Relocation plan: KKIA can’t accommodate estimated passenger influx

The Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) will not be able to accommodate the projected passenger influx thus it needs to be relocated to a more suitable location, the Sabah state legislative assembly was told today.

Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Abidin Madingkir said the annual capacity of KKIA is nine million passengers. However, in 2019 it recorded 9.4 million passengers.

He said Covid-19 has...