Miri Airport upgrading to be completed end of 2019 — Lee

Lee gestures during the walkabout at Miri Airport
with MAHB officials to check the proposed upgrades
of facilities under the optimisation plan.

MIRI: The Miri Airport upgrading project will be completed by the end of 2019.
Upon completion, the airport would be able to cater for three million passengers per annum and have more modern facilities to better serve domestic and international passengers.
Among the new facilities would be a separate departure hall for domestic passengers and more immigration clearance counters and an arrival gate for Rural Air Service (RAS) passengers, Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Kim Shin said.
“These would be carried out under Miri Airport Optimisation Plan pending the upgrading and rebuilding of Miri Airport in the long term plan,” he said at a press conference before a walkabout at the airport yesterday.

MAHB: Miri Airport ready to welcome Chinese tourists

Badlisham delivering his lecture on his challenges and experiences as a CEO yesterday.

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Miri Airport is ready for the greater influx of Chinese tourists expected to arrive in the state following the implementation of special passes which was announced by the state government recently.
According to Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) chief executive officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, the airport is prepared to receive the visitors but flight times and types of aircraft needed to be taken into account.
“Both Miri and Sibu airports now can receive slightly wider body aircraft and we understand Sarawak’s priority to increase the number of tourists coming to the state,” he said.