Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATSSB), a Member of MMC Group celebrated the latest commencement of international flights to Macao, China and Kolkata, India by AirAsia, in an event held at Senai Business Aviation Terminal, Senai International Airport.
The new routes were officially launched by YB Datuk Tee Siew Kiong, Johor Tourism, Domestic Trade and Consumerism Committee Chairman and witnessed by Spencer Lee, Head of Commercial, AirAsia, Md Derick Basir, Chief Executive Officer of SATSSB, Abdul Malik Hj Ismail, Director of Tourism Johor and Zamani Mohd Rafique, Director of Government Relations, AirAsia. The guests were then proceeded to Gate 1, International Departure Hall, Senai International Airport, to welcome the first flight arriving from Macao.
The direct flights with frequency of seven times weekly to Macao and five times weekly to Kolkata were the fourth and fifth routes inaugurated by AirAsia at Senai International Airport this year, after Jakarta, Indonesia, Langkawi and Kuala Terengganu.
With these latest routes addition, Senai International Airport is now connected to 11 domestic and 7 international cities which include Guangzhou, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta and Surabaya.
SATSSB will continue focus on working closely with airline partners to add more choices of route for the benefit of the Southern community as well as to support the economic and tourism growth of Iskandar Malaysia.