KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The KLIA Aeropolis development plan, excluding airport terminal operations and expansion, is estimated to attract a gross domestic product (GDP) contribution of about RM30 billion with 56,000 jobs created over a 15-year period.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) Managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said this projection is based on the economic impact analysis conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He said KLIA Aeropolis aimed at facilitating a more cohesive KLIA cargo community, with an annual long-term forecast of between 2.5 million tonnes to three million tonnes by 2050, from about 726,000 tonnes today.  “KLIA Aeropolis will serve as the core of a Malaysia Airports’ air cargo and logistics ecosystem that extends to Penang, Sabah and Sarawak,” he said at the launch of the development here today.

The KLIA Aeropolis development was identified as one of the strategic pillars in MAHB’s five-year business plan, Runway to Success 2020(RTS 2020). — Bernama