Senai International Airport
Senai International Airport (IATA: JHB, ICAO: WMKJ), officially known as
Sultan Ismail International Airport is an airport located in the town of Senai,
near Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The airport is the secondary hub for
Firefly.
Opened in 1974, it serves the state of Johor as well as people from the southern
states of Peninsular Malaysia.
Senai International Airport used to be hubs of
AirAsia and used to serve as a
domestic hub of
Malaysia Airlines
until the rationalisation of its domestic routes to cut the company's losses. As
a result,
Malaysia Airlines
only served two destinations from Senai after the rationalisation.
Today, this airport is managed by Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd
(SATS), the first independent airport operator in Malaysia, after taking over
the operations of the airport from Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) in
2003.
Senai International Airport is able to handle up to 4.5 million passengers and
100,000 tonnes of cargo per annum. There are plans to increase the capacity of
the airport to 10 million passengers in the long term and turn the airport into
a cargo hub. Recent expansions and upgrades include lengthening of the runway to
3800m and building a parallel taxiway to increase runway capacity.
Also, SATS wants to take advantage of the proximity of the airport to Singapore
to attract people in Singapore to use Senai Airport. It has recently completed
the building of the City Lounge, located at the Kotaraya Bus Terminal. The City
Lounge provides bus services to the airport, city centre and Kranji MRT Station
in Singapore, thus increasing the accessibility of the airport.
Contact Information
Sultan Ismail International Airport
81250, Johor Bahru
Johor
Tel: +607 599 4500
Fax: +607 599 6624
For more airport information, please visit https://www.senaiairport.com
undo Airports in Malaysia