Got any ideas about Melaka International Airport?
June 3, 2010 | Melaka, News & Update, Tourism, transport
I knew that all Malaysian travelers are aware about the Melaka Airport at Batu Berendam. Now, the airport is known as Melaka International Airport and until now, it only have Riau Airlines, flight from Pekanbaru, Indonesia. But, Melaka needs more airline coming and land in Melaka. We have all the facilities and the state government really passionate about this airport.
The state government will give support for the airlines that want to operate in Melaka. So, any airlines company interested at Melaka International airport? You can give the ideas, how to make this thing happen. A new business model for this airport. Again a little information about the airport.
The airport was officially opened on Oct 1952 by the Duchess of Kent. It is located 10km from Malacca town. After 57 years of operations, it was relocated to a brand new terminal in May 2009. The new terminal can accommodate up to 1.5 million passengers per annum and can handle 300 passengers per peak hour compared to 100 previously. It has two parking bays capable of accommodating Boeing 737-400/Airbus 320 and four parking bays for General Aviation Aircraft. Also configured are four immigration counters to handle departure and six to handle arrival while three baggage carousels have been installed to handle baggage for departure and arrival flights.
The new terminal underlines the State Government and Malaysia Airports’ vision to enhance passengers’ experience and also boost the tourism industry of the Historical City.
Facilities (Facts & Figures)
Operations Hour : 0700 – 1900
Runway : 2135 m Length x 45 m wide
Aircraft Parking Bay : 2 Bays (Boeing 737-400 / Airbus 320)
Customs, Immigration & Quarantine (CIQ) available for International flight
Duty free shop at Departure & Arrival
Baggage carousels at Departure & Arrival
Incentives for New Airlines (International Routes Only)
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad has introduced the Airline Recovery Program (ARP)
w.e.f 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011.
The main objective of the program is to assist the airline in the ever challenging aviation industry.
The benefits:
• Full waiver of landing charges for the first three years
• Cash reward for first year – RM 25 incentive payment per pax for first 12 months
(for international inbound passengers)
• Growth reward – for second and third year
• Free office rental for six month – subject to office space availability
Terms and condition apply.
Well to readers and Melaka tourism players, if you have any ideas of business plan / model you can give the idea at Melaka Chief Minister Facebook here, write a comment or email.
Your ideas or comments about the Melaka Airport is really appreciated.
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Comments (2)
Hi Asmaliana,
It has been awhile since I last wrote re Melaka’s spanking new international airport. It is really pathetic that after all the fanfare and ho-ha about its inauguration, the place is still grossly under-utilised… a case of ” all dressed with nowhere to go ” !!
It seems that the two budget airlines of Malaysia viz: Firefly and Air Asia really have not the slightest intention of landing in Melaka especially the latter. They seem to be always revelling in their “tarik harga” tactics. If they are not interested, let others have the right to fly in. There is no shortage of low cost operators in the region e.g. Tiger Air, Jetstar, Lion Air, Kingfisher (India), Bangkok Air etc. Has our CM approached these airlines ?
Given that those carriers are keen to come to MIA, does our airport possess those basic facilities like refuelling, maintainence and capable ground staff worthy of an international airport ? We must be more than ready if we want to break into the international arena…no point doing a half-past six job.
Our CM did come up lately with the idea of Melaka’s own airline. Guess it will be a rather costly start up but then if it is managed well (like importing expertise from Singapore Airlines),tranparently and rigidly, why not ? The airline can start small to test the waters with leased aircraft(s). Some time ago if I am not mistaken, I got wind of a group of people who was keen to do just that but nothing materialised for “unknown” reasons later on. Anyway, I see no reason why Melaka cannot succeed if smaller places like Macau (population 550,000), Maurutius, Fiji or Solomon Islands can sustain their own airlines.
Whatever, I still feel MELAKA BOLEH (and hope we are not flogging a dead horse ) !!
Agreed with the above post by Dr. Arthur P.Y.Mah. If the big guys don’t come in, provide opportunities to the smaller airlines. At the end of the day, dollar and cents will only make sense! If this (http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=27994) transpires, I would be one very, very happy Sabahan working in Melaka.