MKZ | Malacca International Airport

[teckkang]

Originally Posted by johnsonooi

Good one!

Still, based on skymermaid and teckkang statement, I am not very convincing about why we should have this airport with international status.

because it currently only serves Indonesia. i don't mind at all if it flies locally, but this is the fact.

[skymermaid]

[QUOTE=tbc;70937409]Amazing set of figures you presented there

If I may summarize and work some additional maths in ?

Undercapacity:
KLIA -4.6M ; TGG -1.5M ; MKZ -1.48M

Pax volume:
KLIA 20.4M ; TGG 0.5M ; MKZ 0.02M

Operating at design capacity:
KLIA 82% ; TGG 25% ; MKZ 1.3%

(albeit, those figures for MKZ are those available before upgrade)

I think perhaps we can illustrate the issue better this way :
Max design capacity (which the CM is basing his computations on) is 1.5M per year
Assuming equal volume arrivals and departures, that is 750,000 pax per year
Equivalent to 2,055 pax per day
You would thus require the combined capacity of 8x A320/B734 class aircraft (nominally 150pax) and 12x ATR72 class aircraft (nominally 70 pax) operating at full loads in both directions to/from MKZ, every day of the year, merely for "mampulah untuk membayar gaji kakitangan dan sebagainya"
What is the traffic like currently ?

I have to admit that I failed my additional mathematics subject in school.

However what I would like to illustrate was the amount of money spent to upgrade the little Melaka International Airport is nothing compared to KLIA and Kuala Trengganu Airport.

As a comparison:

Kuala Trengganu Airport upgrading work
RM500 million with lavish 3 storey intricate architecture for the terminal building and ATC tower plus 2,800m runway for Boeing 747 to land.

KLIA
RM8.5 billion with 514,694 sq m 5 storey main terminal building and satelite building plus two runways at more than 4,000m each.

And Melaka International Airport upgrading work?
RM190 million with 7,000 sq m single storey low key architecture terminal building and ATC tower plus 2,200m runway for Boeing 737 to land.

With the amount of money spent on KLIA (45 times more than MIA) the airport should be able to handle 67.5 million ppa (1.5 million x 45) and not 25 million ppa based on the reported design capacity.

And with the amount of money spent on Kuala Trengganu Airport (2.65 times more than MIA) the airport should be able to handle 3.975 million ppa (1.5 million x 2.65) and not 2 million based on the reported design capacity.

So, based on the figures above, the upgrading of MIA has been done efficiently to fit its purpose to handle 1.5 million ppa and for the landing of Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 max. The upgrading is nothing compared to KLIA and Kuala Trengganu Airport. Please go and check all these 3 airports for your to make your own comparison and judgement.

It will take quite a while for the airport to reach its maximum design capacity. If you expect 8 Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 full load to land at the airport tomorrow to justify its existence, then I would expect at least one (1) Airbus A380 even half load to land at KLIA the next day to justify the spending of RM135 million on upgrading works to accommodate such aircraft at that particular airport.

Lets summarise this by giving all these airports (not only Melaka International Airport) time to justify the investment that has already been spent.

If Melaka International Airport reached its maximum design capacity (1.5 million ppa) in one year, I can bet that there will be people who are going to blame the CM (not MAHB for some reasons) for not thinking of the future while planning for the upgrading work of this little airport.

[skymermaid]

Originally Posted by johnsonooi

Good one!

Still, based on skymermaid and teckkang statement, I am not very convincing about why we should have this airport with international status.

If you check MAHB website, only 5 airports in Malaysia that have been recognised or accorded the status of international airport, KLIA, Penang, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi. The international status for Melaka International Airport was given by Melaka government, I supposed, as the airport handled majority international flights from Pekanbaru, Indonesia. So, I suggest that you can go along with MAHB by not recognising this airport as an international airport but you can never stop this airport from receiving more international flights in the future.

[tbc]

Originally Posted by skymermaid

I have to admit that I failed my additional mathematics subject in school.

By way of comparison, I never studied maths beyond O-levels (SPM equivalent)
To this day I have no idea what is add maths and believe me, there has been many many days since

[skymermaid]

Originally Posted by tbc

You make it sound like MKZ being one of those ER centres one sees on telly !
Actually if so, casualty treatments are not the cash cow business that hospitals and medical centres crave to survive on. It's those cases that require long term follow ups - cardiology and neurology for example that are financially attractive

Shuttle bus from Pantai Hospital

Ambulance from Putra Specialist Hospital

Suttle bus from Mahkota Medical Centre

Ambulance and shuttle buses from private hospitals and medical centres lined up to carry patients arrived from Pekanbaru with Riau Air

[skymermaid]

[9MMRD]

went to mia on friday for spoting..hahaha..
riau airlines always delay. supposed to arrive at 9.30am but only arrived at 1020am

flight information display


new weather information kiosk.


an eagle touch and go


B737-500


Riau and Heritage




9m-JPD - belong to who?




Riau Ah moi


Depart to Pekanbaru at 11.25am, only carry 44pax



Takeoff from runway 3

[9MMRD]

[Arkdriver]

JPD is DCA punya la bang, one of the three calibrators. The other two are learjet 60.

[9MMRD]

Riau 735, thanks to Akmal

[9MMRD]

[apymah]

Always enjoy your photos and videos of planes and MIA in general. Keep it up 9MMRD!!
Skymermaid's pics are also great !
Any news or recent photographs of Heritage Air ? Actually, what has become of it ?

[9MMRD]

heritage air's BAE 146 is always on the apron...for display only....hahaha

[9MMRD]

off topic but still in melaka

in front of KYM, Bukit Baru


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[skymermaid]

Originally Posted by 9MMRD

heritage air's BAE 146 is always on the apron...for display only....hahaha

This will be another tourist attraction for the Unesco Heritage City of Melaka. An aviation museum at Melaka International Airport with Heritage Air's BAE 146 aircraft as the first item to be on display. The airlines name is suitable and has the potential to be part of the historical items in this historical airport serving the historical city of Melaka. And Gading Sari/Poslaju aircraft will join later to complete the aviation museum's collection.

Medical tourists from all over the region will flock to this airport to visit this aviation museum before going to the hospitals for medical treatment.

[apymah]

Originally Posted by skymermaid

This will be another tourist attraction for the Unesco Heritage City of Melaka. An aviation museum at Melaka International Airport with Heritage Air's BAE 146 aircraft as the first item to be on display. The airlines name is suitable and has the potential to be part of the historical items in this historical airport serving the historical city of Melaka. And Gading Sari/Poslaju aircraft will join later to complete the aviation museum's collection.

Medical tourists from all over the region will flock to this airport to visit this aviation museum before going to the hospitals for medical treatment.

Hey ! You've hit on a pretty good and viable idea ... an Aviation Museum at the doorstep of MIA .They already have an old plane being exhibited at the former Coronation Park ... bring that to Batu Berendam too. If they would rebuild the old airport control tower that will add more authenticity to it !!

[skymermaid]

Originally Posted by apymah

Hey ! You've hit on a pretty good and viable idea ... an Aviation Museum at the doorstep of MIA .They already have an old plane being exhibited at the former Coronation Park ... bring that to Batu Berendam too. If they would rebuild the old airport control tower that will add more authenticity to it !!

And they can get a few old decommissioned MasWings Fokker F50 aircraft and some cargo planes from Transmile Air to make up the numbers.
If they can get the aircraft that bring the independence negotiators including the late Tunku Abdul Rahman back to the country from London and landed at Batu Berendam Airport, that will be better!

[dengilo]

Soon we move rajawali,old tebuans oh ya skyhawks tooBut i thinks its a good idea just move the TUDM museum there.

[apymah]

This thread has been relatively quiet. No "happenings" in MIA lately ? Do Riau and Wings Airways still have regular scheduled flights there ? No new airlines venturing into Melaka ? What about Heritage Air ... still for "decorating" the airport apron with no where to fly to ?

[buildship]

KM akui lapangan terbang Melaka kurang sambutanElissa Helmy
Apr 20, 11
10:15amKongsi 0Ketua Menteri Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam mengakui operasi di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Melaka (LTAM) tidak mendapat sambutan.

Beliau yang mempersalahkan Bahagian Promosi Pelancongan (BPP) berkata kesan kini LTAM yang terletak di Batu Berendam kelihatan sunyi sepi berikutan kekurangan aktiviti penerbangan dijalankan di situ.

"Saya rasa kesal dan kecewa terhadap agensi pelancongan terbabit kerana tidak menjalankan promosi terhadap LTAM sehingga lapangan terbang ini tidak mendapat sambutan.

"Kita tidak boleh tunggu kerajaan negeri sahaja berusaha menjalankan promosi dan kegiatan lain bagi menarik pengguna untuk gunakankemudahan di LTAM," katanya.

Menurut Mohd Ali, biarpun ketika ini terdapat syarikat penerbangan Indonesia iaitu Riau Airlines dan Wings Air beroperasi di LTAM namun kelemahan dari segi promosi perkhidmatan tersebut telah menyebabkan ia gagal beroperasi menurut apa yang diharapkan.

Beliau meluahkan perkara itu dalam sidang media majlis perasmian Seminar Kawasan Pertumbuhan Segi Tiga Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand (IMT-GT) peringkat negeri Melaka.

LTAM mula beroperasi semula pada akhir tahun 2009 setelah kerja-kerja kerja-kerja penambahan panjang landasan daripada 1,300 meter kepada 2,135 meter dengan kos keseluruhan berjumlah RM131.5 juta dijalankan.

Tiada wakil Riau

Mohd Ali berkata, setakat ini Wings Air yang dimiliki Lion Air Indonesia di LTAM adalah syarikat penerbangan yang terbaru menyediakan penerbangan bagi laluan Pekan Baru-Melaka selepas Riau Air yang memulakan operasinya sejak beberapa tahun lalu.

Katanya, program Seminar IMT-GT yang berlangsung juga tidak disertai wakil daripada Riau atau Pekan Baru termasuk dari syarikat penerbangan Riau Airlines serta Wings Air bagi membincangkan kegiatan promosi yang sesuai digerakkan pada masa depan.

"Kehadiran mereka penting bagi membincangkan strategik kegiatan dan kerjasama pada masa depan bersesuaian dengan penubuhan IMT-GT yang menekankan penglibatan ketiga-tiga negara dalam aspek ekonomi seperti perdagangan, pengangkutan dan pembangunan pelancongan.

"Kerajaan negeri sedia membantu menyelaraskan program kerjasama yang sesuai diadakan bersama Riau agar kemudahan LTAM dapat digunakan sepenuhnya.

"Melaka telah mendapat undangan daripada Riau untuk menyertai acara larian antarabangsa diadakan di wilayah itu dan kita akan menghantar peserta pelari Melaka ke sana untuk bertanding melalui kemudahan penerbangan di LTAM.

"Pada masa yang sama, kita juga mengharapkan agar agensi kerajaan yang berkaitan dapat bergerak lebih aktif bagi memastikan operasi di lapangan terbang lebih aktif pada masa depan,"