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Local airlines will be given priority for vacant slots at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

While acknowledging interest from foreign carriers, Loke said authorities will be cautious in allocating the slots.

Speaking after the National Aviation Consultative Council (NACC) meeting on Wednesday (Aug 27), Loke highlighted Subang Airport’s strong appeal, noting that airlines rushed to apply for slots when they were first opened to avoid missing out.

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00:00The second one is the management of slot in the National Slot Coordination Malaysia
00:06This is important because slot needs to be coordinated better
00:12so that we can be more efficient in the area
00:16And often in media, there is a company that comes out from Subang
00:25There is a company that Subang doesn't have support, but there is a company that comes out
00:32But there is a company that comes out
00:35Only the National Slot Coordination Committee doesn't make the decision very fast
00:40Because there is a permintaan
00:42I received an aduan from one company that comes out from one company
00:45If someone else comes out, they need to take all the slot
00:48They need to be careful
00:50Because there is a company that can give it to one company
00:54Itupun kita perlu pertimbangkan
00:56Tapi the point is that
00:58It's not that no airlines are interested in Subang
01:01Sebab saya tengok kadangkala ada raporan media
01:03Or kadangkala ada yang menyatakan bahawa Subang ini seolah-olah
01:07Tak boleh take off
01:08Jet operasi tak boleh take off di Subang
01:11Tak betul
01:12Ada syarikat penembangan atas pertimbangan mereka
01:15Umpamanya AirAsia dia punya operasi semuanya dekat Terminal 2
01:20It doesn't make sense for them to put one or two aircraft dekat Subang
01:23Jadi dia nak keluar daripada Subang
01:26Hanya fokus di Terminal 2
01:30Pada awalnya dia tak nak lose out lah
01:32When we open up for slots in Subang
01:35Of course airlines will have this hurt mentality
01:37They do not want to lose out
01:38They take first, they apply first
01:40Tapi after a while
01:42They think that it does not make sense for them
01:45That's why they put up
01:46But that does not mean Subang is not interesting
01:50Many other airlines are looking for the slots
01:52To take up the slots in Subang
01:55So this is something which of course we have to improve
02:01Mr. Minister, you mentioned about Subang earlier right
02:04And how there's one airline that just spoke to you today about using the slots
02:11I'm sure that would be like the firefly slots like this
02:14They have moved to KL2
02:16Are there also foreign carriers that have expressed interest to fly to Subang
02:21Because it's a point of frame model?
02:23Of course
02:24But we are very careful in terms of
02:26Also considering who to give in terms of the slot
02:30I mean I want to reiterate that
02:33The slots are not decided by the Minister
02:35I don't get involved in who to give
02:37So I do not want to be biased on whichever airlines are on slot
02:41There is a committee guided by CAM and also by MHB
02:47To decide which airline to get the slots
02:51So of course we have to prioritize our local airlines first
02:56They are of course interest from many airlines
02:59But you know we have to also be very mindful
03:03When we grant all these slots to foreign airlines
03:07Because we do not want to be a feeder for other international hubs
03:12So what is important is that we have to also protect the interest of KLIA as a regional hub
03:22If we just grant easily to other airlines, foreign airlines
03:28Then we are actually feeding to other airports
03:31So that's why this is supposed to be a regional capital airport
03:36As I said, the idea of Subang is to become a premium city airport
03:40And of course our local airlines are interested too
03:43But the only local airline that is interested in is Batik
03:47Yes, they are still local right?
03:49Yes
03:50So Japanese only Batik would be operating from Subang moving forward
03:55The only Malaysian airlines
03:58No, you see number one right now
04:00The Subang has not been expanded yet
04:03So a lot of airlines, they want the scale
04:09We can't give the scale right now
04:11So firstly the operations are limited
04:14Because of the limitations of the infrastructure in Subang
04:18We have discussed this, you know it is just interim right now
04:21In terms of the slots
04:22But moving forward, that is something that MHB has to decide
04:26In terms of the development of Subang
04:30The original plan of the SARP is to increase the terminal
04:35To build a new terminal
04:37So that it can manage up to 7, 8 million, sorry
04:418 million passengers per annum, MPPA
04:44So that if you have, you can up to 8 million
04:48Then more slots can be given
04:50But right now the infrastructure cannot cope
04:52Okay
04:53We do not have the bay to cope for many aircraft
04:56And also in terms of the operational hours
04:59We also limit to one flight
05:01One jet flight
05:02One jet operations per hour
05:04Because in terms of check-in
05:06And also immigration
05:08The current infrastructure cannot cope with too many flights
05:11So that's why some airlines might find it difficult to operate in such an environment
05:16But they because they already have an operations there
05:20Right?
05:21So it doesn't mean that there are no other airlines
05:24If we can give the slots and give the infrastructure
05:26I'm sure Malaysia Airlines will also look at that
05:29So the phase 1 of the SARP has been done, right?
05:33Yes
05:34So now we are waiting for phase 2
05:35Yes
05:36So when does phase 2 start?
05:39Phase 2 we are waiting for MHB to make a decision
05:41Because of the privatisation
05:43The new board has to decide on the way forward
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