- AN INTRODUCTION
An organised civil aviation management body was not formed until 1935.
From that year, the job was undertaken by the Public Works Department which was based in Singapore until a separate Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) headed by its first director, Mr. S. E. Storror, was formed in 1947. The Directorate was based in Singapore while Malaya and the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak each had an assistant director.
In June 1953, the post of Director of Civil Aviation for Malaya and the Borneo States was upgraded to Director-General and was still based in Singapore. The Director-General of Civil Aviation then was Mr. M. N. Oxford. Malaya became a member state of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in 1957 at the time when Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) launched its inaugural flight to Europe.
By 1975, DCA was administering 20 airports, including four international airports. In October 1976, Malaysia took over the KualaLumpur and the Kota Kinabalu Flight Information Regions (FIR) from Singapore. The AVSEC or Aviation Security Unit of DCA was established in 1978 and had its personnel deployed at all airports by 1980.
Malaysia Airports Berhad (MAB) was formed on November 1 1992, after a Bill was passed by Parliament in 1991 for the privatisation of some of DCA's functions and services. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Malaysia Airports Berhad is Tan Sri Dato' Haji Basir Ismail.
The transitional management structure of Malaysia Airports Berhad is divided into three main divisions - Safety, Security and Human Resources Management; Airport Engineering, Operations and Commercial Development; and Finance, Corporate Affairs and Management Information Services - each under a General Manager reporting to the Managing Director.
Malaysia Airports Berhad is the sole body responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of airports and short take-off and landing (STOL) ports in Malaysia. Currently it has 5 internafional airports (at Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching), 14 domestic airports and 17 STOL ports under its care. Ten of the airports are in Peninsular Malaysia, five in Sabah and four in Sarawak. Out of the 17 STOL ports, only two are in the Peninsular - in Pangkor and Tioman Islands - while the rest are in the Sabah and Sarawak interiors. |
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