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Subject:
[Sutera] Kuala Lumpur International Airport Failure -
Malaysiakini
Date:
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:31:58 +0800
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Oct 31, 2000
Ling should be fired for KLIA failure
Zakiah Koya
4.45pm, TUES: Transport Minister Dr Ling Liong Sik, who seems not to
realise that the Kuala Lumpur International Airport has become
a "white elephant", should be sacked, said an opposition leader.
According to DAP chairman Lim Kit Siang, Ling, who has been transport
minister for 14 years, has also failed to realise that the failure of
KLIA is a warning that the Multimedia Super Corridor project could
also flop.
Lim was referring to a recent Asiaweek article which stated that with
the advent of super jumbos like the new Airbus A3XX or Boeing's 747-
Stretch X, airports around the world will be further divided into
hubs and spokes.
It added that hubs will be airports where all the major regional and
global airlines fly to and from, while local and regional airlines
take passengers to nearby spokes.
Lim pointed out that instead of becoming an important international
aviation hub of the 21st century, KLIA is now in danger of becoming
the world's most expensive "spoke" airport.
"Malaysia needs a fierce `soul searching' as to how to turn the KLIA
from a white elephant and the most expensive `spoke' airport in the
world into an international hub for airlines," Lim said.
Lim said that his view is also supported by the Auditor-General's
report that noted the low number of foreign airline flights to
Malaysia.
According to the 1999 report, the number of weekly flights to
Malaysia is significantly lower than Thailand and Singapore in 1997
and 1998. The report further stated that an easier access to the
country by air was vital to Malaysia's tourism industry.
Lim pointed out that the position of KLIA for 1999 and 2000 has
worsened when two weeks ago British Airways (BA) announced it would
suspend its flights to Kuala Lumpur from April 1 next year.
"Ling was guilty of ministerial irresponsibility of the first
magnitude when he evinced a `no-loss' response to the report about
BA's intended pull-out. He actually said that the departure of the BA
offered other international airlines the opportunity to fill their
planes with passengers," said Lim.
BA would not be the only airline to terminate its air services to and
from KLIA. Australia's Qantas and Ansett Airlines and Germany's
Lufthansa had also pulled out of Kuala Lumpur in the past two years,
Lim recalled.
Tourism industry undermined
Lim said that Ling does not seem to realise KLIA's failure to become
an international aviation hub would seriously undermine Malaysia's
tourism industry.
"The 7th Malaysia Plan had targeted tourist arrivals at 12.5 million
for this year. The number of tourist arrivals for this year in the
first six months is four million. Even if Malaysia registers eight
million tourist arrivals for the whole of this year, it would still
be 36 percent short of the target in the Plan," explained Lim.
In February 1998, Ling had said that KLIA was built to handle up to
25 million passengers in its first year of operations, followed by
50, 75 and ultimately 100 million a year.
However, Malaysia Airports executive director Rosman Abdullah said
early this year that KLIA was operating at a level catering for 25
million passengers even though the actual number was 13.2 million
last year.
Lim commented that in view of such reports, the old Subang airport
could have coped with the air traffic without the country having to
spend RM10 billion to build an "airport of the future".
"It will be at least 10 years before KLIA would be handling 25
million passengers a year," said Lim.
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