Kuala Lumpur Airport’s new low cost terminal uniquely aims to be a model of connectivity Part 1

Kuala Lumpur International Airport's new low cost terminal (LCT) - KLIA2 - which opened at the beginning of May-2014 after several delays and an estimated MYD2.6 billion (USD803.2 million) budget overrun to around USD1.2 billion, is paradoxically attempting to be a hit with low-cost carriers as a connection/transfer point.

'Paradoxically' because 'low cost' and 'passenger transfers' do not usually sit comfortably with each other. We have already witnessed the birth and growth of a new trend generated by the LCCs - 'self connection' - but a reported near 50% of passengers on long-haul LCC AirAsia X expected to take connections though KLIA2, while the short/medium-haul AirAsia moves in the same direction, is something else and would be quite a breakthrough for this transport medium.

This is the first of a two Part report on KLIA2.