How will new Sarawak airline be useful, asks expert

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PETALING JAYA: A transport expert has criticised what he sees as a hasty decision by the Sarawak government to announce the launch of an airline and the construction of an airport in Bebuling.

Transport planning consultant Rosli Azad Khan said chief minister Abang Johari Openg should have first discussed the matter with experts to prevent the raising of white elephants.

Abang Johari recently said Sarawak was planning to set up a boutique airline to be operated by Hornbill Skyways, the state-owned airline company.

He said the move would boost the state economy through the export of agricultural products as well as meet demand for individual travel and tourism in rural areas through the Bebuling STOLport Airport, estimated to cost RM108 million.

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