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Singapore Expands Bilateral Air Services With Malaysia

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By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

 

SINGAPORE, April 14 (Bernama) -- Singapore and Malaysia today agreed to expand their bilateral air services agreement to include six more new destinations in Malaysia.

 

They are Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Melaka, Sandakan and Tawau.

 

Both countries also agreed to provide increased traffic rights to existing cities, namely Penang, Langkawi, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

 

All the new traffic rights will take effect from June 1, according to Singapore Transport Ministry in a statement today.

 

The ministry said transport officials from the city-state and Malaysia met here today for air services consultations and agreed to expand the bilateral air services agreement between the two neighbours.

 

The new agreement would allow the carriers of both countries the right to operate between Changi Airport and the six destinations, the ministry said.

 

Singapore carriers will also have traffic rights to operate 21 weekly services to Ipoh and 14 weekly services each to Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Melaka, Sandakan and Tawau.

 

For existing routes, Singapore carriers will have increased traffic rights to operate a total of 70 services a week to Penang and 27 services a week to Langkawi.

 

Additionally, carriers of both countries are also allowed to operate an additional 14 weekly services between Singapore and each of the East Malaysian cities of Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

 

Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Choi Shing Kwok, who led the Singapore delegation in the consultations, said the new agreement was important for both countries, as the enhanced connectivity would further boost economic and tourism linkages between the two countries.

 

"This is especially important in the current economic climate," he said.

 

Currently, Singapore carriers operate 106 weekly services to Kuala Lumpur, 18 weekly services to Penang, six weekly services to Langkawi, 17 weekly services to Kota Kinabalu and 16 weekly services to Kuching.

 

-- BERNAMA

 

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=404166

 

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The new agreement would allow the carriers of both countries the right to operate between Changi Airport and the six destinations, the ministry said.

 

Mean FY will fly to Changi?? not seletar!!!

Wow Amazing!!

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the....

21 weekly to ipoh

14 weekly to KUA,MKZ,TGG,TWU,SDK

70 weekly to PEN @.@

27 weekly to LGK

is return frequency or one way...?

 

 

3 daily to ipoh @.@

10 daily to penang ...

walao.... seriously?

the rights seems more than to KCH n BKI

Edited by prosibu

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I hope they wouldn't spend millions on the hype alone and cancel this and that route after a couple of months. (Read : AK's BKI - LBU route)

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Terengganu and Sarawak to get flights from Singapore

 

HULU TERENGGANU: Singapore’s low-cost carrier Tiger Airways is plan­ning to fly direct from the city-state to Kuala Terengganu’s Sultan Mahmud Airport.

 

The airline is now negotiating the flight frequencies with the Department of Civil Aviation here and Malaysia Airports Berhad.

 

Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the Singapore budget airline recently wrote to Malaysia Airports, stating its commitment to serve the route.

 

“Malaysia Airports officials in­­formed the state government that Tiger Airways would be coming to Kuala Terengganu,” he said after making a day tour to Kenyir Lake yesterday.

 

Ahmad said the state government had also agreed to absorb all taxes and fees incurred by Tiger Airways for the first three years of it its opera­tions here.

 

This means the airline’s airport taxes, landing, parking and aerobridge fees will be paid to Malaysia Airports by the state government.

 

“We hope the airfare from Singa­pore to Terengganu and vice-versa will be very affordable to further boost the tourism industry,” he said.

 

Ahmad said similar incentives would be given to any other international airlines that was interested in making the airport here their regional transportation hub.

 

Tiger Airways will be the second carrier flying the Singa­pore-Kuala Terengganu route after Firefly, which is offering three flights in a week starting next month.

 

Ahmad said his government was also in discussion with China Air­­lines to operate a direct flight from Guangzhou, China to Kuala Tereng­ganu.

 

On another matter, Ahmad said the state government had commissioned a consultant to plan a cable-car service at Kenyir lake.

 

He said the state government had also allocated RM50mil, this year for the purpose of developing Kenyir lake.

 

Meanwhile, in Kuching, Sarawak, State Tourism and Urban Develop­ment Minister Datuk Michael Man­yin said the state was in talks with Tiger Airways and Jetstar Asia to launch direct flights between Singa­pore and Miri.

 

Michael Manyin said the proposed direct air links would support the state’s efforts to promote tourism attractions, like the Mulu and Niah National Parks and the Kelabit highlands, in the northern region.

 

“It will allow us to offer our various packages in culture, adventure and nature to entice the Singaporeans, expatriates and tourists in Singapore to the northern region ,” he added during the Sarawak state assembly yesterday.

 

Whoever invented the word 'hub' should be shot. Too many Malaysian politicians are (ab)using it.

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Ahmad said the state government had also agreed to absorb all taxes and fees incurred by Tiger Airways for the first three years of it its opera­tions here.

 

This means the airline’s airport taxes, landing, parking and aerobridge fees will be paid to Malaysia Airports by the state government.

 

Wah lau, three years FOC :blink:

Why not pay for the fuel bill as well !

Will the day ever come when state govt's (the rich ones anyway) pay intending tourists to visit ? ;)

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Ahmad said his government was also in discussion with China Air­­lines to operate a direct flight from Guangzhou, China to Kuala Tereng­ganu.

 

Since when does China Airlines operate out of Guangzhou?

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Ahmad said his government was also in discussion with China Air­­lines to operate a direct flight from Guangzhou, China to Kuala Tereng­ganu.

 

Since when does China Airlines operate out of Guangzhou?

 

 

Sounds to me more like they are reffering to China Southern hehehe

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Sounds to me more like they are reffering to China Southern hehehe

 

You know, that big piece of land up there. :p

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Whoever invented the word 'hub' should be shot. Too many Malaysian politicians are (ab)using it.

 

Perhaps Tiger should consider TGG as their 'hub', park all their fleet at TGG overnight as TGG offers free parking :good:

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Apparently we're not alone with this over proliferation of 'hubs' :blink:

 

South Korea's abandoned airports

By John Sudworth

BBC News, Seoul

 

Yangyang International is an airport looking for a reason to exist. Built on South Korea's east coast just seven years ago, you won't find any delays or long queues here. In fact, you won't find any passengers at all.

 

The initial vision could not have been more different.

 

Up to three million people a year were meant to throng the gleaming floors of the departure and arrival halls, built at a cost of almost $400m (£260m).

 

But last year an average of just 26 passengers a day came through the doors, vastly outnumbered by the 146 airport staff on hand to serve them.

 

In November the last commercial flight took off, and the terminal became what the Korean national press has dubbed a "ghost airport", an impressive monument to overestimated demand.

 

But it is not an isolated example.

 

Empty spaces

 

In fact, if there was to be an award for the world's quietest international airports, South Korea would surely be one of the favourites.

 

At the other end of the country from Yangyang, way down in the south-west, is the even newer Muan International Airport.

 

It opened less than two years ago, and although a handful of flights do at least land there, the terminal is struggling.

 

Built amidst the surrounding onion fields, it looks an unlikely spot for a thriving airport, and the scene inside is, once again, one of empty check-in desks and empty spaces.

 

Figures for last year show passenger levels at less than 3% of capacity.

 

"It might be better if it was used a bit more," said one passenger I spoke to, part of a group of Korean tourists preparing to catch one of only two flights leaving that day.

 

"But having said that," she added, "it is nice to come to an airport that isn't busy for a change."

 

Vanishing demand

 

As elsewhere, the project was meant to be a boost for the local economy, bringing in visitors, and connecting the local economy with the wider world.

 

But the region's farmers and fishermen may now wonder if it was a worthwhile investment.

 

South Korea has a total of 14 regional airports. Figures show that 11 of them lost money last year.

 

What should have been the 15th, another new east-coast airport, already more than 80% complete, has been suspended because of lack of demand.

 

And there is currently an ongoing debate about the wisdom of the plans to build yet one more, somewhere near the southern port city of Busan.

 

One reason for the lack of demand for air travel may be the simultaneous development of a high-speed rail link that now whisks travellers from one end of the country to the other in less than three hours, as well as the construction of a network of new motorways.

 

'Political logic'

 

Local airports have been built by "political rather than market logic", according to one newspaper.

 

The Korean Citizens' Action Network, an organisation that monitors government spending, claims that hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted on terminals and runways that simply are not needed.

 

"Politicians, in order to gain votes, promise their constituents an airport," said spokesman Choi In-wook.

 

"Rather than checking the need thoroughly, the feasibility studies can be distorted to support the projects, and as a result there is an oversupply of airports in this country."

 

Could not the case be made, though, that some of today's under-used airports may turn out to have a long-term future?

 

"Maybe," he said. "If they honestly forecast that there would be large, initial losses for a long-term strategic benefit, then fair enough. But from the beginning the feasibility reports are inaccurate, so no one knows the true prospects."

 

Both the government and the Korea Airports Corporation, the body that manages the regional airports, refused the BBC's request for an interview.

 

There are those, like the staff at Yangyang airport, who do indeed believe that they may still find a profitable future for their terminal.

 

But it is the views of the passengers that really matter - and for now, they are voting with their feet.

 

from here

 

 

 

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Both airports involved have been experiencing healthy passengers growth last year (TGG up 13.2%, while MYY up 5.8% in 2008 from 2007). 2009 would be an interesting year for airport operation because almost all major airports in Malaysia have been opened to Singaporean airlines' combo of Tiger Airways and Jetstar Asia especially. We should expect a significant jump in passengers and aircrafts' movement in 2009 in KUL, BKI, KCH, PEN, LGK, TGG, MYY, MKZ, KUA and SZB, all of which have a confirmed service to/from SIN by AK, TR, 3K, MI and FY.

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this will further strengthen singapore as the aviation hub of south east asia.. seems like for singapore, it's going forward all the way.

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this will further strengthen singapore as the aviation hub of south east asia.. seems like for singapore, it's going forward all the way.

 

Yeah..

MAHB and MH better wake up and do something.

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Ahmad said his government was also in discussion with China Air­­lines to operate a direct flight from Guangzhou, China to Kuala Tereng­ganu.

 

Since when does China Airlines operate out of Guangzhou?

 

yeah, air china = china's flag carrier , maybe this was his thought :good:

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Apparently we're not alone with this over proliferation of 'hubs' :blink:

 

Fly to Keningau, anyone?

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SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysian carriers will soon be able to fly freely between Changi and six new destinations in Malaysia after both countries agreed to expand their air services agreement.

 

The new agreement gives carriers of both countries the rights to operate passenger services between Singapore and Malaysia’s Alor Setar, Bintulu, Labuan, Kerteh, Kota Bahru and Sibu.

 

Carriers from both sides will each have traffic rights to operate 28 weekly passenger services to each of these destinations.

 

The new agreement will also see an increase in the number of services to 10 existing destinations in Malaysia.

 

Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, October 20

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As far as these destinations are concerned, unlikely you will see SQ. More likely Firefly, Jetstar, Tiger and Air Asia.

Agree. Besides most of these airports will not be able to take the B772 that SQ operates.

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Perhaps a more abstract interpretation of "more reasons to fly with SQ" is permitting the use of LCC's to SIN from these new points in Malaysia to SIN to travel beyond aboard the SQ network? Therefore bypassing the need to travel to KL.

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Hmm,SIN-SBW eh..Who knows Jetstar & Tiger Airways will visit SBW (That's mean more passengers coming through the out-dated,hot and humid SBW terminal!)

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