MKZ | Malacca International Airport

[AFL]

Originally Posted by SHAH FIRDAUS View Post
Use new airport to boost tourism, says Najib
2010/02/05
By Jason Gerald John
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He also said Singapore's Lion Air was expected to operate from the airport next month.

Or Najib personally said that???

[Magician]

Originally Posted by tbc

That is 65 pax per day
Assuming equal arrivals & departures, something like 32.5 pax per day
Not enough to fill up a F50 nor ATR72

BTW,

It's even more worrying with 24k pax a year, no ?
And how much has been dumped into this adventure ? RM190 million ?


Poor journalistic skill, likely just parroting whatever spinmasters want to be spun
Simple investigation will show Lion Air is Indonesia based, NOT Singapore

Totally agree with you... This is such a big joke especially when they mentioned Lion Air is Singapore based... I guess they must have mixed up the Tiger with the Lions... well after all Singapore is also known as Lion City... people do 'assume'....

[emjay]

I might be too skeptical, news saying this and that airlines will be coming to Malacca's airport and until now still Riau airline is the only airliner using this new airport. Yet it has been a month this new airport been officially opened and usually during the opening ceremony it will coincidently receiving new airliner during that occasion. But until now who is the new airliner that already comfirmed coming to this new airport? Or is is just the CM assumption?

Now they are talking on taking over the airport terminal since MAHB cannot allure new airline to come over. Come on! they are talking on our tax payer monies to do this and that and still no result and yet blaming other party as an excuse!

Actually Malacca does not need an airport. The only thing they need is a better land transportation. Last time I've met some foreigners at Malacca Century Hotel (now already changed to Mahkota Hotel) during the Formula 1 event at sepang. They just came down to Malaysia for the sake of watching the F1 and they also chose Malacca as their place to stay. They don't mind travelling for an hour to any place around Malacca, and since Sepang is also within that time distance.

So it means we need to re look on any new things especially involving tax payer monies before start spending it. I'm afraid at the end it is just a mere certain group that benefit from the project and not the rakyat!

[9MMRD]

Originally Posted by Magician

Totally agree with you... This is such a big joke especially when they mentioned Lion Air is Singapore based... I guess they must have mixed up the Tiger with the Lions... well after all Singapore is also known as Lion City... people do 'assume'....

check on lion air's website 3 weeks ago when ali rustam made the announcement, no schedule for melaka. Ali rustam Ali rustam...maybe he just dreaming

off topic. any one heard of silverfly airlines which will be based in ipoh?

[daeng_jal]

errmms, actually PM najib actually officially open an unfinished airport (yes,hes the PM and he can do that)

even if it finished,there's still no refueling capacity

the 190 mil was a loan from the fed to the state to upgrade an airport that was federally own (WTH? right?)..

MAHB and the state are fighting for control over the airport

airasia said MAHB impose fee were high, firefly wanted tax payer money as subsidies..

and not to mention our transport minister probably gonna be out of job this very month..

then again, MAHB and federal gov may not keen on this airport very much, they just go along with it bcoz some loser had taken a loan to upgrade their airport for free...ali knew when he make the loan, he unofficially become a stakeholder and can demand this and that.... that why PM ask ali to promote it yourself...too much politicking over such a tiny and unimportant airport...anyhow it will be in everyone best interest to allowed SATS to take over and modeled it after gold coast airport...

[AFL]

Did the members of the public give any thoughts or even protest to the Melaka government criticizing the airport project before construction starts? In Malaysia, planning and consultation rarely involves public participation.

That is one of the main reason that they (the developers/planners/governments) can implement projects as they please. There is no public feedback and the majority of the public themselves are not proactive in the planning process.

The government is in control of decision making process. their administration system and bureaucracy, legislation and procedures are designed to maintain government control.

All in all, what I can say is the airport project does not involve all stakeholders (why on earth they still want to build the airport when even the airlines are not keen to utilize it - did they even discuss with airlines about the project?)

The decision making is unfair (the information given doesn't respond to the real needs of Melaka (or any other states) - It's merely a political propaganda, to say to the rakyat that we will going to implement a mega project and so on)

[daeng_jal]

you knowlah, melakan are really malas..we don't have the stamina to take it to the street on hot day and fight the police and so on.. lot of melakan don't really protest beyond the use "i don't like it" or my house gonna be bising one., in any forum, never did we did any indication that we didn't like this autocratic ruled...we voted,they build it, if it there,we go n take a ride, if nor, we laugh at the stupid gov...we didnt even protest fot the taming sari tower,other malaysian did, we didn't.i dun know,maybe its the weather,everyrime i go back to melaka, i also feel very malas to do anything

[daeng_jal]

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not finished yet..no one fly in yet and ali is talking about phase 2

[SHAH FIRDAUS]

what would be in phase 2?

[daeng_jal]

most probably refueling infrastructure....

[SHAH FIRDAUS]

oic...very bz la your CM..so many projects...hope it's not just about quantity...

[9MMRD]

went to the airport yesterday night...international airport konon...look more like haunted building. last time the lights used to be turned on but now entire areas in darkness.

[9MMRD]

saw this just now....indonesian air force parked on old tarmac

[apymah]

What is happening to Melaka ? A spanking new airport exclusively for use by Indonesian planes only ? Where are our own Malaysian budget or regular airlines or other regional air carriers ? Are they not interested to land in our historical city ? Hope the airport will not degenerate into another 'gajah putih' !

[Victor18]

Will soon for sure,but i dont only hope for AirAsia or Firefly Airlines to land there,im looking forward to international airliners too.

[Malaysian skyscraper]

By international airlines, maybe only regional airlines from southeast asia or maybe even east asia would make it.

[dengilo]

Interesting only in malaysia would we build airport only not to have aircrafts land or even double tracking for the train only again not to have trains!!!

[daeng_jal]

CTRM Bantu Menjana Ekonomi Melaka
TERIMA KONTRAK RM4.5 BILION

BATU BERENDAM, 20 April- Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, berkata Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CTRM) merupakan antara model syarikat berprestasi tinggi yang turut membantu menjana pertumbuhan ekonomi negeri.

Katanya, CTRM selaku pengeluar komponen komposit untuk pesawat Boeing dan Airbus membuat pelaburan mencecah RM300 juta serta memberi peluang pekerjaan kepada kira-kira 1,200 orang, khususnya anak tempatan Melaka.

"Difahamkan, kini CTRM mempunyai tempahan pengeluaran bernilai RM3.5 bilion dan pencapaian tersebut cukup membanggakan," ujar Mohd Ali kepada para pemberita selepas meluangkan masa kira-kira setengah jam meninjau bangunan baru milik CTRM berharga RM33 juta, di sini tengah hari tadi.

Katanya, CTRM menjadikan Melaka sebagai operasi perniagaannya sejak tahun 2000 sehingga berjaya meletakkan negeri ini sebagai pusat industri aero-angkasa terkenal.

Sementara itu Pengurus Besar Kanan Bahagian Operasi CTRM, Zulkarnain Mohamed berkata CTRM menerima tempahan keseluruhan kontrak bernilai RM4.5 bilion bagi memenuhi tempahan pelanggan sehingga tahun 2023.

"Kita telah berjaya menyiapkan tempahan kontrak bernilai RM1 bilion dan bakinya RM3.5 bilion lagi akan disiapkan mengikut jadual sehingga tahun 2023," katanya.

Katanya pembinaan bangunan baru dengan keluasan lantai 2,708 meter persegi adalah sejajar dengan pengembangan operasi pengeluaran selain untuk kegunaan kerja-kerja penyelenggaraan.

"Kami berharap tambahan bangunan baru ini akan meningkat dan memperluas kapasiti aktiviti perniagaan kami," katanya.

Selain memenuhi pengeluaran komposit untuk pesawat komersil Airbus dan Boeing, katanya, CTRM juga memperoleh tempahan untuk komposit pesawat pengangkut ketenteraan yang dibina oleh Airbus.

[9MMRD]

KUCHING, May 4 (Bernama) -- Melaka wants low-cost carrier AirAsia to introduce direct flights from the Melaka International Airport (MIA) to Kuching and Kota Kinabalu to boost joint capacity in the tourism sector.

Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the proposal for the direct flights was made to AirAsia chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes last year and the airline was now in the process of reviewing its domestic routes.

"I hope there will be at least one direct flight each week to the two destinations. For example, the direct flight departs in the morning and returns in the afternoon or the next day," he told reporters after handing out an official invitation to attend the 13th Malaysia Games (Sukma) to be held in Melaka from June 10 to 19 to Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, here Tuesday.

Mohd Ali said AirAsia had the capability to provide the direct flights as the MIA now had the capacity to receive the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 aircraft.

He said Melaka was also keen to develop the education sector with Sarawak in view of the great potential which could be exploited jointly.

[9MMRD]

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