I AM appalled by the recent Bernama commentary, “Equal charges will ensure KLIA passengers don’t subsidise KLIA2” (The Star, Nov 1), arguing that the Malaysian Aviation Commission’s (Mavcom) decision to increase the passenger service charge (PSC) for KLIA2 should be “accepted and respected”. According to Mavcom (and Bernama), services and facilities at KLIA2 are comparable with KLIA and it is on this basis that the equalisation of PSC should be “accepted”. Mavcom’s management likely has zero or very limited first-hand experience of the poor facilities and operations management of KLIA2. KLIA is the first-class airport, followed by KLIA2, then smaller airports that serve international flights like Penang, Langkawi and Subang, and finally all other regional airports. The commission claims that passengers out of KLIA are subsidising passengers at KLIA2.

Source: The Star November 07, 2017 00:00 UTC