Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main
international airport and one of the major airports in South East Asia. Built
at a cost of US$3.5 billion in Sepang district of Selangor, it is located
approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Kuala Lumpur city centre and serves
the Greater Klang Valley conurbation.
KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. In 2014,
it handled 48,930,409 passengers and 753,899 tonnes of cargo. It is the world's
20th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic, 13th-busiest airport by
international passenger traffic, and 28th-busiest airport by cargo traffic.
The Passenger Terminal Complex (PTC) was built with an
emphasis on allowing natural light into the building. Thus, there is a huge
expanse of glass throughout the building, and the spectacular roof has cut-outs
for natural light to filter in. The PTC comprises three buildings – the Main
Terminal Building, the Satellite Building and the Contact Pier. Besides the
80-room hotel at the Satellite Building, there is a 422-room 5-star Sama-Sama
Hotel KLIA, a five-minute (indoor) walk away. Shopping spots are available in
an area encompassing 85,000 square metres. Currently, the retail space at the
Kuala Lumpur International Airport stands at 67,000 square metres (720,000 sq
ft). The airport operator plans to increase the retail space to 105,300 square
metres (1,133,000 sq ft), an 62.2% increase in retail space.
As there are international flights operating out from the
airport, therefore terminals of the airport are equipped with immigration
processing facilities and security scanning for all passengers including
domestic passengers. The Satellite terminal handles most of the international
flights, while the main terminal building's contact pier handles domestic
traffic, regional international flights and international flights routed to
other hubs within Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operate from both terminals,
where main terminal building's contact pier is their preferred terminal for
domestic flights. Conversely, low cost carriers such as Tigerair, Cebu Pacific
and AirAsia group of airlines operate domestic and international flights out of
klia2, the low-cost carrier terminal at KLIA.
The initial passenger growth was below average due to Asian
Financial Crisis and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
epidemic in 2003 and the airport failed to reach its target capacity of 25
million passengers per annum (before the inclusion of low cost carrier
terminal) by 2004. However, the recovery of Malaysia's economy boosted Kuala
Lumpur International Airport's passenger movements, and the airport saw
significant growth in traffic, hitting the 25 million passenger mark in 2007.
In 2013, the airport saw a monumental increase in passenger traffic to 47
million passengers.
吉隆坡国际机场
吉隆坡国际机场（英语：Kuala
Lumpur International Airport，马来语：Lapangan
Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur，IATA代码：KUL；ICAO代码：WMKK，简称KLIA）是马来西亚最主要的国际机场之一和马来西亚规模最大的机场，也是全球最繁忙机场之一。荣获Skytrax评价全球仅30间四星级机场之一的荣誉。机场位于雪兰莪州南部的雪邦，离吉隆坡约50公里。机场由马来西亚政府所持有的国库控股公司控股60%的马来西亚机场控股集团经营，旗下拥有包括吉隆坡机场在内的41个机场。此机场正式启用于1998年6月27日，取代之前的梳邦国际机场。吉隆坡国际机场的标语是“一个新的方式走向世界”（The
New Way To The World）。
吉隆坡国际机场也是袋鼠航线的停留点之一，但由于在机场投入服务时也是亚洲金融风暴的恢复期，所以很少人抵达此机场以及区域的机场，导致各个航空公司的业绩见赤字，因此英国航空、奥地利航空与澳洲航空在当时已停飞吉隆坡国际机场，所以只剩马来西亚航空停留在此机场。机场管理公司仍保持乐观态度，希望英国航空与澳洲航空可以重新将吉隆坡国际机场作为袋鼠航线的一个停留点。
吉隆坡国际机场是由日本著名建筑师黑川纪章设计，采用的概念是“森林中的机场，机场中的森林”，机场四周被绿荫环绕，机场卫星大楼中央设有露天室，外面有热带雨林的风景。机场曾荣获全球最佳机场荣誉、最佳机场客服评价、五星级机场评价等等奖项。机场内指示牌以英文、马来文、汉语、日文和阿拉伯文书写。另外，机场亦使用英语、马来语、汉语及日语做机场资讯及通知的广播的语言。吉隆坡国际机场也是亚洲首个全球第三个拥有天空行人天桥（Skybridge）的机场、东南亚首个亚洲第四个拥有第三跑道的机场和拥有全球最高（西塔）以及第三高（东塔）的空中交通控制塔。
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