Naim 6 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 AT LAST .... === The Star Wednesday March 18, 2009 New LCCT departure hall opens SEPANG: The new international departure hall at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal opens today with the first flight to Guangzhou, China leaving at 5.50am. The new hall can accommodate 3,200 passengers compared to 600 at the old one. Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad senior general manager (operation services) Datuk Azmi Murad said the number of international travellers was growing rapidly with the introduction of AirAsia’s new long-haul destinations, including to London, Perth, Gold Coast and Melbourne. “The number of domestic passengers for 2008 were 5,050,693 while international passengers were 5,087,859,” he told reporters when giving a media tour at the hall here yesterday. Better facilities: Azmi taking the media on a tour of the new international departure hall at the LCCT in Sepang. However, he said, international passengers were expected to grow and make up 60% of the total in the next two years. Azmi said the expansion project, which cost about RM124mil, would increase terminal maximum capacity by 50% from the current 10 million passengers per annum (ppa) to 15 million by 2011. “In order to cope with the growth, immigration counters, including the auto gate lanes, will also be increased to 45 from 18,” he said. He said there was also an increase of 10 boarding gates for international departure compared to eight. “Other new facilities include 12 shower rooms, five baby changing rooms, one smoking room and four lifts and escalators,” he said. He said passengers could also expect faster baggage delivery with the expansion of two carousels to six. On parking facilities, he said, there was an additional of 1,500 parking bays. “The number of retail outlets has been increased to 28 from the present seven with an additional six food and beverages outlets,” he said. On the old departure hall, Azmi said it would be closed from today for renovation. On what would happen to the LCCT when the new LCCT at the KL International Airport is completed in 2011, Azmi said: “It can be converted into a cargo terminal but we will decide later.” http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...&sec=nation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Departure hall Holding room for D7 Money changer and pharmacy Duty Free shop Although AK assigned seats but old habit died hard, pax still queue long before boarding is called. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
affendi osman 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Errr... I wonder why people still like to queue before the boarding call? If board first, will arrive first eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Amir 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Errr... I wonder why people still like to queue before the boarding call? If board first, will arrive first eh? queue first, get on plane first.... maybe they want rebut for seat nearest to cockpit, can see pilots doing pre-flight checklist hehe.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prosibu1 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 the crowd is at new depart hall? wat the ==..== i wonder how pack of the old one... is it located at 2nd floor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azri M. 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Stumble upon the blog with more pictures on the new LCCT departure hall: Now there are more shops including Theobroma Chocolate lounge, Marrybrown, Bodyshop, and OldTown White coffee.... http://warunghotmama.blogspot.com/2009/03/...rture-hall.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Smith 1 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Finally a decent duty-free store in the departures area! Looks similar to the new one at arrivals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
