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440 MALAYSIA BY AIR
Aerospace and Aviation
Introduction
Aerospace activity in Malaysia is very diverse, including research, design, manufacturing, assembly and integration. The country’s manufacturing strengths are aircraft parts and assembly, wing parts and components, with finished products exported to the US, Singapore, the UK, China and France. Services offered focus
on aviation support and solutions, including MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul), operations and services, and industry- related education and training.
Malaysia has developed a strong aerospace supply chain with some 230 international and local companies employing 27,600 skilled workers. In
Transport Minister Datuk Seri IR Wee Ka Siong (left) viewing one of the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Centre (KLATCC) workstations with Tan Sri Khairul Adib, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). Looking on are (L-R) Datuk Isham Ishak, Transport Ministry Secretary General, Datuk Captain Chester Voo, CEO of CAAM and Mr. Noor Izhar Baharin, Deputy CEO Operations, CAAM.
2020, due to the impact
of COVID-19, the industry generated some RM11.6 billion in revenue, compared to RM16.2 billion in 2019.
With the effective
implementation of industrial development strategies,
the Malaysian aerospace industry should contribute an annual revenue of RM30 billion and create 30,000 highly-skilled jobs by 2025, according to International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
The Government has identified the aerospace industry as a strategic sector with high growth potential. In 2015 it launched the Malaysian Aerospace Industry Blueprint 2030, charting the long-term development of the industry and targeted
to make Malaysia the leading aerospace nation in Southeast Asia and an
The Transport Minister (2nd right) and Secretary General (3rd right) being briefed on the new KLATCC in Sepang. When completed, it will be among the worlds most advanced. Apart from being a comfortable workplace for Malaysian Air Traffic Controllers, its efficiency will allow more traffic movements per hour into KLIA.