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Getting There By Air Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) Tel: (03) 8777 8888. Website: www.klia.com.my The state-of-the-art Kuala Lumpur International Airport (or KLIA), 43km (27 miles) to the south of the city centre, is a major gateway to South East Asia. It handles flights for over 40 international carriers and in 2001 the airport served over 14 million passengers. Major airlines: Malaysia Airlines (tel: (03) 7846 3000; website: www.malaysiaairlines.com.my) is the national airline, operating both international and domestic flights. Other major airlines include: British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and regional budget carrier Air Asia. Approximate flight times to Kuala Lumpur: From London is 13 hours; from New York is 20 hours 15 minutes; from Los Angeles is 17 hours 40 minutes; from Toronto is 21 hours 40 minutes and from Sydney is 7 hours 55 minutes. Airport facilities: These include ATMs, bureaux de change, 24-hour shopping, duty free, restaurants, postal services, tourist information, hotel reservations, car hire (Budget and Hertz) medical service, left-luggage and prayer rooms. Business facilities: These include executive lounges, limousine service to the city and the E-Centre (tel: (03) 8787 2323), which provides telephone, fax, Internet, teleconferencing, postal and secretarial services. Arrival/departure tax: There is no arrival tax and tickets purchased within Malaysia usually include departure tax. Otherwise RM40 international and RM10 domestic departure tax is payable. Transport to the city: The brand new Express Rail Link (tel: (03) 2267 8000; fax: (03) 2267 8910; website: www.KLIAekspres.com) connects KLIA with the KL KAT Terminal at Sentral Station, in the city centre. There are two airport services – the KLIA Ekspres, which covers the journey in 28 minutes without stopping, and the KLIA Transit, which takes 35 minutes and stops en route at Salak Tinggi, Putrajaya/Cyberjaya and Bandar Tasik Selatan. Fares for both routes are RM35 single and RM65 return, with a carnet of ten tickets costing RM315. Services start at 0500 in both directions, with the last trains leaving at 0100. Taxis can be pre-paid in the arrivals area at the airport and visitors should expect to pay RM66.80 for a standard car or RM91.80 for the premier service to the city centre (journey time – 40 minutes). |
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