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By: mts

mts — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:18:11 +0000

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Here it is the Reid Commission Federation of Malaya Constitution Report

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Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:39:25 +0000

[...] I read with apprehension at the recent announcements by Sime Darby Berhad and Air Asia with respect to their receiving government approval to build a new low-cost terminal at Labu, Negeri Sembilan.The new budget air terminal at Labu [...]

By: Godfather

Godfather — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:38:57 +0000

The problem with Tony Fernandez is that he is as authoritarian as the Mamakthir. He thinks that he knows best, despite being from a music background. KLIA not suitable for AirAsia ? What about the views of the passengers ? The views of the government esp Air Traffic Control, Works Ministry, Transport Ministry ? The views of other airlines ? The views of the taxpayers ?

The idea that the COMPLETE airport can be privately funded with no contribution, direct or indirect, from the taxpayers is sheer lunacy. Does AirAsia take us for idiots ??

By: dragon88

dragon88 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:40:35 +0000

Nobody really considers the aspect of safety with the 2 airports so close to each other. Surely there world guidelines for location of airports, specially if they come with separate control towers and runways. This Bodowi govt just has incompetent and corrupt ministers and advisers. We really need a desparate change…

By: patchay

patchay — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:05:03 +0000

Latest: AirAsia says KLIA not suitable for its growing operations

SEPANG, Jan 8 — Low-cost carrier AirAsia says it is in talks with several international and domestic investors to fund the construction of the proposed KLIA-East in Labu, Negri Sembilan, the new dedicated low-cost carrier airport it is jointly developing with Sime Darby Bhd.

The government has already given the nod for the project despite objections from Malaysia Airports, who also want to build a new permanent Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) to replace the current facility which is bursting at the seams.

Making the case for KLIA-East today, AirAsia boss Datuk Tony Fernandes said there were concerns that KLIA’s new LCCT would not be ready until 2014. – MalaysianInsider

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The recent decision by the Malaysian government seems to be a win win situation for MAS and AirAsia. MAS gets the whole KLIA for herself while AirAsia gets its own terminal to fulfill their long time dreams.

As you can see, both airlines will kinda “monopolise” their respective terminals, and yet they would not share common facilities.

My suggestions to MAHB are as follows:

a) Build Main Terminal 2 or LCCT, preferably near to current Main Terminal, to cater to low-cost carriers like AirAsia; or

b) Sell a plot of land within KLIA to AirAsia for them to design their own terminal, as long as it could integrate well with MAHB’s masterplan for KLIA. MAHB could invite or AirAsia could appoint Sime Darby to build a world-class terminal for them.

Then, MAHB can lease and rent existing KLIA facilities to AirAsia, but the fact is AirAsia doesn’t like paying landing fees to MAHB; or

c) Build Satellite 2 next to Satellite 1. Satellite 2 focused on all domestic flights while Satellite 1 focused on all international flights.

Once either one is completed, link them up to Main Terminal with existing KLIA Aerotrain and ERL.

It is ridiculous comparing the distance between London’s airports and ours because first of all London is supercrowded whereas there’s only two European airlines and a handful of Asian carriers flying frequently into KLIA. I think we don’t need to split airports unless until we are London of Asia.

http://www.patchay.com/2009/01/airasia-klia-eastlabu.html

By: Godfather

Godfather — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:22:01 +0000

Go to the MAHB website and read the long posting that they did yesterday in response to this issue. In their posting, they revealed that the government had bent over backwards to accomodate AirAsia, how certain tariffs were reduced just for AirAsia, etc. It’s kinda interesting to have these details available to our neighbours.

By: de_Enigma

de_Enigma — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:37:56 +0000

While most of the things in the world is consolidating to save costs, look at what our government encourages.
It doesn’t make sense to build another LCCT airport when KLIA itself is not even fully utilized.

By: Godfather

Godfather — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:42:43 +0000

Let’s see…aside from land values and construction contracts, what else can these UMNOputras gain ?

3 terminals mean 3 separate duty free concessions, 3 exclusive transport franchises, 3 parking concessions – all of which can be “allocated” to friends and relatives.

However, these are peanuts. The real “juice” is in the award of ancillary contracts like the KTM link, like the highway links (with new tolls perhaps), the ATC tower and equipment – all government contracts worth hundreds of millions. These will be reserved for the real UMNOputras.

By: Rocky

Rocky — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:27:49 +0000

This makes no economy sense. we have KLIA and Subang. why built another airport so close to KLIA? But this country there is no need for economic sense. and wong chun wai backing this project just shows how ridiculous people can be. Their logic is all screwed. Even Bangkok with 41.5 million passengers or more has one international airport and one domestic airport and they are not 7kms apart.

How they going to handle air traffic control? There is this big land in KLIA, built one there la. even a stupid guy will do that. But MAHB can’t comprehend this. Malaysia can be a LCC hub. They can work out a win win with Air Asia. MAHB can forget about competing as hub for full fledge airline cos Bangkok and Changi are way ahead of them. Sime also stupid….AA using them as bargaining tool..logic say airport by Sime will not work.

BTW agree we should not pay for rail line up cost. AA or Sime should pay for it.

By: Bobster

Bobster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:20:18 +0000

Now they say the new LCC terminal built by so and so son in law.

Not I say one, go and check with LCCT/KLIA taxi drivers, they know more than anyone here.

By: Bobster

Bobster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:04:22 +0000

Now they are finding all means to siphone $$ out of the country for whatever reason.

Pakatan Rakyat, make sure you hit straight at the bull eye when they award the project. Nail it on the national white board as ‘Satu Lagi Projek Gajah Putih BN’. Sure BN going to be made a fool and losing pants down in the next election.

By: Bobster

Bobster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:56:32 +0000

Mega corridors projek cancelled already so now Labu-Labi projek as retirement fund mah.

Sigh, when are they going to stop the white elephants and stop wasting the rakyat money?!

Pak Lah/ Pak Najib, dont come and tell us to change our lifestyle and hike the oil and air travelling price again due to your mega wastage of taxpayers $$!! Shake up or move out!!

By: Cinapek

Cinapek — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:57:07 +0000

Any management with a small amount of common sense will tell you that it is far more cost effective to consolidate common functions in one location than to have duplicity of functions, and by extension, duplicity of cost if you have duplicating operations. To have KLIA, a LCCT and another LCCT operated by Sime/Air Asia in the same location is stupid to say the least. Clearly, Air Asia is trying to use this proposal to twist MAHB’s arm for lower rates and Sime is being opportunistic to capitalise on this to realise exobitant rates for their land. And if the Govt cannot see through this, then God help us because we do indeed have a HP6 bunch in the Cabinet if they approve this project. But wait a minute. They may be smarter than we think. This proposal may be another get rich quick scam for the well connected.

Since MAHB is upgrading the LCCT anyway, can not Air Asia sit down with MAHB and work out a win win solution? Maybe Air Asia’s success has got to their heads and they think they can bulldoze their way through to get what they want just as they did with the E. Malaysia air service earlier only to dump it when it did not work out for them. And the Govt. was left holding the baby, just as they would in this case if this project did not work out too.

By: sheriff singh

sheriff singh — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:09:24 +0000

When Anwar was DPM and when KLIA was being built, do you remember him saying that the ecology and environment will be kept green and vibrant?

Remember his statement that KLIA will be “an airport in the forest, a forest in the airport”?

Go to KLIA and ask yourselves “where’s the forest”? Or even “Where are the trees?”.

And now Sime now wants to clear their green land for yet another airport.

By: Bigjoe

Bigjoe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:40 +0000

Is building another LCCT airport a great idea? No. But keeping LCCT in MAHB hand is even worst.

By: taiking

taiking — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:45:26 +0000

Next project – painting lamp posts in the country purple.
Contract Duration: 30 years.
Contract sum: 20b.
Profit Guarantee: By Umno government.

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:44 +0000

They are milking you guys dry and there’s nothing you can do! Pathetic! You can’t even vote them out of office. Long after you kick the bucket, your children will be paying for it. Sheeseh…..!

By: waterfrontcoolie

waterfrontcoolie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:42:24 +0000

sorry it should be 150km per hr and 350km per hour respectively

By: waterfrontcoolie

waterfrontcoolie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:40:26 +0000

On the hutang, it would be resolved with a cut into someone’s pocket. Why can’t all the budget flights be shifted to Subang Airport? Subang can be cheaply connected by KTM or MRT to the whole of Klang Valley , all the way from Rawang to Seremban; and Port Klang to maybe Central Pahang? Then all the public transport systems will be viable because of the concentration of population.
All our transport projects are over budgetted just compare the cost of our proposed 150km rail tracks with the cost of the 350km running from Shanghai to Beijing. It is more than ridiculous!