MELAKA: The Federal government has approved an allocation of RM16.45bil for the setting up of a helicopter assembly factory at the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam here, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh (pic).
He said Weststar Group, the biggest helicopter operator in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, had been awarded the contract for the factory, which would be developed within three years on a 6.88-hectare piece of land.
