Malaysia Airports Video Interview with Megat, Senior General Manager - Strategy, at Routes World 2023

Dark/Light Mode (29/10/23)  Malaysia is one of the most important and exciting business and leisure destinations in not only ASEAN, but the world.

The country has such an abundance of diverse natural beauty and rich cultural heritage that you can return hundreds of times and still have many places yet to discover.

Megat Ardian Wira Mohd Aminuddin

To learn how the country is managing its post-Covid recovery from a travel and tourism perspective, Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com sat down with Megat Ardian Wira Mohd Aminuddin, Senior General Manager - Strategy, Airports Malaysia, during the Routes World 2023 airport services and airline route development conference and exhibition in Istanbul, Türkiye earlier this month.

In this interview, filmed on 16 October, Steven asks what Airports Malaysia hoped to gain from attending Routes World, how successful the event has been for the company, and who they are meeting whilst there.

Megat tells us exactly how many airports the company currently owns and manages, where they are, what domestic and international passenger numbers they are currently seeing, what targets they have set for 2024, and what plans Airports Malaysia has to expand and refurbish its assets.

We discus what surprises, if any, Airports Malaysia is seeing as travel rebounds, what initiatives they have put in place to make the arrival and departure experience smoother for passengers - both Malaysian residents and foreigners, and which technology is helping them to achieve that goal.

Megat shares his thoughts on the latest booking trends, the changing travel behaviour of passengers at airports, which brands Airports Malaysia is working with to address such changes, which markets the country is trying to attract, what the company and country is doing to address the issue of sustainable aviation and SAF, and where Airports Malaysia is currently in its long term digitalisation plans. All that and much, much more in the HD video and podcast below.

Malaysia Airports Video Interview with Megat, Senior General Manager - Strategy, at Routes World 2023

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Malaysia will host Routes Asia 2024 from 27 to 29 February on the beautiful island of Langkawi.

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