Upgrading Pangkor Airport? Develop island too, say tourism industry players | Malay Mail

Perak Tourism Association president Datuk Mohammad Odzman Abdul Kadir said that the tourism stakeholders have long been in favour of an airport on Pangkor Island. — Bernama pic

Perak Tourism Association president Datuk Mohammad Odzman Abdul Kadir said that tourism stakeholders have always been in favour of an airport on Pangkor Island. “Once that is looked into, I guess we may also welcome sea planes. Anything to restore our status as the best island resort on the Peninsular’s west coast,” he toldLast Saturday, the Perak government announced its plans to upgrade Pangkor Airport to attract more tourists to the island.

Tan also said that the government is planning to launch direct flights from Ipoh’s Sultan Azlan Shah Airport, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and other Malaysian aviation hubs to Pangkor.

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