The main headquarters of Malaysia Airlines was previously in Subang, consisting of administrative departments & its maintenance, repair and overhaul subsidiary, MAS Aerospace.
Transmile Air Services has its head office in the Transmile Centre in the Cargo Complex. Previously the head office was in Terminal 3. With Eurocopter, the airport serves as a maintenance and support facility for Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency helicopters.īerjaya Air's head office is in the Berjaya Hangar in the SkyPark Terminal Building. A number of flying clubs are also located at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport, the most famous of these being Subang Flying Club, Air Adventure Flying Club, Eurocopter (An EADS Company), ESB Flying Club(Eurodynamic Sdn Bhd). Their newest hangar boast a "first of its kind" infrastructure capable of taking in either a 737 BBJ or A319 ACJ and 2 basement floors directly underneath it with ample of office space, lecture rooms, carpark and a cafeteria. One of the largest FBO (Fixed-Base Operator) in the region (with covered hangar space of more than 100,000 sqft), Dnest Aviation Services is also based in this airport. Several companies offer chartered flights and helicopter services from the airport. Raya Airways, a national cargo carrier, chose Subang Airport as its main cargo operation center. Terminal 3 was renamed to Subang Skypark. The airport underwent renovation works at Terminal 3 from February 2008 and was finished in October 2009. As of December 2007, the government still maintains its policy of only allowing general aviation and turbo-prop flights out of Subang Airport. Since Firefly started operations in the airport, AirAsia has been lobbying the government to allow AirAsia to use Subang Airport. However, the plan was rejected and the Malaysian government planned to turn the airport into an international conference centre. In July 2002, AirAsia began flying from KLIA, and in 2004, AirAsia considered utilising the airport as a primary hub in Malaysia.
By the end of 1997, Subang Airport had handled 15.8 million passengers. Toward the end of service, the airport suffered at least two major fires that forced traffic to be diverted to other airports. By the 1990s, the airport had three terminals – Terminal 1 for international flights, Terminal 2 for Singapore – Kuala Lumpur shuttle flights by Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines, and Terminal 3 for domestic flights. The airport was officially opened to traffic on 30 August 1965, and had the longest runway (3.7 km long, 45m wide – runway 15 – 33) in Southeast Asia, replacing Sungai Besi Airport. Most of the structure was removed during a major reconstruction in 1983. The open structure also featured a massive circular ramp, reminiscent of Berthold Lubetkin's penguin pavilion in London. Partners in the Booty Edwards Architectural practice Kington Loo and C.H.R Bailey are typically attributed with the design. Its deceptively simple design consisted of a roof composed of floating concrete shells that was held aloft by mushroom-shaped columns. Work on the Subang International Airport started in 1961 and finished in 1965 at a cost of $64 million. While heavily opposed by Ara Damansara residents of the noise of the jet engines, Raya Airways still operates out of SZB servicing DHL and other local hubs. Raya Airways is the only other non-passenger non-turbo prop aircraft landing and utilising Subang Airport Terminal 2. Subang Airport is currently the base for SKS Airways, Firefly and Batik Air Malaysia commercial turboprop services. In 1996, the airport was renamed after Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ( Salahuddin of Selangor), the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. The airport was repurposed to serve general aviation as well as turboprop domestic and international flights. Although plans existed to convert the airport into a low-cost carrier base, the change was opposed by Subang Jaya residents. Subang International Airport served as Kuala Lumpur's main airport from 1965 to 1998, before the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang was opened. Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport ( Malay: Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah), (formerly Subang International Airport/ Kuala Lumpur International Airport), often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, ( IATA: SZB, ICAO: WMSA) is an airport located in Subang, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia.
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