gateway@klia2 Welcomes Shoppers Back To Airport Mall With Year-End ‘GILER SALE’

 

SEPANG, 1st November 2021 - gateway@klia2, the shopping mall with an airport at klia2 is having its year-end ‘Giler Sale’ with phenomenal discounts of up to 90% across with varieties of brands and goods from mall and airport retailers of exclusive duty-absorbed retail products, fashion apparel and accessories, sportswear, chocolate and confectionery, lifestyle products and more with effect from 3rd November 2021 until 30th January 2022.

This is part of gateway@klia2 continuous efforts in supporting industry and retail partners to recover from the impact of COVID-19.

Every corner of gateway@klia2 will be transformed into a wonderful sale bazaar throughout the 3-month sale event, where shoppers can expect to witness new brand sales and promotions as the respective brands will constantly be refreshed offering the best deals. Eraman, Heinemann, Original Classic, Skechers, LARRIE, Pierre Cardin, Hummer, BookXcess, F.O.S, Wings, Elianto Make-Up, and more will be among the participating retailers.

gateway@klia2 is excited to welcome shoppers and travellers to grab these offers and win great rewards worth up to RM100,000! Shoppers can also stand a chance to win 100,000 WCT Buddy points on the enhanced lifestyle community WCT Buddy app throughout the 3-month Giler Sale.

Kicking off with an exclusive 5-day Insane Deals, incredible rewards and fun activities await customers from 3rd to 7th November 2021. Shoppers can participate in the Free Shopping Spree Daily Draw and stand a chance to win RM1,000 daily with every RM100 spent. Customers can also register themselves at Concierge Counter or in advance via Facebook for the hourly lucky draw to qualify to win RM100 shopping vouchers without any spending required.

For the convenience of customers, KLIA Ekspres will be offering discounts of up to 40% on ERL train fares for shoppers to make their way to gateway@klia2 exclusively for the special 5-day Insane Deals.

Shoppers can still enjoy amazing deals and win incredible rewards throughout the 3-month sale with the Sure Win Giler Spin, Free Shopping Spree Weekly Draw, and Free 2-hour parking with RM100 spent.

Selena Chua, Chief Executive Officer - WCT Malls Management said “We believe the lifting of interstate travel and the transitioning to Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan, will pave the way for local travel and for shoppers to enjoy their pent-up demand for shopping. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome shoppers back to our airport mall and enjoy the year-end shopping spree while leveraging on the attractive deals from our retailers”.

“Shoppers can look forward to our first ever Giler Sale event and benefit from the huge discounts and attractive shopping rewards available during the 3-month period. The more you buy, the more you save! The Giler Sale will be an avenue to revive the dearly missed airport activities for everyone who crosses paths here,” she added.

Besides enjoying the exciting shopping spree, shoppers can also savour a range of delicious food from the Food Trucks that will be located at the forecourt road at Level 2. Kids will get a chance to have a fun time with the Kiddies Rides and Fun Fairs which will be situated at Level 2.

All the necessary measures in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) will be strictly adhered to in providing an elevated shopping experience for shoppers to shop with peace of mind. These include social distancing reminders, providing additional hand sanitisers, temperature screening at all entry points, round the clock sanitisation at common areas and others.

You will not want to miss out on the opportunity to win exciting prizes, redeem amazing rewards while having fun, and more, all at the gateway@klia2’s Giler Sale!

For more information about the festivities and promotions of the mall, kindly visit the: -

gateway@klia2 Website: www.gatewayklia2.com.my

gateway@klia2 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gatewayklia2/

-WCT Malls Management Sdn Bhd

KLIA & Langkawi International Airport Are World’s No.1 For Q2 2021

 

SEPANG – KL International Airport (KLIA) and Langkawi International Airport (LGK) are the world’s No.1 airports for Q2 2021 in the latest global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey by Airports Council International (ACI). Both airports achieved a perfect score of 5.0/5.0 in the industry survey that benchmarks the world’s best airports in terms of facilities and service standards. KLIA was previously in the 9th spot, scoring 4.99/5.0 for Q1 in the over 40 million passengers per annum (mppa) category whereas LGK was in 3rd spot with the score of 4.97/5.00 in the 2-5 mppa category. The global achievement by these two airports is highly significant and marks the organisation’s commitment in ensuring world-class passenger experiences.

According to group chief executive officer (Group CEO) of Malaysia Airports, Dato’ Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh, “At KLIA, these encouraging results are a testament to the company’s efforts in continuously maintaining exceptional services and implementing safety measures while it prepares for travel resumption. Major initiatives contributing to the improved performance include the strict implementation of new travel SOPs that heightened a safe and secure travel experience and the opening of 64 newly refurbished washrooms for the continued comfort of passengers.  As for LGK, the refreshed and improved ambience of the terminal resulting from its successful commercial reset initiative continues to contribute to the overall satisfaction of passengers passing through the terminal.”

The airport operator is seeing a gradual uptrend in passenger numbers by recording a 35% increase from the preceding month for overall traffic growth in July 2021. Last month, the Malaysia Airports group surpassed the 3 million mark at 3.3 million total passenger movements for its network of airports for the first time this year with the majority traffic contributed by its Turkish asset, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (ISG). With the easing of border restrictions and curfews, ISG saw a 35% increase in its total passenger movements at 3 million when compared to the preceding month, reaching 89% of its pre-COVID performance. In fact, the airport’s July 2021 domestic passenger movement performance at 2 million was extremely encouraging as it exceeded the passenger volume for any month pre-COVID in 2019 with 1.5% growth over July 2019.

On the local front, Malaysia Airports recorded nearly 40% increase in total passenger movements at about 260,000 (International: 72,000; Domestic: 188,000) last month as compared to June 2021 for its network of airports here.  

Despite the continued interstate travel ban, border closure, and stricter travel restrictions around the region following new outbreak of cases, the marginal increase is a positive break for Malaysia Airports following the recent Government of Malaysia’s announcement allowing flexibility for those fully vaccinated to travel interstate as well as the reopening of domestic tourism within the same state (for states that have progressed to Phase 2) from 10 August onwards. The airport operator is also looking forward to the pilot project of Langkawi Island emulating the Phuket Sandbox Model by inoculating 80% of the island’s population in a move to open the island to fully vaccinated tourists. Apart from that, there is also the possibility of the resumption of domestic tourism activities across Malaysia in September that will provide the much-needed stimulus to the airports, airline partners and the tourism industry.

-Malaysia Airpoprts Holdings Berhad.

Asia emerges as leader in low-cost, longhaul air travel: OAG

Asia is setting new trends in longhaul, low-cost air travel, with China poised to become a key regional player in the near future, according to OAG Aviation Worldwide’s new report, Generation X – Long Haul Low Cost Comes Of Age.



The report observes that although low-cost air travel originated in Europe and North America to connect destinations typically within four hours’ flying time, Asian LCCs are adapting the model for locations up to eight hours apart. 


LCCs are now seeking to expand their route networks to better connect the rapidly growing travel markets of South-east Asia, North-east Asia, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Although LCC growth has been slow in China, it will be pivotal to the sector’s future development, given that China’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) recently abolished the minimum pricing requirement for airlines, and introduced new measures and incentives designed to encourage the development of China-based LCCs.



“Given the potential impact of the recent changes made by CAAC, the opportunities are now available for a major Chinese LCC to emerge or for a major Chinese carrier to make a play for regional markets,” said Mark Clarkson, business development director Asia-Pacific, OAG.

An analysis of the region’s top 20 country pair markets for total seat capacity between June 2010 and June 2014 saw China in eight of the fastest-growing routes. The average annual growth in seat capacity between Australia and China was 11.4 per cent, while 20 per cent was recorded between China and Thailand.



Further room for expansion is evident, with only three routes from China – Shanghai-Singapore (ranked fifth), Bangkok-Shanghai (19^th) and Beijing-Singapore (23^rd) – listed in the report’s top 25 low-cost, longhaul routes in Asia-Pacific.

The other top routes are Bangkok-Seoul, Perth-Sydney, Singapore-Sydney, Singapore-Taipei, Hong Kong-Tokyo, Seoul-Singapore, Melbourne-Singapore, Bangkok-Tokyo (Narita), Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne, Manila-Tokyo, Perth-Singapore, Brisbane-Perth, Tokyo (Haneda)-Singapore, Jakarta-Hong Kong, Brisbane-Singapore, Tokyo (Narita)-Singapore, Denpasar-Hong Kong, Bangkok-Tokyo (Haneda), Kuala Lumpur-Sydney, Kuala Lumpur-Taipei, Hong Kong-Sydney and Chennai-Singapore.



Soon to join the low-cost, longhaul sector are Indonesia AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia X and NokScoot, while Spring Airlines and Cebu Pacific are expanding their networks for the sector. More airlines seem likely to follow in the coming years.



Meanwhile, new airport infrastructure is being developed to support the expansion of the pan-regional LCC sector, with Kuala Lumpur's recent opening of the world’s largest LCC airport terminal.

The large populations, multiple airports and ongoing air transport liberalisation in India and Indonesia mean these countries are also poised to drive growth in Asia’s longhaul LCC market.

-TTG Asia.

Curtain Comes Down On LCCT As klia2 Takes Over

SEPANG, May 9 (Bernama) -- The curtain came down early Friday on the operations at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) with the departure of the last flight from the facility that has given way to the KL International Airport 2 (klia2) which opened for budget carriers on May 2.

The operations at the LCCT ceased after eight years with the departure of AirAsia X Flight D7 170 to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at 2.35 am. The last AirAsia flight out of the LCCT was at 10.30 pm Thursday. Flight AK63 left for Kolkata, India.

The new terminal klia2 was opened as the LCCT was unable to handle the budget carrier passenger traffic that had reached 22 million people per year, way beyond its 15 million people capacity per annum. AirAsia started operating out of klia2 with its first flight into the new facility arriving from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, at 3.50 pm.

The klia2 terminal, built at a cost of RM4 billion, can handle up to 45 million passengers annually, and AirAsia is expected to contribute about 80 per cent of the traffic. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd had said that the LCCT would be turned into an air cargo terminal.

The LCCT, which was opened by the then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on March 23, 2006, had the capacity initially to handle 10 million passengers annually. The facility was expanded in 2009 to handle 15 million passengers.

Besides airlines of the AirAsia group, including AirAsia, AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia Zest, three other airlines used the LCCT, namely Tiger Air, Lion Air and Cebu Pacific Air.

AirAsia Bhd CEO Aireen Omar, who spoke to reporters at the LCCT last night, talked of nostalgia. "The last night for us ... is a very sad feeling in the sense that the LCCT had been so kind to us," she said.

Aireen said AirAsia had a lot of wonderful memories at the LCCT. "Many good memories here with a lot of good launches, new routes and a lot of international connectivity created," she said. "We made the LCCT a very well-known low cost carrier airport hub in this region and I think it is very sad feeling for us here tonight."

Asked whether AirAsia planned to hire more employees after the move to klia2 since the new airport is thrice the size of the LCCT in terms of capacity, Aireen said the company would improve its processes without increasing the manpower.

"We want to make sure productivity continues to increase. Therefore, I expect them (the employees) to be multitasking and smarter to maximise their efficiency," she said. She said this was for better investment for the future and for the growth of the business.
-bernama.

klia2 Witnessed A Smooth Opening And Commercial Operation With The First Arrival And Departure By Malindo And Cebu Pacific

http://www.klia.com.my/index.php?m=airport&aid=2

Kuala Lumpur, 2 May 2014 - klia2, the world's largest purpose-built low cost terminal for low cost carriers witnessed a smooth commercial opening and operations, with the first arrival and the first departure flights from the terminal today.

Malindo Air flight OD1027 from Kota Kinabalu touched down at klia2 at approximately 12.05am with 110 passengers on board. Cebu Pacific Airways flight 5J502 to Manila was the first departing flight from klia2 at 1.20am, with 147 passengers on board. Passengers of this flight were also the first to check-in at klia2.

From 2 May the airlines which will operate at klia2 are Malindo Air, Cebu Pacific Airways, Lion Air and TigerAir. AirAsia will move to klia2 by 9 May when all their flights will arrive and depart from the new terminal.

Malaysia Airports expects 7,000 passenger traffic movements daily for the initial phase of operations, and 50,000 passenger traffic movements on 9 May onwards after the move of AirAsia group of airlines to klia2.

With the start of commercial operations at klia2, gateway@klia2 which duals as a public transportation hub and a retail mall was also commercially opened for public. Transportation hub includes fully gated car park which can accommodate 6,000 vehicles and full hospitality services amongst others. It also provides ERL, taxi and bus services which link passengers with a quick and convenient transfer between the city, KLIA and klia2. Gateway@klia2 is also Malaysia first and largest airport mall open to travelers and public to shop, eat & relax with over 200 outlets across 350,000 sq ft of retail space.

The LCCT-KLIA will cease operations after 9 May 2014. For the convenience of passengers departing from the LCCT-KLIA before 2 May and arriving at klia2 after 9 May, complimentary shuttle bus service between klia2 and LCCT-KLIA will be provided by Malaysia Airports from 1st May until 15th May 2014. The shuttle bus will be available every 15 - 20 minutes. The shuttle bus can be boarded at the same location for bus services in LCCT and at Level 1 of klia2 terminal. All public transportation into LCCT-KLIA will be operating as usual until 9 May 2014.

The immigration, security and customs counters at LCCT-KLIA will also continue to operate until 9 May. Passengers are advised to contact their respective airlines to confirm details of their flights departure to avoid any inconveniences.

Passengers arriving and departing for the first time at klia2 were presented with special souvenirs to commemorate the inaugural event. The event was graced by YB Dato' Ab. Aziz Kaprawi, Deputy Minister of Transport, accompanied by Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, Chairman of Malaysia Airports and Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports.

klia2 is one of the largest privately funded projects and will spur the local economic growth and employment opportunities. With klia2, KLIA now has a total capacity to handle 70 million passengers per annum to cater for the rapid air travel growth and remain competitive within the region.

klia2 is built as a national infrastructure asset to cater to the needs of the airlines, government, public and the airport. klia2 is an iconic national project which seeks to cement Malaysia's position as a leading global aviation hub.

-Malaysia Airports.

Tune Hotel klia2 Opens On May 9

photo: www.tunehotels.com

KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (Bernama) -- After five years providing high quality yet affordable accommodation to guests at KLIA's Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) here, the Tune Hotel KLIA-LCCT will close down effective May 9, giving way to the brand new, 400-room Tune Hotel klia2 that will open on the same day.

Tune Hotel klia2 is directly connected to the new klia2 terminal via a covered walkway and link bridge. "We are extremely excited with this new hotel. To us and all our guests, the new Tune Hotel klia2 is as highly anticipated as the klia2 airport itself. It is set to be the largest in the Tune Hotels platform and will be our flagship property," said Group Chief Executive of Tune Hotels Mark Lankester.

In a statement released here, he said guests with a booking at the Tune Hotel KLIA-LCCT would automatically be transferred to the Tune Hotel klia2 on May 9.
"Tune Hotel KLIA-LCCT will operate until May 8 and for all bookings with dates of stay made up to May 8, guests will remain at the current Tune Hotel KLIA-LCCT," he said.

Lankester said to facilitate guest relocation, all in-house guests will be provided complimentary transfer to the klia2 terminal building and Tune Hotel klia2 on May 9. For guests with bookings for May 9 and after, check-in will be at the Tune Hotel klia2.

All affected guests will be notified by email. They can also get in touch with the Customer Care Team by emailing to enquiry@tunehotels.com or by calling 1300 88 8863 (within Malaysia) or +603 7962 5888 (from overseas).

To celebrate the opening of Tune Hotel klia2, guests will be enjoying an all-in rate from only RM98 nett per room per night. Bookings can be made from May 2 to May 4, 2014 for stays at Tune Hotel klia2 from May 9, 2014 to Jan 31, 2015. The offer is exclusively for online booking at www.tunehotels.com and is on a first-come first-served basis.

The new airport commences commercial operations on May 2, while the AirAsia Group will move its entire operations at LCCT to the klia2 on May 9.
-bernama.