the Auditor-General (A-G) to investigate the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 … Continue reading Liow backs move to investigate klia2
2 January 2015 A 27-year-old woman was detained by police at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) a day before Christmas while trying to board … Continue reading Cops detain militant bride, would-be suicide bomber