Low Cost Air Terminal at KLIA

[Ignatius 4]

Aerobridge operation is Xpensivelah...just walk

Cptn Radzi, the terminal looks abit too small to me... or are u showing us just a small portion of a bigger picture?

[Radzi 2]

I think thats about all.

[Ignatius 4]

can accomodate like only 7-8 a/c at one time...? It looks like a mini bus terminal aahha

[Raj 0]

Yup igantius does look like a bus terminal..Infact more like a taxi stand..Pudu Bus station also bigger than that..Seems to look more like shop houses..

[Seth K 3]

Just a simple design from SIN

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

Is there any chance this time KUL has a bigger terminal than SIN (Low Cost Terminal) ?

[Radzi 2]

Is there any chance this time KUL has a bigger terminal than SIN (Low Cost Terminal) ?

 

KUL LCAT is bigger than SIN BT.

 

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

KUL LCAT is bigger than SIN BT.

 

Biggest low cost airline (Air Asia) with biggest home base terminal in the region, yeh !

[Fairul 0]

http://klia.com.my/LCCTerminal/index.html

 

The need for the LCC Terminal was triggered by the high growth of passenger movements recorded by Malaysia’s no frills airline, Air Asia. The LCC Terminal is located about 20 KM from the KLIA Main Terminal Building (MTB). Construction of the LCC Terminal was on the fast track basis beginning June 2005. The construction and other related costs of LCC Terminal is about RM 108 million.

 

The LCC terminal is specifically designed to suit the Low Cost Carrier (LCC) business model where it would have no travellators, escalators, aerobridges and would be able to have a shorter turnaround time. The 35,290 square meters LCC terminal comprised one single storey building for departure and arrival. It is designed to handle 10 million passengers a year and there is scope for further expansion should more airlines decide to use it.

 

The LCC terminal is supported by the existing parking apron and additional infrastructure built includes an extension to the existing parking apron, surface access, curbside road, car parks, and other utilities. The LCC Terminal due to completed in March 2006 and it will be opened on 9 March 2006 and the official opening will be on 23 March 2006. Apart from Air Asia, Malaysia Airports expected to attract other LCCs utilize the Terminal.

 

 

 

LCC TERMINAL – Dimensions

Size of the terminal 35,290 sq meters

a. Check in area 2,650 sq meters

b. International Departure Hall 3,240 sq meters

c. International Arrival Hall 4,340 sq meters

d. Domestic Departure Hall 4,430 sq meters

e. Domestic Arrival Hall 1,900 sq meters

f. Public Concourse Main Area 4,355 sq meters

g. Public Concourse International

Arrival area 325 sq meters

h. Common, Ramp and circulation 6,760 sq meters

 

 

 

Getting to Terminal

 

International Arrival

a. Private Vehicles

The primary road access from Kuala Lumpur is North Central Link Expressway, North South Central Link, KESAS and Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong Highway. There will be a road signs to lead drivers to the LCC Terminal. An open 1100 parking lots will be available in front of the LCC Terminal. Parking rate: Rm 1.00 for 1st 2 hours, RM 2.00 for subsequent hours

 

 

b. ERL

There are existing ERL station located at Salak Tinggi and KLIA station. Passengers are able to shuttle conveniently between LCC Terminal and Salak Tinggi ERL station/KLIA station.

 

c. Taxis

The taxi operators will be operating at LCC Terminal.

 

d. Public Buses

There are public bus services to/from Nilai Commuter Station, KLIA Main Terminal Building, Salak Tinggi ERL station, Pekan Sepang, and Pekan Banting.

 

 

The LCC Terminal will offer other services such as a shuttle bus service to link passengers from the LCC terminal to Main Terminal Building, KLIA and vice versa. Others services and facilities such as Foreign Exchange Counter, public phones, Auto Teller Machines (ATM), Passenger Meeting Services, Hotel Reservations, Duty Free Shops and Food and Beverages outlets.

 

International Departure

 

a. 72 Check-in counters (52 check-in baggage counters & 20 check-in no baggage counters)

b. 3 Sets of check-in baggage screening machine

c. 12 Departure Immigration Counters

d. 2 Immigration Auto Gate lanes

e. 8 Boarding gates

 

 

International Departure Flow

 

• Passengers to proceed to Departure Hall

• screen all check-in baggage

• Identify the correct check-in counter through Flight Information Display System (FIDS).

• Proceed to Check-in counter to check in for flight at the designated check -in counter.

• After Check-in completed, passengers to proceed to Departure Lounge for boarding.

• Immigration/passport clearance

• Security screening before entering Departure Lounge

• Passengers proceed to designated Boarding Gates

 

Domestic Departure

 

a. 3 sets of hand luggage screening machine and walk-through metal detectors.

b. 12 Boarding gates

c. Common Departure Lounge (Pax capacity 3,000, seats 800)

 

Domestic Departure Flow

 

• Passengers to proceed to Departure Hall

• Screen all check-in baggage

• Identify the correct check-in counter through Flight Information Display System (FIDS).

• Proceed to check-in counter to check in for flight at the designated check -in counter.

• After check-in completed, passengers to proceed to Departure Lounge for boarding.

• Security screening before entering Departure Lounge.

• Passengers proceed to designated boarding gates to board the aircraft.

 

International Arrival

 

a. 4 International arrival gates

b. 12 Arrival Immigration counters

c. 2 Immigration auto gates

d. 2 Arrival baggage carousels

e. 6 Arrival Custom counters

 

 

International Arrival Flow

 

• Passengers will disembark from the aircraft using mobile steps

• Passengers walk on the tarmac to the International Arrival Hall

• Immigration/passport clearance

• Passengers to collect their check-in luggage at the carousel

• Custom clearance

• Passengers exit International Arrival Hall

 

Domestic Arrival

 

a. 4 Domestic arrival gates

b. 3 Arrival baggage carousels

 

Domestic Arrival Flow

 

• Passengers will disembark from the aircraft using mobile steps

• Passengers walk on the tarmac Domestic Arrival Hall

• Passengers to collect their check-in luggage at the carousel

• Passengers exit Domestic Arrival Hall

[Raj 0]

wow that's along list..Fairul thanks for the Info..

[Attan 0]

I can imagine the crowd in a common departure lounge for all flights. Thanks for the details, Fairul.

 

[kandiah k 0]

Is the MTB and LCC 20 km apart ?

 

 

[Sing Yew 1]

Is the MTB and LCC 20 km apart ?

 

Doesn't seem that far apart to me, but then who knows.

[Kevin Teh 0]

Is the MTB and LCC 20 km apart ?

 

i think itz 2km rather than 20KM..... impossible to be 20km

[Ignatius 4]

Should be a typo hehe.. imagine 20km is like FAAR !!! 2km?.. walking will give u plenty time to spot planes ehehhe..

[Adrian M 0]

Sounds like old Terminal 3 system to me.

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

This LCC terminal have 30 parking bay for 737 and A320. AirAsia will use 26 of them.

 

 

 

International Departure

 

a. 72 Check-in counters (52 check-in baggage counters & 20 check-in no baggage counters)

b. 3 Sets of check-in baggage screening machine

c. 12 Departure Immigration Counters

d. 2 Immigration Auto Gate lanes

e. 8 Boarding gates

 

 

Domestic Departure

 

a. 3 sets of hand luggage screening machine and walk-through metal detectors.

b. 12 Boarding gates

c. Common Departure Lounge (Pax capacity 3,000, seats 800)

 

 

 

8 boarding gates for International Departure & 12 for Domestic Departure = 20 Gates, i.e. the remaining 10 are remote gates ?

 

 

Is the MTB and LCC 20 km apart ?

 

Possible. Just imagine it goes from MTB to Salak Tinggi roundabout, that is about (7~8km ??), and go along the runway (the runway is approximate 4km long), pass F1 circuit to next roundabout at the cargo complex (this distance ~10km), and from the roundabout to LCC air terminal (1-2 km ??)

 

Maybe anybody who goes for spotting next time can tell (check the car odometer)

 

[Fairul 0]

Malaysia's new low-cost aviation hub is safe: minister

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26, 2006 (AFP) - Malaysia's new low-cost aviation hub at Kuala Lumpur's international airport is safe for aircraft movement and will open as scheduled next month, a senior minister said Sunday.

 

"We never compromise on the issue of safety. We will begin operations on March 23," Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy was quoted as saying by Bernama news agency.

 

Chan was commenting on remarks made by air traffic controllers at Kuala Lumpur airport that safety may be compromised if the low cost terminal opens as scheduled.

 

The aviation hub will begin operations just three days ahead of rival Singapore's budget operation, to become Southeast Asia's first dedicated no-frills terminal.

 

The Singapore terminal at Changi Airport, which has already been completed, is scheduled to be operational on March 26.

 

The Malaysian government hopes the new facility will help turn Kuala Lumpur's international airport into a regional aviation hub, attracting at least five million passengers in its first year of business.

 

The president of Malaysia's air traffic control union, Wan Muhaimin Wan Jamil, said he feared the terminal would not be fully equipped by March 23.

 

"The tender has not even been awarded and it will take 10 months for all work to be completed at the traffic control tower.

 

"We have to control traffic manually when the day comes and that is going to be taxing on the staff," he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times newspaper Saturday.

 

Wan Muhaimin warned that there was a shortage of air traffic controllers and the burden to operate manually would cause a strain on the staff and safety could be compromised.

 

Malaysia's own AirAsia is currently the only budget airline that has confirmed it will operate from the new facility.

 

AirAsia began operations at Subang airport near Kuala Lumpur but moved to KLIA, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the capital, in July 2002 in line with the government's plan to make KLIA the main gateway for Malaysia.

 

The airline, which dominates the crowded Southeast Asian low-cost sector, wants to ride the travel boom not only in its home region of half-a-billion people, but also in the emerging China and India markets.

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

 

The aviation hub will begin operations just three days ahead of rival Singapore's budget operation, to become Southeast Asia's first dedicated no-frills terminal.

 

 

 

It reminds me the opening of KLIA, just 2 weeks (correct me if I'm wrong) ahead of Hong Kong International Airport.

[kandiah k 0]

Its no use being the first to open just to compete with SIN if the safety measures are not a priority.

 

Lets hope all goes well for this new terminal.

 

 

[Sandeep G 1]

BREAKING NEWS

 

The LCAT terminal at KLIA is now to have a soft opening on the 1st of March (Wednesday i.e. Tomorrow)!! This is because MAHB caught wind of a rumour that Changi is opening the doors of its Budget Terminal on the 2nd of March (Thursday)!!

 

Now don't laugh, but the source of my news is: THE McDONALDS CORPORATION!

 

McD's was awarded the tender for a F&B outlet in the LCAT, and their property management division was instructed by MAHB to have their outlet at LCAT completed by the 1st for a sooner opening!! They have been given instructions to work 24hours alond with all the other vendors and retail outlets operating in the terminal!

 

Stay tuned, let's see what evolves from this.

 

 

[Fairul 0]

sorry to say, MAHB acting very kiasu indeed

p/s: there will be a coffee bean there, great!!

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

Any latest photos ?

 

Hope the opening is uneventful, unlike the opening of KLIA with a lot of baggage system problems !

[Sandeep G 1]

Dei lah

 

Guaranteed that the first week or maybe even month of operations at the LCAT are going to be chaotic!!! AirAsia should demand compensation from MAHB for rushing the opening and not allowing enough time for AirAsia to inform its passengers of the alternative routes o\and methods of transport to the new LCAT...

 

I tell you ah.. this kiasu habit is a right royal pain in the ass!

 

On another note.. I have also confirmed that the so-called LCAT at KLIA is merely a temporary facility built in light of our new found kiasu-ness to beat the Merlions... A new more well-thought facility is already in the planning stage and is to be built in approximately 5-7 years time! Can you believe it? well, I would have preferred MAHB to spend that RM10,000,000 on refurbishing the main KLIA and maintaining those facilities, but wasting it on a facility that is not permanent is just another story of some cronies making a quick buck off the good ol' taxpayers...

 

When will logical planning ever become a part of mainstream Malaysian ideology??

Edited February 28, 2006 by Sandeep G

[Fairul 0]

 

On another note.. I have also confirmed that the so-called LCAT at KLIA is merely a temporary facility built in light of our new found kiasu-ness to beat the Merlions... A new more well-thought facility is already in the planning stage and is to be built in approximately 5-7 years time! Can you believe it? well, I would have preferred MAHB to spend that RM10,000,000 on refurbishing the main KLIA and maintaining those facilities, but wasting it on a facility that is not permanent is just another story of some cronies making a quick buck off the good ol' taxpayers...

 

When will logical planning ever become a part of mainstream Malaysian ideology??

 

yes, read it the the Star Biz yesterday and i was kinda suprised to see such plan. The current LCCT will be turn into a warehouse ( which indeed a look alike already!) and a new and bigger LCCT will be build should the need arise in the future...hm..wasting RM110mill then...