Penang International Airport does not need an additional runway, its senior airport manager Mohd Arif Jaafar said.
Priority, he said, should be increasing the number of aircraft parking bays from 22 aircraft stands, and expanding and upgrading facilities at the terminal.
“Instead of having another runway, priority should be given to expand and upgrade other existing facilities at the airport.
“This should be the priority,” he said when asked to comment on Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s proposal to add an extra runway for the airport.
Lim had proposed an additional runway, an integrated air cargo facility and a maintenance, repair and overhaul hub at the airport. He had made the proposals after Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir announced plans to build a new international airport for the northern states in Kulim.
Lim’s proposals came in contrast to his immediate response to Mukhriz’s announcement, when he demanded that Penang should have two airports if an international airport was to be built in Kedah.
Ariff said there was no point to having additional runways when other facilities at the terminal would reach full capacity soon.
Asked on the terminal’s capacity to handle passengers, Arif said it was built to accommodate 6.5 million people.
“Last year, we handled 5.5 million passengers, and this year, we expect the number to reach six million.
“We also expect the terminal to reach its full capacity by 2017.”
“Of course, extending the runway would make us, as the operator, happy, as we can then accommodate bigger aircraft.
“There is no point to having two runways when the other factors could hinder the growth of the airport if left unchecked.”
Meanwhile, in Alor Star, both Chinese and Malay chambers of commerce are fully supportive of the state government’s proposal to build an international airport in Kulim.
They said the airport would not only be a catalyst for Kedah development, but would also create a major spillover to its neighbours in the northern states.
Kedah Chinese Chamber of Commerce president Datuk Sunny Hoe Thean Sun said the state needed such a project to leapfrog its development as it had a lot of catching up to do with other developed states.
“Kedah needs that kind of boost, not only to lure foreign investments, but also to retain existing local and foreign investors, and prevent them from migrating to new, emerging markets, such as Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia.”
However, Hoe pointed out that the project should run in tandem with a solid plan to transform Kedah into an industrialised state.
His sentiments were shared by Kedah Malay Chamber of Commerce president Dr Ahmad Fitri Othman, who said Kedah was strategically positioned to become a new air hub for the northern region.NST
Kan dah cakap.. Penang sebenarnya perlukan lebih banyak kawasan parkir dari keperluan nak bina landasan kedua seperti apa yang diminta guan eng.
Guan Eng sepatutnya tingkatkan keperluan infrastruktur disekeliling airport terlebih dahulu..Bukannya dengki apabila negeri lain cadang bina lapangan terbang
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Aku syak si MCAcing-DALANG-DUA-MUKA yg. dah kuasai Kem. Pengangkutan,
akan BERSUBAHAT dgn. DAPBANGKAI-SAMSENG dlm. menentang cadangan YAB DS Mukhriz utk. bina lpgnterbang antarabangsa di Kulim - yg. disyaki adalah perancangan plg. licik si MUSUH ISLAM/Melayu utk. MENGGERTAK untuk membina satu lagi lpgnterbang di PP, yg. akan MERAMPAS kpg-kpg PUSAKA ISLAM/Melayu di Kepala Batas! Bah. pulau dah TERGADAI hampir sepenuhnya kat bangsa si PENDATANG/PENCEROBOH - jadi mereka nak selebihnya!
Sebab itu PENGGANAS Red BEAN sekarang begitu galak berkempen nak menghasut ke arah pembinaan lpgnterbang baru kat Kepala Batas!
Sepatutnya Kem. Pengangkutan selesaikan JENAYAH BERLELUASA dari KEMALANGAN BUAS melibatkan lori-lori/kereta/bas disyaki dimiliki GENG KONGSI GELAP DAJAL (termasuk di bawah industri) yg. terus BERMAHARAJALELA kat NEGARA ISLAM ni, dan MAJORITI mangsa spt. biasa adalah dari umat Islam/Melayu yg. amat MALANG! Lihat di - http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20140628/dn_46/Lori-tangki-bawa-bahan-kimia-bocor-kawasan-RR-Tapah-ditutup , Lori tangki bawa bahan kimia bocor, kawasan R&R Tapah ditutup, 28/06/2014; dan di - http://peraktoday.com.my/?p=192527 ,
Peronda LPT2 Maut, Rakan Parah Dirempuh Treler:
HULU TERENGGANU: Seorang peronda Lebuhraya Pantai Timur Fasa 2 (LPT2) maut manakala rakannya cedera parah selepas kenderaan pacuan empat roda yang dinaiki mereka dirempuh sebuah lori treler di Kilometer 451 di sini, Jumaat.
Dalam kejadian pada kira-kira 4 petang itu, Razali Ishak, 44, maut di tempat kejadian manakala rakannya Saifuruddin Mohamad, 25, cedera parah dalam kemalangan yang berlaku di laluan Kemaman ke Ajil LPT2, di sini.
Ketua Polis Daerah Hulu Terengganu DSP Hussin Deraman berkata treler yang membawa muatan minyak masak itu dipercayai hilang kawalan sebelum merempuh kenderaan mangsa yang berhenti di lorong kecemasan.
Mangsa bersama seorang rakan sekerjanya memberhentikan kenderaan pacuan empat roda milik peronda LPT2 itu untuk memberikan bantuan kepada sebuah kenderaan lain yang mengalami kerosakan, katanya.
Beliau berkata mangsa yang tersepit di tempat duduk pemandu, maut selepas kecederaan parah di kepala dan muka.
“Akibat rempuhan kuat itu juga, kenderaan pacuan empat roda yang dipandu mangsa tercampak ke tepi lebuh raya manakala treler terbabit turut terbalik,” katanya.
Makcik Sambal Belacan
1. DS Najib jangan layan permintaan orang2 Cina ni. Buat macam kat Teluk Intan, mereka kena sokong BN dulu baru bagi. Kalau mereka tidak sokong, utamakan penyokong Kerajaan dulu.
2. Kenapa nak buat Airport kat Penang sedangkan 99% orang2 Cina kat Penang tak sokong BN. Orang2 Kedah mesti tersinggung, PRU14 depa mungkin sabotaj.
3. Lim Guan Eng sebenarnya meroyan kerana nilai hartanah akan naik di Kulim dan cost of doing business in Kedah is more competitive than Penang. Kedah akan lebih maju dari Penang dalam masa 5 tahun selepas Airport siap. Sebab tu dia kelupur sakan. Apabila orang bertumpu ke Kedah, nilai hartanah di Penang akan susut.
4. Disamping menyediakan rumah mampu milik, Kerajaan Negeri Kedah sebenarnya boleh menjana pendapatan besar dengan membangunkan juga kawasan perumahan mewah dikawasan strategik seperti kawasan tepi laut, sungai, tasik dan sebagainya. Kedah has more to offer than Penang.
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