KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has plans to expand the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (LTSIP) in Kota Bharu to accommodate the increasing number of passengers using the facility.
Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said the project, involving estimated costs of RM172mil, was among the applications under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP).
"As one of the busiest airports in the country, the Ministry announced a project under the 11MP to enlarge this airport to accommodate more passengers, expected to reach 2.5 million annually," he said when replying to a supplementary question from Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (BN-Machang) during the question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat here Tuesday.
He said the project comprised a proposal to expand the current airport terminal, which was handling 1.5 million passengers annually.
Replying to Ahmad Jazlan's original question, the Deputy Minister said up to now, the Government did not have any plan to make LTSIP an international airport.
However, he said the airport had the capacity to accommodate international flights' needs if airline companies requested it. "At present, there was no need to lengthen the LTSIP runway", he said.
Source: Bernama | 25 November 2014
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