MAHB airports handled 89.8m passengers in January-November
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) airports in Malaysia saw 89.8 million passenger arrivals from January to last month.
Acting group chief executive officer Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin said the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) clocked 25.4 million passengers, while the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) registered 29 million, which is a three per cent year-on-year growth.
Apart from KLIA, MAHB also manages four other international airports.
“The four airports have grown by leaps and bounds. This year, 26 new international routes were added at these airports,” he said at the launch of the “Happy Guest, Caring Hosts” and “Senior Citizen and Family-Friendly” facilities by Transport Minister Anthony Loke at klia2 yesterday.
According to Raja Azmi, 52 per cent of Malaysia’s passenger traffic movement was international traffic and international traffic movement at KLIA was 73 per cent.
“More people are travelling these days and they all fall under different hierarchy of needs. We have taken the initiative to make our airports friendlier by providing facilities that can ease their experience at the airports.”
Meanwhile, MAHB has ramped up the popular free buggy service at klia2 by increasing its availability to a shorter 10-minute intervals.
There are currently 15 buggies in operation at eight buggy service stations.
The airport will also provide 100 wheelchairs and 50 baby strollers at 10 locations in klia2.
“There will be 150 wheelchairs, 150 baby strollers and 10 extra stations.
“MAHB will be spending about RM5 million over the next three years to make this service available,” said Raja Azmi.