Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) Officially Open.

This is a historic moment with the arrival of the first airplane in the new airport The Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 or KLIA2.

The IATA Terminal Code for klia2 will be KUL Terminal 2 or KUL 2. For KLIA, the IATA Terminal Code will be KUL Main Terminal or KUL M.

Photo from Malaysia Airport Berhad or #KLIA2
Malindo Air flight OD1027 from Kota Kinabalu, carrying 110 passengers, made a historic touch down at the spanking new RM4bil KLIA2 . Also published HERE

Malindo Air flight OD1027 from Kota Kinabalu was the first flight landed on klia2 last night at 12.10am . Pix by NSTP/ Fariz Iswadi Ismail.
 Following seven years of conctruction,KLIA2   HERE.

Following seven years of construction, KLIA2 — the terminal for low-cost carriers with a capacity to serve up to 45 million passengers annually — - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/first-flight-touches-down-as-klia2-opens-its-doors#sthash.QPddLoG7.dpuf

SEPANG, May 2 — Following seven years of construction, KLIA2 — the terminal for low-cost carriers with a capacity to serve up to 45 million passengers annually — commenced operations as the first flight, Malindo Air Flight OD1027, touched down at 12.05am this morning. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/first-flight-touches-down-as-klia2-opens-its-doors#sthash.QPddLoG7.dpuf

SEPANG, May 2 — Following seven years of construction, KLIA2 — the terminal for low-cost carriers with a capacity to serve up to 45 million passengers annually — commenced operations as the first flight, Malindo Air Flight OD1027, touched down at 12.05am this morning. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/first-flight-touches-down-as-klia2-opens-its-doors#sthash.QPddLoG7.dpuf

SEPANG, May 2 — Following seven years of construction, KLIA2 — the terminal for low-cost carriers with a capacity to serve up to 45 million passengers annually — commenced operations as the first flight, Malindo Air Flight OD1027, touched down at 12.05am this morning. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/first-flight-touches-down-as-klia2-opens-its-doors#sthash.QPddLoG7.dpuf

 

 

AirAsia, AirAsia X to begin operations at KLIA2 on May 9.

The AirAsia Group will move all of its operations to the highly-anticipated KLIA2 on Friday, May 9, 2014.
All scheduled departures from the LCC Terminal (LCCT) on May 8 will operate as normal, AirAsia said in a statement.

FAQs - AirAsia's Move to KLIA 2 on 9th May 2014

Check out the details on www.airasia.com/ask

 

KLIA2 Open Day .

To-day Sunday is klia2 Open Day.What is KLIA2  READ HERE.

Public will be presented with the opportunity to experience and explore klia2 before its opening on 2 May as Malaysia Airports is giving preview of the world's largest purpose-built terminal for low cost carriers on Sunday, 27 April 2014 at the klia2 Open Day.
Malaysia Airport Berhad article on 23April,2014  READ MORE 

Photo from MAB (Malaysia Airpor Berhad)
 Mock boarding passes would be issued to visitors upon registration as a souvenir of the visit to KLIA2 Open Day. Visitors could also view and experience the KLIA2 Skybridge, the first in Asia and only the third airport Skybridge in the world.
 “There will be lots of fun activities awaiting visitors including the chance to tour the airport terminal to get a real feel of both the domestic and international as well as departure and arrival processes at the new terminal,

 The public at KLIA2  open day..
Photos credit to Malaysia Airport Berhad & Congratulations to KLIA2 for job well done.

President Barack Obama Visit Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

President Barack Obama will visit Malaysia, the first visit by a President of the United States to Malaysia since Lyndon Johnson. (27/04/2014).
U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur is pleased to share the following information about the visit to Malaysia by United States President Barack Obama.  HERE.
Latest News at 10.11am this morning in Kuala Lumpur.
First and foremost: the moment Obama steps out of Air Force One and onto the KLIA tarmac, his already indiscriminately blanket security concerns is immediately a Malaysian anxiety. ReadMore

Airforce One.No matter where in the world the President travels, if he flies in an Air Force jet, the plane is called Air Force One. Technically, Air Force One is the call sign of any Air Force aircraft carrying the President. In practice, however, Air Force One is used to refer to one of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, which carry the tail codes 28000 and 29000. The Air Force designation for the aircraft is VC-25A. Read More
Welcome To Malaysia Sir.....

Where to go plane-spotting in Kuching International Airport Area.

Plane-spotting is fun and pretty much free. Just grab a camera , bring over your grand kids and other family members hanging about, and go scour the skies for interesting aircraft.I am talking about our local airport in my town.Our local airport is not as busy as you think even though its International Airport.Before go for plane spotting make sure be prepare to get some information about air plane schedule of arrival to avoid from waiting etc.etc. Here are some good viewing spots:

 and below are what you get from the above shooting spot.

Just for info : Camera Olympus E620 mounted with Zuiko lens 70-300mm (140-600mm equiv).
Happy plane spotting...

 

Aspiring plans for Kuching to be travel hub .

"Sarawak is known as an eco-tourism sector and our main problem is connectivity. This conference will give insights to the airlines executive, that there is such a place called Kuching in Borneo where they can expand their market potential in Asia,” he said when announcing Routes Asia 2014."
How many foreign Airline that stop over at Kuching International Airport ?
 Kuching International Airport, with a volume of 4.86 million passengers recorded last year, is the door to exquisite Borneo niche tourism but was challenged with connectivity problems, says its Tourism Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.
 Currently, direct flights from Kuching to other international destinations include Brunei, Singapore and Pontianak in Indonesia. Other launched direct flights, which had been cancelled, include Kuching to Perth, Macau and Bali. Direct flights from Kuching to Singapore operated by Tiger Airways was also cancelled after three years.

This article was published :

First Published: 4:11pm, Feb 05, 2014

HERE 

 XPress Air from Indonesia is one of the foreign Airline that still flies to Kuching International Airport.

 Silk Air from Singapore one of the foreign airline still stop in Kuching International Airport.

The Plane ! The Plane !

The messages of hope and support are still being written and officials are still taking care with their words. But almost three weeks after flight MH370 disappeared, leaving just the faintest digital trace, Malaysia is being increasingly forced to confront the dark prospect that it is likely there will be no happy ending. The plane may never be found; there may be no bodies to bury.
However, some relatives of those on board the plane ~ missing now for more than three weeks ~ continue to hope against hope.
Pray for MH370....
Well..let me talk about my hobby"The AirPlane Spotter" of course its nothing to do with disappear of Boeing777-200 belong to MAS. My friends often ask me what pleasure do I get from airplane spotting, the answer is this photograph.

 Did you guys notice something from the airplane wings of the two photos above.
Its Wing tip vortices (yes it is spelled vortices, not vortexes).These vortices can be seen in cool wet weather on aircraft taking off or landing, and are referenced as “wing tornadoes” by many people. What is often not said, is just how these “wing tornadoes” are formed, how they have shaped safety policy and aircraft categorization, as well as some of the hazards they can create. 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices

 Most of the airplane photos in my blog are shoot with semi pro level DSLR ( Olympus E-620) and for plane spotting I normally use Zuiko Lens 70-300mm f 4.5 . Don't worry all the gear I mention here is not a PRO level camera as I'm not a PRO myself...Aviation Photography is my weekend hobby.

Aviation photography is one of the more challenging genres you can shoot as a photographer: fast-moving subjects, bright backgrounds.Aviation photography can be great fun, but if you want to capture exciting pictures of airplanes against interesting backgrounds rather than plain skies you need to shoot them during take-off or landing.Read More here .
And more AirPlane photo from me  AWANG AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY.
Thank You.