MAHB eyes 10pc rise in KLIA passengers

SEPANG: Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) expects a 10 per cent increase in the number of passengers at the Kuala Lumpur

International Airport (KLIA) by year-end from 39.9 million passengers last year.


Its senior general manager (Operations), Datuk Azmi Murad, said the
first quarter of 2013 saw the number of passengers grow to 14.2 million
or 12 per cent more than same period last year.


"We have done a lot of initiatives to attract airlines to come to
KLIA and our incentive is to boost Malaysia's economy growth as well,"
he told reporters at a media briefing today.


Azmi said one of the initiatives was free aircraft parking to
airlines flying to new destinations, adding the higher frequency bodes
well for MAHB as it would also mean an increase in the number of
passengers to Malaysia.






"It will not only further boost passenger movements at KLIA but is
also a positive development for the tourism industry in Malaysia," he
added.


He also said MAHB collaborates with the Tourism Malaysia Promotion Board to organise activities for passengers at the KLIA.


"2014 is Visit Malaysia Year, and we are preparing ourselves for
the increased number of travellers and passengers by giving special
training to frontline staff and service providers or retailers at the
airport to ensure they will be interested in visiting Malaysia again,"
Azmi added.


Azmi was attending a celebration of Royal Brunei Airline's
inaugural double daily flight from Brunei to KLIA here, a development
that he said signals Royal Brunei's growing footprint in the aviation
industry.-- Bernama