Bigger and better show

A member of the Royal Malaysian Air Force walking past the United States Air Force’s Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.

OVER the next five days, the idyllic island Langkawi will shift gear to accommodate some 180,000 visitors and 162 aircraft and ships landing here for the 14th Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (Lima) 2017.

Although the event kicks off today, all the hotels and guest houses on the island have already been fully booked weeks earlier.