KOTA KINABALU: The contractor doing upgrading work at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) has been given another deadline to complete the task.
This will be the third and final extension and work is now expected to be completed by the first quarter of next year.
Disclosing this, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha explained that the contractor is struggling to meet the various earlier deadlines, especially in the expansion of the runway from 2,988 metres to 3,780 metres as well as taxi-ways due to several factors.
“There have been many constraints for the contractor, especially in the expansion of the runway because part of it is still being used for take-off and landing of aircraft.
“And, there is also very limited time as the work is mainly done after midnight when the runway is closed,” he told reporters here yesterday after being briefed by Malaysia Airports Berhad on the current situation of the project, here.
Kong hoped the contractor would put in more effort, including hiring more manpower, to meet the new deadline as KKIA was receiving more demands from international airlines to fly to Kota Kinabalu.
He said due to those demands, the development of the airport, which was 89.78 per cent complete as of July 31, was now in a critical situation as it had become the second busiest airport in the country after the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
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This will be the third and final extension and work is now expected to be completed by the first quarter of next year.
Disclosing this, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha explained that the contractor is struggling to meet the various earlier deadlines, especially in the expansion of the runway from 2,988 metres to 3,780 metres as well as taxi-ways due to several factors.
“There have been many constraints for the contractor, especially in the expansion of the runway because part of it is still being used for take-off and landing of aircraft.
“And, there is also very limited time as the work is mainly done after midnight when the runway is closed,” he told reporters here yesterday after being briefed by Malaysia Airports Berhad on the current situation of the project, here.
Kong hoped the contractor would put in more effort, including hiring more manpower, to meet the new deadline as KKIA was receiving more demands from international airlines to fly to Kota Kinabalu.
He said due to those demands, the development of the airport, which was 89.78 per cent complete as of July 31, was now in a critical situation as it had become the second busiest airport in the country after the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Continue reading (Incl. Pic) at: Final Dealine for Kota Kinabalu International Airport Upgrade
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