IPOH, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Plans are afoot to build what is touted to be the world's first airport dedicated to providing humanitarian services in Bandar Seri Iskandar, about 40km from here, which is expected to cost RM1 billion.

To be developed by Casa Pasifik Sdn Bhd, the airport will take three years and two months to complete.

Casa Pasifik chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hilmi Ismail said the facility would serve as a medical training centre, aviation academy and a transit hub for global relief operations. It will also promote health tourism as well as research and development activities.

"We've chosen Bandar Seri Iskandar due to its strategic location, the amount of available land. It also fulfils security requirements. In fact, some parties have asked that the airport be built in their countries," he told reporters here today.

Disaster and war victims from across the globe may also be flown to the airport for medical treatment, he said.

Mohd Hilmi said the company had applied to the Perak state government for 800ha of land to build a 3,760m-long runway to accommodate Boeing 747 aircraft and other related projects.

According to him, Perak State Development Corporation and Casa Pasifik inked a memorandum of understanding on March 20 to signal their commitment for the project.

Mohd Hilmi also said the Civil Aviation Department gave its green light for the project in July.

Casa Pasifik, he said, had secured funding for the airport project and was now awaiting final approval from the Transport Ministry and other relevant authorities.

Malaysia to build world's first humanitarian airport
+ - 13:12, October 18, 2007

The world's first humanitarian airport cum emergency medical care and services terminal is to be built in Bandar Seri Iskandar, 40 km from Ipoh, capital city of Malaysian northern Perak state, local press reported on Thursday.

Casa Pasifik Sdn Bhd, the developer and management company of the project said it had secured money from an overseas humanitarian fund to pay for the construction, which is expected to cost 1 billion ringgit (294 million U.S. dollars).

Casa Pasifik Chairman Mohd Hilmi Ismail said he was waiting for the Transport Ministry to give the go-ahead for the project which has been in the planning stage for 18 months and would take 38 months to complete.

"The Department of Civil Aviation has confirmed that the application complies with airport standards," he said at a press conference in Ipoh on Wednesday.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Perak State Development Corporation and Casa Pasifik on March 20 to develop the project at a 400 hectares site.

The Perak government has asked the company to include a clause to build a commercial airport at the same site in the future, Hilmi said.

"We'll accommodate any proposal to construct facilities for commercial flights as the airport will already be in existence," the New Straits Times quoted Hilmi as saying.

The present Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh is under-utilizedand cannot be expanded.

The focus of the new project will be on the humanitarian aspect. It will provide urgent and preventive medical care as well as other life-changing medical services to people in the Asia-Pacificregion.

The airport will cater for large aircraft and helicopters equipped with medical facilities and surgical suites. It will have a 3,700-meter runway.

The hi-tech specialist hospital at the airport would have 500 beds, with 200 beds under the first phase.

The aircraft would be able to fly to war-torn countries or places where victims were injured due to natural disasters to provide treatment. If the victims need further treatment, they will be flown to the hospital at the airport, Hilmi said.

The project would create downstream activities, including a medical training center and a flying academy, he added.

Source:Xinhua

旨在协助亚太灾民 霹建世界首个医援机场 2007/10/18 09:58:25
●南洋商报

（怡保17日讯）中霹雳斯里依斯干达镇将辟建世界第一个人道紧急医援服务机场。

本地一家私人公司CASA PASIFIK已得到国际人道基金发放10亿令吉款项，准备在斯里依斯干达镇兴建世界第一个人道紧急医援服务机场，目前万事俱备，只欠东风，只要交通部批准，马上可施工，工程预料耗时38个月。

CASA PASIFIK 主席拿督斯里莫哈末希尔米博士今日在董事经理洪立高陪同下，在怡保召开记者会透露消息。

政府无需承担经费

他说，人道紧急医援服务机场打开世界先例，目前还未在世界任何国家出现过，其概念接近美国或澳州的飞行医院设备，但涵盖面比飞行医院更广泛，包括在机场内建设医院、飞行学院、医疗训练中心、世界人道过境站等先进设备，宗旨是第一时间协助在亚太一带，面对突发灾难的灾民。

他表示，该机场的兴建位置，就是目前州政府建议在斯里依斯干达建新机场的建议地点。

提及随着该机场计划曝光，是否也证实怡保机场将搬迁到斯里依斯干达镇时，希尔米不愿置评，并强调这是州政府的作答权限。

他强调，在国际人道基金援助下，政府无需负担兴建人道机场经费。这也是一项长远的计划，若配合州的交通网络，肯定能刺激霹州各领域发展，特别是与医药及下游行业的活动。

交通部批准即兴建

“目前基金已在手，随时可动工，如果再拖延的话，可能国际人道基金会把拨款移到他区，那是霹州的损失。”

他说，该公司早前获得一名来自太平的医学博士牵针引线，得到基金会首肯，准备在大马的霹州落实这项计划，该公司后来与霹州发展机构于今年3月20日签署谅解备忘录，联合进行上述计划，最初鉴定4个地点，即太平、怡保、打巴和斯里依斯干达，最后选中地点最优越的第四选择。

他指经过与各部门多轮会议和申请后，新机场绘图已出炉，今年7月25日公司接获民航局来信证实，新机场符合政府的机场标准指南（ASD 104）及国际民航组织（ICAOAnnex 14）的标准，惟目前只待交通部批准。

洪立高 可带动霹经济发展

洪立高认为，这是一项独一无二，前所未有的革命计划，一旦落实，必带动霹州经济整体发展和扬名海外。

他说，在初步概念，人道机场的设备完整，如果日后开放成国际机构用途也不成问题，惟需要增设客机其他设备，包括更广的土地范围。

他深信一旦计划开跑，霹州将成为医药专才服务与研究的重地。

人道紧急医援服务机场

占地：1千英亩（不包括未来的国际机场设备）

耗资：10亿令吉（国际人道基金负责）

工程费时：38个月

设备：医药训练中心、医药研究与开发中心、飞行学院、人道过境站、紧急疏散医药实习中心、医药旅游、2座各具300及200床位的专科医院。

机场跑道：3千700公尺，可供双向飞行

怡機場3方案歡迎提意見
何章興分析優缺點

http://www.chinapress.com.my/data/2007-08-06/local/0806lp09.jpg
建議在斯里伊斯干達興建新飛機場的位置圖。

（太平5日訊）霹靂州公共工程事務委員會主席拿督何章興指出，建議中的怡保蘇丹阿斯蘭莎飛機場3項選擇性計劃，都各有優缺點，因此，霹靂州市民尤其是怡保市民，受促對怡保建新機場或延長跑道提供建設性意見，以讓州政府考量。

何章興表示，市民公眾可以各種方式向州政府反映意見，包括通過人民代議士、團體組織或個人呈函備忘錄，甚至以手機短訊都可以，以讓州政府在這個課題上了解市民立場取向，作出最恰當的決策。

現有機場停止操作

他說，不過，以他個人看法，在衡量實際價值、長遠計劃及工程費方面，相信選擇在斯里伊斯干達建新飛機場較好，因為如果怡保機場只做提升，將面對擴建地段、長遠實用價值問題。同時，怡保機場附近的高樓建築物如電訊大廈等將被拆除，以及這一帶甚至怡保市將禁止興建高樓，甚至環境噪音問題等，恐影響怡保市發展。

他說，反觀，一旦位于端洛區的斯里伊斯干達興新機場計劃落實，州政府也將興建高速公路，連貫新機場與周邊地區，縮短時空距離如怡保市、新邦布賴、華都牙也、紅土坎、金寶及國油大學等，預見屆時將大幅度刺激這一帶的旅遊業、房屋及人口長成，商業活動高度增加。

他說，目前州務大臣拿督斯里達祖羅斯已指示大馬廠商公會霹靂州分會展開搜集民意工作，希望怡保區市民響應，尤其是近打谷擁有75萬余人口，占霹靂州總人口的35%，而怡保人口有60萬，因此希望市民能對此計划提供意見，共同決定要怎樣的機場。

何章興昨晚在出席一項晚宴后的記者會上，如此表示。

他說，現有的怡保機場已停止操作逾月，在停止操作前，是由一家棉蘭航空公司所經營，不過，月前已經基于客觀因素停止運作。

他說，前陣子首相到訪怡保時，曾提及怡保機場課題，而州政府也原則上同意讓一家馬航屬下子公司即飛螢航空提供航班服務，川行來往怡保、雪州梳邦及柔佛士乃。

不過，他說，至于飛螢航空何時正式操作提供服務，則仍沒有確定日期。


選擇一

將機場跑道由現有的1798公尺，增長至1981公尺，寬度由36公尺擴大至45公尺，耗資共7000萬令吉。

優點：建筑費用較低廉，涉及征用土地幅面少。

缺點：只能擁有單向跑道，只供302空中巴士在沒有滿艙情況下降落、只能短程飛行、影響怡保市的高樓建筑發展、限制機場未來的發展。


選擇二

將機場跑道由1798增長至2400公尺，寬度由36公尺擴大至45公尺，耗資3億9000萬令吉。

優點：可供波音737及空中巴士302降落成，中程飛行，地點包括包括南韓、巴基斯坦及南澳等地。

缺點：只擁有單向跑道、不能在滿艙情況下降落、影響怡保市的高樓建筑發展，及涉及搬遷逾600間房屋、限制機場將來的發展。


選擇三

在中霹靂斯里依斯干達興建跑道長3780公尺長的新機場，面積占1000英畝，耗資3億100萬令吉。

優點：擁雙向跑道，可供大部份的航機同時起降、怡保將不再受建高樓限制、接近紅土坎、邦咯島旅游區、金寶拉曼學院與大學、也接近位于瑞洛的國油大學。

缺點：離開怡保市約30分鐘車程。

From China Press.

http://www.airhighways.com/images/fhplane_boarding6

It is a good to see this project to be successful implemented! :cheers:

:nuts::ohno::bash: Yes another malaysia boleh project!!!

^^ Hmmm but seriously since the funds is from overseas and it is built for a noble cause, why not? ;)