‘Scale up airport upgrade to avoid bottleneck at takeoff’


Construction at PIA is on track for the 2028 delivery target, according to MAHB. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

WHEN plans to expand Penang International Airport (PIA) were first unveiled in 2017, the goal was to double the airport’s handling capacity to 12 million passengers a year.

In those days, PIA was handling about 6.5 million travellers a year, stretching facilities that were built for a much smaller crowd.

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