Airport News - Asia / Pacific.

Apr 14, 2008

Kuala Lumpur Airport

Malaysian police on Thursday hunted for four gunmen who grabbed SGD$1.5 million (USD$1.09 million) in a raid at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, spraying bullets and wounding five people. In Wednesday's drama, the gunmen ambushed two moneychangers and their two armed guards at the busy departure hall of the airport before opening fire and grabbing a bag containing the money. They escaped in two cars driven by another two men. The heist is a major embarrassment for the country's airport authorities and came just a day after a passenger smuggled a fruit knife onto a Bangladeshi plane, forcing a security scare. The police moved on Thursday to soothe concerns about Malaysia's rising security risks, saying that the latest case was an isolated one. But they admitted their investigations could be hampered because the airport did not have security cameras at the crime scene. A Nepali businessman and a policeman also suffered gunshot wounds in the shoot-out, which lasted for about five minutes. Police found 40 spent cartridges at the site. The incident did not disrupt flights. Apr 10, 2008

SITA, Beijing Capital

SITA announced completion of 700 workstations at Beijing Capital's Terminal 3 to support Olympic Games traffic this summer including check-in, boarding and transfers. A $3 billion addition, the terminal is expected to boost annual capacity by 30 million passengers (ATWOnline, March 3). SITA projects that 50 of its self-service check-in kiosks will be ready to go live for the Olympics. Apr 7, 2008

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