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An opening ceremony for the completion of Batu Berendam Airport will be held on 5th May 2009 Tuesday. The ceremony will be officiated by Y.A.B Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali bin Mohd. Rustam, Chief Minister of Melaka.
Time : 9.00 AM
Place : Melaka Main Airport Terminal Batu Berendam.
All are invited to the ceremony.
*UPDATED – Pic of the New Airport*
Continue reading ‘Batu Berandam International Airport Official Opening 5/05/09′
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So for those asking when will the leading South East Asia Low Cost Carrier Air Asia will landed at Batu Berendam Airport . News below from the Star online will give you the hint.
Friday April 3, 2009
Malacca-AirAsia talksBy CHEN PELF YEEN
MALACCA: The Malacca government is set to hold talks with AirAsia in the next two weeks to look at the possibility of the low-cost carrier using the extended Batu Berendam Airport by December.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the RM131mil project to upgrade the airport was almost completed with operations scheduled to begin in mid April.
— asmaliana
CM said that State Government loan for the Airport was approved by the Federal Government and work now can be done. Read the news from Bernama below:
Melaka Airport Runway Extension To Complete By September
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) — Work to extend the runway of the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam is expected to be completed in another six months.Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said a loan of RM65 million meant for the extension of the runway was approved by the federal government early last month.
“The runway will be extended by 400 metres from the current 1,800 metres. Upon completion, the Melaka International Airport will be able to cater for bigger aircraft like Boeing and Airbus, ” he told reporters after witnessing the signing of a term loan agreement worth RM50 million between Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad and Casa Del Rio Sdn Bhd to build a hotel, a boutique and an apartment in Melaka, here today.
Continue reading ‘Boeing & Airbus at Batu Berendam another 6 month…’
— asmaliana
Melaka new upgraded airport at Batu Berendam, Lapangan Terbang Batu Berendam (LTBB) is expected to be complete in December this year. If this happen the airport can be fully operation for International flight as early in January 2009. Now the existing airport at Batu Berendam only capable to receive only Fokker 50s type aircraft and cannot accept any bigger than that. Now work upgrading the lane is 60% complete and the specification are for Airbus and Boeing 737 to land on it.
Continue reading ‘Melaka New Airport will be completed Dec 2008′
— asmaliana
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