{"id":41024,"date":"2019-03-21T09:47:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T01:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/good-news-for-penang-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:25:48","slug":"good-news-for-penang-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/good-news-for-penang-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news for Penang airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good news for Penang airport<\/h1>\n

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21 March 2019<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column el_class=”fade-in animate”][vc_empty_space height=”120px” el_class=”height-x120″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”28828″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” el_class=”single-featured-image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”60px” el_class=”height-x60″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” el_class=”content-row”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]THE expansion of the Penang International Airport (PIA) is expected to be carried out in June next year, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.<\/p>\n

He said the Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB), through an open tender, had appointed a consultant to undertake design works.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe expansion project is scheduled to begin in June next year and completed in three years,\u201d he said during a press conference at Komtar recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chow, who is also Tanjong MP, said he received the parliamentary reply on Tuesday from Transport Minister Anthony Loke on the airport\u2019s expansion and the proposed Kulim airport.<\/p>\n

The PIA expansion project is to increase its capacity to accommodate 12 million passengers a year from its current 6.5 million capacity.<\/p>\n

Chow said the airport had reached 7.8 million passengers last year, a 20% increase from its capacity.<\/p>\n

He said the Transport Ministry, Finance Ministry and MAHB were studying the expansion and financing models for the project so that it would be cost-effective.<\/p>\n

However, Chow said the parliamentary reply did not include the latest discussions on the project.<\/p>\n

On March 3, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the PIA would be expanded at a cost of about RM1.2bil to accommodate 16 million passengers.<\/p>\n

Lim reportedly said it would be a privately financed initiative (PFI) with contributions by the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reply by Loke did not take into consideration the latest information and decisions by the finance minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reply may be overtaken by the latest decision on the project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0The Star<\/a>
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