ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Baru could soon be one of the destinations for Qatar Airways with the airline showing interest in landing at Senai International Airport.
Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said that recently, he and a delegation accompanied Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim on a visit to Doha.
“During our visit to Qatar, we met with several key players there. One of them was Qatar Airways, which showed interest in landing at Senai International Airport and setting up their maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre there.
“Qatar Airways is requesting for more information from the state government especially in terms of logistics and we have sent all the necessary documents and data required by them on Monday (Jan 13),” he added.
Onn Hafiz said this when met after attending the Johor economic transformation programme strategic workshop with state civil servants at a hotel here on Thursday (Jan 16).
He added that the documents and data would allow Qatar Airways to carry out a more physical study before making a decision to set up base at Senai International Airport.
Onn Hafiz said that this was a good first step for the state government to spur growth into Johor’s logistics sector, especially at Senai International Airport.
Meanwhile, he also said that the federal government has allocated RM2bil to carry out upgrading works at Senai International Airport, which is located about 22km from Johor Baru city.
“We are still finalising the details but there are plans for us to expand and upgrade Senai International Airport soon,” he added.
