KLIA T2 retail occupancy holds steady despite airline capacity cuts
Retail occupancy at Malaysia's KLIA T2 remains resilient at 93% despite a decline in passenger traffic and rising airline fuel costs. Airport operators attribute visible empty spaces to planned reconfigurations rather than a downturn in retail performance.
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BURSA SGX Home Aviation Make The Edge Malaysia your preferred source on Google KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Visitors walking through Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 2 (KLIA T2) will notice hoardings — temporary boards and barricades put up around shops that are empty or under renovation — at several areas of its retail section.
While these appear just as airlines trim flight capacity to counter soaring fuel costs, the boarded-up spaces do not necessarily signal a broader downturn in the terminal's retail performance.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), which operates KLIA and 38 other airports in the country, said tenant occupancy at KLIA T2 remained resilient despite a decline in passenger traffic. Commercial occupancy stood at 93% currently, up from 92% a year earlier.
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