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In less than 15 years
we can see the result
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Hal hanis wrote:
> Asiaweek Business
> October 27, 2000
>
> Malaysia's (Not So) International Airport
> This is One White Elephant That May Not Fly
>
> By ASSIF SHAMEEN
>
> 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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