Air Linkages
Lead Country: Brunei Darussalam
Last Meeting: 7th WGM; 21-22 October 1999, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Chairman: Pg Hj Abd Rahman Pg Hj Ismail, Special Duties Officer, Min of Communications
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 		UNILATERAL INCENTIVES:
  • Travel tax exemptions for Indonesians and Filipinos bound for EAGA destinations
  • FFTR for designated EAGA airlines in Brunei and Indonesia. A third and last party is needed for this to be fully enforceable, as the FFTR (or "bus-stopping") concept requires at least three points in three countries.

OPPORTUNITY:
More routes, especially to the new areas of EAGA, i.e., the seven Indonesian provinces.

ONGOING:
•  Coordination of schedules among EAGA airlines
•  Commercial cooperative agreement
•  BIMP-EAGA Circle Trip
•  Visit BIMP-EAGA Year
•  Additional government incentives
•  Continued waiving of travel taxes
•  Additional air services and linkages
•  Expanding cooperation among smaller airlines
•  Cooperation among cargo forwarders
•  Other package holidays
Air Links in EAGA
•  Bandar Seri Begawan-Balikpapan
•  BSB-Kota Kinabalu
•  BSB-Kuching
•  BSB-Labuan
•  BSB-Miri
•  Kuching-Pontianak
•  Kota Kinabalu-Davao (suspended)
•  Tarakan-Tawau
•  Manado-Davao
•  Balikpapan-Tawau
•  Zamboanga-Sandakan
•  General Santos-Manado (maiden)

Proposed:
•  Zamboanga - Labuan
•  Puerto Princesa - BSB
•  Kota Kinabalu - Manado


Summary of Air Transport Characteristics of EAGA
BruneiI-EAGAM-EAGAP-EAGA
Major international airport at Bandar Seri Begawan capable of handling B747 aircraft. Capacity: 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 T cargo

Airlinks - national carrier RBA serves many points in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East

Major airports at Pontianak, Balikpapan, Ujungpandang, and Manado. Improvements have been completed in Manado Sam Ratulangi Airport

Airlinks - Main links are to Jakarta and/or Bali. International connections include Kuching, Davao, Tawau, Singapore, and recently, Darwin, Australia from Timika, Irian Jaya

Major airports at Kuching and Kota Kinabalu, also among the busiest airports in EAGA. A new Labuan airport has opened in 1999, capable of accomodating B737 aircraft.

Airlinks - Good links with Peninsular Malaysia, Brunei, and other parts of EAGA and ASEAN.

Major airports at Davao, General Santos, Zamboanga. GenSan Airport is most sophisticated with state-of-the-art guidance systems, completed in 1997. Puerto Princesa airport is expected to be an important airport in light of the proposed Brunei-Palawan flight.

Airlinks - Reasonable links to Manila and Cebu, but generally poor links across Mindanao and Palawan. Mindanao Express is taking steps to address this.

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Source: ADB Investigative Study on EAGA

Airport Upgrades
Brunei International •  Freight apron expansion to accommodate 4 B747s
•  Widened taxiway shoulder
Tarakan •  Runway upgraded to accommodate Fokker 28
Pontianak Supaido •  Runway extended to 2,250 meters
•  New parallel 3 kilometer runway
•  Apron extension
Manado Sam Ratulangi •  Runway extended to 2,650 meters
•  New passenger terminal building
Kota Kinabalu •  Proposed General aviation and cargo complex
Miri •  Terminal building extension with 2 aerobridges
Kuching •  Terminal building extension
Labuan •  New terminal building with 3 aerobridges
Puerto Princesa •  Runway extended
Davao International •  New international passenger terminal
General Santos
 •  New international airport capable of accommodating B747



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Andrew G. Dy, EDP Officer, BIMP-East Asean Business Council