Batu Berendam Airport Projects

The local starnews published the big plans for Batu Berendam Airport in Malacca. Due to its close proximity to Kuala Lumpur, the airport lost its luster when the highway connecting the two cities was built. It did not make any economic sense to take a flight, as the total time, inclusive of the travel to the airports and the waiting time, it would be faster to drive.

However the Malacca chief minister has different idea. He wanted to make it to Asia Pacific regional hub, whatever, his intent was, he is putting Malacca airport in direct competition with KLIA.

The minister was counting the maiden flight by Sky Aviation from Malacca to Tanjung Pinang in Indonesia.

Malacca tried very hard to promote itself. These are some the costly efforts...

a. A Dato title was awarded to a Bollywood film star. When asked, the reason given was, he will help to promote tourism to Malacca.

b. A monorail was launched by the chief minister to commemorate the self declaration of Malacca as a developed state. The monorail because an instant headlines with numerous breakdowns. Tourist from UK were given a free lesson on rope climbing when there were rescued,

Batu Berendam may well be another site for MRO or repair center for aircrafts. It depend so much of the top management of the state.