SEPANG –
Malaysia Airports continues to recognise the best in the aviation industry at
the KLIA Awards 2016 this evening at Sama Sama Hotel KL International
Airport. As part of Malaysia Airports many initiatives to establish KLIA
as a preferred ASEAN Hub, the prestigious KLIA Awards is an annual event that
honours its partners for their outstanding performances and services. The
prestigious event is meant to spur the KLIA airport community to constantly
push the boundaries of distinction in their respective fields, thus raising
KLIA’s and Malaysia’s stature in the eyes of the world.
KLIA
Awards was first introduced in 2006 and is currently in its 12th edition this
year. Graced by YB Minister of Transport Malaysia Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, the
theme chosen for the night was “25 Years of Triumph” in conjunction with the
Malaysia Airports silver jubilee celebration this year. KLIA Awards winners are
chosen based on their yearly achievement in sectors such as passenger
movements, growth factor, sales performance, international recognition as well
as service excellence.
Dato’
Sri Liow in his speech applauded Malaysia Airports’ efforts in serving the
country for the last 25 years. He said, “For almost two decades, KLIA, as one
of our national icons has indeed played a significant role as the country’s
main gateway. Its tremendous growth has proven to be one of the major
contributors towards Malaysia’s economic development, giving more opportunities
in trade and tourism. Last year, KLIA surpassed the 50 million passengers mark
and grew by 7.6% to nearly 53 million passengers.”
“I
am very proud to see that air connectivity is preserved and has been further
enhanced between international and domestic destinations through the entry of
new airlines, as well increased routes and capacity, allowing the country to
leverage further on our abundant tourist destinations,” he added.
Malaysia
Airports was represented by its managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, who
said, “KLIA is the 14th busiest airport in the world for international
passenger movements. Last year 70% of the 53 million movements were
international traffic. As an example, we saw an increase of 21% to 1.8 million
inbound travellers from China for the first half of 2017. KLIA, with a combined
two-terminal capacity of 75 million passengers per year is well positioned to
cater to the expected aviation growth within the region.”
He
also stressed on the importance of the whole airport community working in
tandem to grow the hub, and said, “We must continue our collaborative and
consistent efforts to provide improved facilities and high quality services to
our passengers.”
According
to Badlisham, KLIA had welcomed several new airlines this year such as Himalaya
Airlines from Nepal, Thai Smile Airways from Thailand, US Bangla Airlines from
Bangladesh, JC Cambodia from Cambodia, Cathay Dragon from Hong Kong and Batik
Air Indonesia from Indonesia. Philippines national carrier Philippines Airlines
had also resumed their KLIA-Manila route after a four-year hiatus. Meanwhile,
several others had taken the opportunity to modernise their fleet such as Saudi
Airlines and Uzbekistan Airways which had introduced the Dreamliner 787-9 and
787 aircraft respectively to fly into KLIA.
Malaysia
Airports is also grateful for the continuous support given by the government of
Malaysia to the aviation sector. The support provided has allowed the country’s
aviation sector to be more competitive in offering capacity for the local and
regional growth of aviation, while at the same time enabling Malaysia Airports
to continue enhancing the level of comfort and convenience for passengers.
More
than 500 guests attended the gala dinner awards ceremony comprising the who’s
who within the Malaysian aviation industry.
-http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my
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