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M G G Pillai wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
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> Subject: air
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> Business: Malaysia's (Not So) International Airport
> This is One White Elephant That May Not Fly
> By ASSIF SHAMEEN
>
> October 27, 2000
> Web posted at 11.00 a.m. Hong Kong time, 11.00 p.m.
> EDT
>
> Build and they shall come. That was Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir
> Mohamed's strategy in the pre-Crisis era. Tens of billions of dollars were
> spent on prestige projects, from highways to skyscrapers to gleaming
> shopping malls. Today, while Malaysia claims that its economy is fast
> recovering, its capital Kuala Lumpur has the highest vacancy rate for
> office towers, shopping malls and hotels among major Asian cities. True,
> Malaysians have built them all. But nobody's interested in filling them.
>
>
> While Malaysia's billion-dollar 88-storeyed landmark Petronas Tower (60%
> occupied at last count) doesn't quite look like a white elephant, even
> though it is nearly half empty and may never provide its owners a decent
> return on their investment, the US$2.6 billion Kuala Lumpur International
> Airport or KLIA is now decidedly starting to look like one, though. Built
> an hour and half drive away from the Malaysian capital in what was once a
> palm oil plantation near Sepang, KLIA has never taken off since it opened
> over two and half years ago. Two weeks ago, British Airways suspended all
> services to and from KLIA. BA's decision to pull out of the airport
> follows similar decisions by Australia's Qantas and Ansett Airlines and
> Germany's Lufthansa over the past two years. Other major global airlines
> like United, American, Swissair, Air France, and SAS have all avoided
> flying to Malaysia. KLIA is now reduced to receiving a handful of Asian
> airlines, as well as some second-tier international carriers. Bangkok
> airport, which caters to twice as many passengers each day, is used by
> three times as many foreign airlines as KLIA. The gap between them is
> widening in favor of the Thai capital, even though it has a tired, old and
> cramped airport.
>
> Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew once said one of his top initial
> priorities was to make Singapore's airport the best there was in Asia,
> because an airport is often the first thing foreigners see when they land
> in a country. First impressions are almost always the most lasting ones,
> he reasoned. Malaysian leaders may have taken that advice too literally.
> When Mahathir first decided to move Malaysia's main international airport
> from Subang to Sepang some 12 years ago, his objective was to turn Kuala
> Lumpur into a regional hub. East Asia already has several airline hubs
> Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Another hub so close to the existing
> three hubs seemed like a non-starter. But Mahathir's aim wasn't to
> displace Singapore or Hong Kong, just to take some business away from
> them. Still, airports aren't just about passengers. They are also about
> cargo. KLIA lags way behind in cargo, because Malaysian exporters tend to
> truck their goods to Singapore's Changi, from where they can reach global
> markets more cost effectively. Passengers to and from Malaysia are doing
> the same by taking the shuttle flight to Singapore to connect to other
> global destinations.
>
> 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. 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. Singapore and Hong Kong have already carved
> their niches as Asia's premier hubs. Bangkok is actually bigger than
> Singapore and carried 28 million passengers over the past 12 months
> compared to Singapore's 27 million and Hong Kong's 30 million. KLIA, which
> is 63rd biggest airport in the world and 11th biggest in Asia carried just
> 15 million passengers during the past 12 months.
>
> The success of Bangkok airport as a hub proves an important point. I
> believe you don't need to spend billions on infrastructure to get a lot of
> business. So what is Kuala Lumpur to do about its US$2.6 billion
> investment? Malaysian officials still seem to believe they can turn their
> little spoke into a huge hub. An annual Grand Prix fills the airport on
> the morning after, but it can't turn a spoke into a hub all year round.
> Malaysians are talking about offering lower landing fees and other
> enticements to lure foreign carriers to KLIA. But I believe they might
> want to try open sky policy. Let any airline land at KLIA and take
> passengers or cargo to anywhere it wants to at any time. Sure, it might
> force the already debt-ridden flag-carrier Malaysia Airlines into further
> financial disarray and even necessitate a state-sponsored Malaysian-style
> bailout. But it would dig KLIA from the hole it's stuck in. Malaysian
> capital might not become a hub it has always wanted to be. But it might
> just prevent KLIA from becoming world's most expensive "spoke" airport.
>
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