News about airport

PETALING JAYA (July 1): Negeri Sembilan plans to develop an aviation hub as the state government is confident that it will benefit the economy at the local and national level, reported Bernama.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Just over a year after announcing its partnership with the Malaysian government for the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), Alibaba Group has already invested US$100 million (RM400 million) in its various initiatives here.

PETALING JAYA (June 12): The Ministry of Transport has not received a proposal on the Kulim International Airport (KXP), said minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Could environmental concerns scupper Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairperson Vincent Tan’s (pictured) plans for a new airport in Tioman island? According to a report by news portal Malaysiakini, Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Badlisham Ghazali said that there were environmental concerns as the new airport may entail lengthening the current, “abandoned airport runway into the ocean through land reclamation”.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (June 8, RM8.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The Pahang government has welcomed Berjaya Group executive chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s plans to construct an airport on Tioman island (pictured) with his own resources.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Shares in WCT Holdings Bhd closed lower yesterday as news that it was acquiring a controlling 60% stake in the operator of the Skypark Terminal at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor failed to excite investors.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): WCT Holdings Bhd is acquiring a 60% stake in Subang Skypark Sdn Bhd — operator of the Skypark Terminal (formerly Terminal 3) of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor — for RM44.

PETALING JAYA (March 30): After over four hours, firefighters had managed to extinguish a fire that broke out at four warehouses near the air cargo complex of the Penang International Airport at Batu Maung, Penang, last night.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): Property magnate Tan Sri Desmond Lim is allegedly planning to buy a 60% stake in Subang Skypark Sdn Bhd from Tan Sri Ravindran Menon and his partner Datuk Aisamar Kadil Mydin Syed Marikiah for an undisclosed sum, with intentions to redevelop the land surrounding Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, where the company has a long sub-lease concession agreement with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to operate its city airport terminal and integrated commercial and business aviation hub, reported The Edge weekly.