Draw more cargo companies to position KLIA as the main hub in ASEAN, says Anthony Loke

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Malaysia aims to attract more air cargo transportation companies to make Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) a major logistics hub in the ASEAN region. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said KLIA has significant potential for future growth in the country’s logistics services.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Our target is to make sure that KLIA becomes a regional hub.

00:04Of course, there are a lot of potentials for us to continue to grow.

00:08But the whole idea of KLIA, to be honest, is to make KLIA as a hub for ASEAN region.

00:16Because as I mentioned, why we are aiming to be a hub for ASEAN region?

00:22Because we have all the necessary factors which can help us to continue to grow.

00:29Firstly, this is a huge airport, 10km by 10km.

00:36KLIA is not just about the passenger terminal.

00:39The cargo is a very important component of KLIA.

00:42And we have seen over the last few years, major developments have taken place in this part of KLIA.

00:49A lot of new cargo complex, warehousing, including this particular complex, Chai Niao.

00:57This is a new development, and I'm sure there are more developments coming in.

01:02There are more requests from some cargo lenders, including some multinational companies

01:08which have already spoken to the government.

01:10They requested the government to facilitate in terms of providing the space for them to invest and to grow.

01:17So I think that the space is, of course, available.

01:22And the factor which I said that why KLIA has all the potential to become a central hub for ASEAN

01:29is because our network is huge, is big.

01:33So this is an advantage that probably not many have really put the attention to.

01:39In terms of our connectivity within ASEAN, KLIA is one of the best in ASEAN region.

01:49Because through our airlines, particularly our local airlines, we fly to many secondary cities in ASEAN.

01:57Especially to Indonesia, to Thailand, to Cambodia.

02:01So directly from KLIA.

02:03So if, for example, you have cargo coming in in bulk in KLIA,

02:10then you can break it into smaller boxes, smaller buses,

02:15to be transported and to be fed to some of the secondary cities through Benikago, through passenger airlines.

02:22So this is where I say that KLIA has all the potential.

02:26Because of our strong network in KLIA, which we must fully utilise.

02:30And I'm sure all the airlines are looking at this as well.

02:35Any specific target to rebuy?

02:38No, we cannot say what the timeline is.

02:41We are already there, actually. We are already serving.

02:43It's not that we are not serving.

02:45But I say that we can continue to grow as an important hub, and to get more investment.

02:50I mean, KLIA right now is already serving many, many networks throughout ASEAN.

02:55And cargo are flowing already.

02:57Not to say that we are not doing it.

02:59We are already doing it right now.

03:02So in fact, you can see that KLIA cargo is quite busy right now in this part of the airport.

03:10But what I'm trying to say is that we can grow into something bigger.

03:14We can continue to look at, in terms of increasing the tonnage, increasing the movement, increasing the flights,

03:21and make more cargo liners to make KLIA as their hub.

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