KLIA East @ Labu
KLIA East @ Labu LTAKL Timur @ Labu | |
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| Operator | Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd |
| Location | Labu, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
KLIA East @ Labu or simply KLIA-East is a planned future airport. The airport will be located at Labu, which is 8.6 kilometres away from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). It is proposed to replace the low cost carrier terminal (LCCT) in KLIA. By road, the distance from KL’s Golden Triangle to KLIA East is 50km, compared with a distance of 78km to KLIA.[1] The construction of the new airport, on a 2,800ha area at the state’s central corridor in Labu, would be financed by the private sector. The two parties who have agreed to it are AirAsia Group and Sime Darby who owns the land. It had been planned to start construction on January 2009 and will open 2011. All airlines at the present LCCT will move here.
The KLIA East @ Labu will be connected with KLIA Main Terminal by:-
- A proposed 7km branch road to link KLIA East @ Labu to KLIA and the North-South Expressway.
- A proposed 7km ERL link from KLIA to KLIA East.
- A bus hub at KLIA East.
A 3km KTM Komuter railway line also has been proposed from the railway station in Labu to KLIA East.
All the costs for building the airport, road and rail links will be privately financed.
Funding
The funding for the building of the airport is reported to based on private finance initiative (PFI). Funds is expected to be provided by Sime Darby and AirAsia. However, critics questions the validity of the claim as some aspect of the airport operations such as Customs, Immigration and Quarantine facility may need to be borne by the government. The same argument also goes for other infrastructure such as building new KTM or ERL tracks to the airport.[2]
References
- ^ Wong Chun Wai (2009-01-02). "KLIA East@Labu". The Star. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sime Darby gets govt nod for Labu LCCT plan". The Star. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
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