Putrajaya mulls expanding Penang airport to cater to 20 million passengers till 2035
Lim assured the Penang government that Putrajaya’s plan to build an international airport in neighbouring Kulim, Kedah will not negatively affect the island state. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
“We feel 12 million is too small so we increased it to 16 million and if possible, 16 million plus four million so that the airport can cope until 2035,” he said in a press conference this morning.“Based on technical specifications, we can increase the capacity to 20 million with the existing land available, using certain land on the edges,” he said.He stressed that the current Pakatan Harapan government was the one to approve the proposed airport expansion for Penang.
“The state doesn’t have to worry that the PIA will close down; once it is expanded, we will not allow it to close so it is impossible,” he said. He said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the Kedah government felt that the Kulim airport is crucial to attracting foreign direct investments.He hoped that both the Kulim airport and the PIA will complement each other.
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