Malaysia’s Kota Kinabalu Airport poised for renewed growth as Sabah-China market booms
Kota Kinabalu Airport in east Malaysia should see a resumption of traffic growth in 2016 following two years of reductions. Malaysia's second largest airport is quietly emerging as an international hub, fuelled by growth from mainland China.
Malaysia Airlines is opening a base at Kota Kinabalu in Apr-2016, which is expected to lead to nearly 30% traffic growth at the airport for the newly restructured flag carrier. AirAsia is also expanding at Kota Kinabalu in 2016, starting with a new daily service to Wuhan, its fourth Chinese route.
Kota Kinabalu also has seen the launch or resumption of service from three Chinese carriers in 2H2015. China is now the airport's largest international market and will see further growth in 2016 driven by new flights from AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines and Chinese carriers.
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