Now this is quite a long post with 2 articles. But I just want to see who are the idiots among idiots jackasses who thought of this plan. Not to mention the government approving these plans.
Isn't it just a waste of money? If they know that these hubs are going to be expanding so fast, isn't it better to just make the new LCCT now(read the second article for further explanation) and get ready for 25-35 million people per year or whatever the number is!?!? Why keep expanding when you PLAN or CAN to build a super one and end of story.
And besides, if you say that it's pointless to get ready for such a big number of passengers so early? Is it? Is KLIA built for 100 million people NOW? Of course not!!! But PRECISE and INTEGRATED expansion will lead to the super expansion(there is land for another satellite building for international terminal next to the current one if you haven't noticed). That's why I believe Dr Mahathir had a vision and this vision has been side-tracked by a long shot.
I also don't think it's justifiable to just expand this for the FUTURE cargo hub. The more important plan now is the LCCT NOT the FUTURE cargo hub which by the way, isn't doing that great. What a blunder again for Malaysia.
From the Star again.
LCCT to be bigger and better on the 1st April 2008.
THE number of passenger arrivals at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT-KLIA) in Sepang is expected to reach nine million by the end of this year, an increase of 1.4 million from last year, said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) senior general manager (operations) Datuk Azmi Murad.
And in line with this MAHB has made expansion plans for the LCCT and the project starting next month is expected to be completed in eleven months.
“The project will be located next to the LCCT international departure area and would increase the terminal’s capacity by 50%,'' he said during the LCCT-KLIA second anniversary celebrations held at the LCC Terminal.
Also present were MAHB chairman Tan Sri Dr Aris Othman and managing director Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad.
However, he added that it is imperative that the expansion be completed on time due to the increase in the number of passenger arrivals on AirAsia and the Tiger Airways that services the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route.
Meanwhile Aris said that the expansion is expected to increase the capacity of LCCT from the current 10 million to 15 million passengers annually.
“We should reach our maximum capacity once the expansion project is completed. We want to improve the level of comfort for airport users,'' said Aris.
Aris said the LCCT currently houses AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Cebu Pacific Airways, Tiger Airways and AWAIR operations.
At the ceremony MAHB rewarded Muham-mad Khairuddin Abdullah from Shah Alam for being the 8.3 millionth domestic passenger and Simone Schuil from Holland, the 14.4 millionth international passenger of LCCT.
and now for the shocker............
LCCT may become cargo hub when new terminal is up on 2 February 2008.
SEPANG: Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd is considering turning the existing Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) into a cargo transportation hub when the new LCCT is ready in the next three to four years.
This was one option being considered, said managing director Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad.
He said the shift to the new location was imminent as the LCCT would not be able to accommodate the projected growth in passenger volume. The LCCT has the capacity to handle 10 million passengers annually. This capacity would increase to about 15 million passengers upon completion of renovation work by year-end.
“Expansion work on the LCCT will commence by end of this month,” Bashir said after welcoming Tiger Airways, the second Singapore Airline-owned low-cost carrier to utilise the LCCT.
On the new LCCT next to the KL International Airport (KLIA) main terminal, he said it would handle 25 million to 30 million passengers annually.
He also said an announcement on a theme park in KLIA would be made in the next two to three months.
With its inaugural flight yesterday, Tiger Airways has become the 56th international airline to fly to KLIA.
“The arrival of Tiger Airways is a good indication particularly for LCCT-KLIA towards attracting more airlines.
“The service will further strengthen air connectivity between Malaysia and Singapore as it complements the current service by Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines,” he said.
AirAsia and Jetstar Asia also started flying the same route yesterday.
Tiger Airways took to the skies from Singapore in September 2004 with two aircraft in its fleet and three routes in its network. Within three years of operation, it now flies to more than 25 destinations across eight countries in Asia Pacific on a fleet of brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft.
Isn't it just a waste of money? If they know that these hubs are going to be expanding so fast, isn't it better to just make the new LCCT now(read the second article for further explanation) and get ready for 25-35 million people per year or whatever the number is!?!? Why keep expanding when you PLAN or CAN to build a super one and end of story.
And besides, if you say that it's pointless to get ready for such a big number of passengers so early? Is it? Is KLIA built for 100 million people NOW? Of course not!!! But PRECISE and INTEGRATED expansion will lead to the super expansion(there is land for another satellite building for international terminal next to the current one if you haven't noticed). That's why I believe Dr Mahathir had a vision and this vision has been side-tracked by a long shot.
I also don't think it's justifiable to just expand this for the FUTURE cargo hub. The more important plan now is the LCCT NOT the FUTURE cargo hub which by the way, isn't doing that great. What a blunder again for Malaysia.
From the Star again.
LCCT to be bigger and better on the 1st April 2008.
THE number of passenger arrivals at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT-KLIA) in Sepang is expected to reach nine million by the end of this year, an increase of 1.4 million from last year, said Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) senior general manager (operations) Datuk Azmi Murad.
And in line with this MAHB has made expansion plans for the LCCT and the project starting next month is expected to be completed in eleven months.
“The project will be located next to the LCCT international departure area and would increase the terminal’s capacity by 50%,'' he said during the LCCT-KLIA second anniversary celebrations held at the LCC Terminal.
Also present were MAHB chairman Tan Sri Dr Aris Othman and managing director Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad.
However, he added that it is imperative that the expansion be completed on time due to the increase in the number of passenger arrivals on AirAsia and the Tiger Airways that services the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route.
Meanwhile Aris said that the expansion is expected to increase the capacity of LCCT from the current 10 million to 15 million passengers annually.
“We should reach our maximum capacity once the expansion project is completed. We want to improve the level of comfort for airport users,'' said Aris.
Aris said the LCCT currently houses AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Cebu Pacific Airways, Tiger Airways and AWAIR operations.
At the ceremony MAHB rewarded Muham-mad Khairuddin Abdullah from Shah Alam for being the 8.3 millionth domestic passenger and Simone Schuil from Holland, the 14.4 millionth international passenger of LCCT.
and now for the shocker............
LCCT may become cargo hub when new terminal is up on 2 February 2008.
SEPANG: Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd is considering turning the existing Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) into a cargo transportation hub when the new LCCT is ready in the next three to four years.
This was one option being considered, said managing director Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad.
He said the shift to the new location was imminent as the LCCT would not be able to accommodate the projected growth in passenger volume. The LCCT has the capacity to handle 10 million passengers annually. This capacity would increase to about 15 million passengers upon completion of renovation work by year-end.
“Expansion work on the LCCT will commence by end of this month,” Bashir said after welcoming Tiger Airways, the second Singapore Airline-owned low-cost carrier to utilise the LCCT.
On the new LCCT next to the KL International Airport (KLIA) main terminal, he said it would handle 25 million to 30 million passengers annually.
He also said an announcement on a theme park in KLIA would be made in the next two to three months.
With its inaugural flight yesterday, Tiger Airways has become the 56th international airline to fly to KLIA.
“The arrival of Tiger Airways is a good indication particularly for LCCT-KLIA towards attracting more airlines.
“The service will further strengthen air connectivity between Malaysia and Singapore as it complements the current service by Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines,” he said.
AirAsia and Jetstar Asia also started flying the same route yesterday.
Tiger Airways took to the skies from Singapore in September 2004 with two aircraft in its fleet and three routes in its network. Within three years of operation, it now flies to more than 25 destinations across eight countries in Asia Pacific on a fleet of brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft.
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er.. i think they are already building the new one...
"when the new LCCT is ready in the next three to four years.
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and while waiting they have to expand the old one to keep up with the numbers
:/
I don't think so. Because there are other articles saying that they need time and the approval of the parliment. And I don't see any construction anywhere NEAR the main terminal.
I know the expansion is for the growing numbers but I mean you just should build the main one NOW so that you don't need to EXPAND further and it will cope with the growing number. This case is the same with Terminal 3 in Subang. Blah.
You know what I mean?
So they're waiting for approval lor.
Look, even if they start NOW, it takes time to build stuff u know
-.-
3 or 4 years like they targeted.
so in the mean time they still need to expand to cope with the passengers.
i dont see anything wrong there :/
Terminal 3 in Subang is a classic case where it was completed in 1994 and in 3 years time everything moved to KLIA. They spent MILLIONS on it and then now it's just an empty building. Yea to keep it running at that time but now look at it.
It's just like I have a one lane road. Then I decided nah, I will expand it to a 1 1/2 lane(yes they do exist, too small for 2 cars and too big for 1 car lane) then oh actually I can make a highway with 4 lanes knowing that highway itself will be super used in the future.
And not to mention cost of construction will be up by then they decide to build.
All I think is that this expansion money could be used to improve the system(efficiency etc etc) instead of expanding with a long run low end return.
and while ur highway is built all the cars have to cram into the one lane for 4 years?
i think expanding is inevitable.
the Subang thing was inevitable as well... in 3 years how many millions of ppl used subang?
3 years are not short for an airport imho. if they didnt expand it, it would has cost so much to the image of malaysia's airport.
if they are to wait for the new LCCT to complete, suppose 9 mil ppl use it every year, 27 million ppl will be affected in 3 years.
sure, efficiency will be nice, but capacity is a different thing... if u have 1000 ppl using the airport at the same time and it can only accomodate 500 ppl? no matter how efficient u are the other 500 wait in the open air?
ANd... therefore to prevent the building to be redundant in the future, they're suggesting to make it into a cargo place lor... whether its cost effective or not i dont know, but i think expanding is inevitable.
LOL they've already submitted the proposal to build the new LCCT snyway, whats all the fuss about.
Not like they dont want to build it at all.
And it has to be approved subject to the government's take on land use, development issues, nearby towns etc.
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