MAHB To Revise Passenger Movements Target Upwards

SEPANG (Selangor, Malaysia), June 29 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) expects to revise upward its passenger movements at Malaysia’s airports before year-end from the current forecast of 85.8 million. Its managing director, Badlisham Ghazali, said MAHB saw healthy growth from across Asia-Pacific region and expected the trend to continue for the next couple of years. "In addition to benefitting from the current cheaper ringgit (Malaysian currency), this is the best time for foreigners to visit Malaysia. "We will still monitor the situation. If the trend continues for the next couple of months we will revise our target before year-end," he told a media briefing after the celebration of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)'s 17th anniversary here Monday. Meanwhile, he said, All Nippon Airways, the Japanese airways will fly into KLIA in September. "In the mean time we have been talking with more Chinese carriers, among them those who have not started, have stopped or reduced the frequencies, to fly here. "We're quite encouraged by their responses," he said. For the first five months of 2015, KLIA registered a total of 20.1 million passenger movements and continues to welcome new and returning airlines. -- BERNAMA