Back in KL already. Flew in via AirAsia to the Low Cost Carrier (LCC) Terminal in KLIA. Flight was initially delayed by half an hour. Upon embarkation, had to wait another 10 to 15 minutes for ground staff to unload two bags belonging to two “missing” passengers who did not board the plane, but had checked in. Today’s AirAsia plane was one of the newer ones. The journey was quite smooth.
Took some pictures of the LCC terminal. View taken of the main terminal when walking from the plane to the arrival hall. The main hall from the tarmac area looks a bit on the dull side. Nothing spectacular to look at actually. Long walk though.
Walking nearer the building, can see people waiting at the departure gates eager to depart. The departure gates are situated next to each other, with no partition for segregation. Again, not enough seats, but I think the powers that be is aware of the situation. Read about the shortage of seating thingy in the papers.
Waiting for luggage. Managed to take this shot before the main bulk of people turned up to the luggage area. Took quite a while for the luggage to arrive. At least half an hour before getting the bags. Well, it’s still slightly faster than waiting for baggage at the main KLIA terminal. Usually have to wait at least 45 minutes.
As I was walking out, saw the Coffee Bean outlet where I had my coffee and muffin last Thursday before departure to Kuching. The outlet is actually situated nearer the arrival hall. The departure area has a McDonald and an Asian Kitchen. Hope they will bring in San Francisco Coffee (prefer this coffee outlet), but I doubt it very much.
Can see people waiting for their pickup outside the arrival hall. There’s a row of taxi waiting for passengers as well. Not sure of the prices though, as to whether the fare is “decent” or “slaughtering”. I guess it will also depend on the destination. Haven’t checked out where to buy the tickets for the cabs yet.
On the other hand, there is the RM9 per way bus to KL Sentral, scheduled to depart every 15 minutes. I saw the timetable, and the journey is expected to take 1 hour 15 minutes. Tickets can be purchased when entering the bus. But during the flight, the air stewardess was also selling the RM9 bus ticket. I think I also saw a booth at the arrival hall where we were waiting for luggage where they were also selling the bus ticket. First journey from KL Sentral starts about 3:30am I think.
A quick snap of the exterior of the LCC Terminal from the car park area. Can’t really take the “whole” terminal, but just about see the entrance, with a McDonald’s outlet just beside the main entrance. The departure lounge is actually bigger, but didn’t manage to snap any pictures. Overall, not bad.. not bad…
Back in KL already. Flew in via AirAsia to the Low Cost Carrier (LCC) Terminal in KLIA. Flight was initially delayed by half an hour. Upon embarkation, had to wait another 10 to 15 minutes for ground staff to unload two bags belonging to two “missing” passengers who did not board the plane, but had checked in. Today’s AirAsia plane was one of the newer ones. The journey was quite smooth.
Took some pictures of the LCC terminal. View taken of the main terminal when walking from the plane to the arrival hall. The main hall from the tarmac area looks a bit on the dull side. Nothing spectacular to look at actually. Long walk though.
Walking nearer the building, can see people waiting at the departure gates eager to depart. The departure gates are situated next to each other, with no partition for segregation. Again, not enough seats, but I think the powers that be is aware of the situation. Read about the shortage of seating thingy in the papers.
Waiting for luggage. Managed to take this shot before the main bulk of people turned up to the luggage area. Took quite a while for the luggage to arrive. At least half an hour before getting the bags. Well, it’s still slightly faster than waiting for baggage at the main KLIA terminal. Usually have to wait at least 45 minutes.
As I was walking out, saw the Coffee Bean outlet where I had my coffee and muffin last Thursday before departure to Kuching. The outlet is actually situated nearer the arrival hall. The departure area has a McDonald and an Asian Kitchen. Hope they will bring in San Francisco Coffee (prefer this coffee outlet), but I doubt it very much.
Can see people waiting for their pickup outside the arrival hall. There’s a row of taxi waiting for passengers as well. Not sure of the prices though, as to whether the fare is “decent” or “slaughtering”. I guess it will also depend on the destination. Haven’t checked out where to buy the tickets for the cabs yet.
On the other hand, there is the RM9 per way bus to KL Sentral, scheduled to depart every 15 minutes. I saw the timetable, and the journey is expected to take 1 hour 15 minutes. Tickets can be purchased when entering the bus. But during the flight, the air stewardess was also selling the RM9 bus ticket. I think I also saw a booth at the arrival hall where we were waiting for luggage where they were also selling the bus ticket. First journey from KL Sentral starts about 3:30am I think.
A quick snap of the exterior of the LCC Terminal from the car park area. Can’t really take the “whole” terminal, but just about see the entrance, with a McDonald’s outlet just beside the main entrance. The departure lounge is actually bigger, but didn’t manage to snap any pictures. Overall, not bad.. not bad…
2 comments:
never had a chance to depart from there during my last trip. only saw the coffee bean, didn't even see a single cab then. well, it was midnight actually... i guess that's why...
Hey laymank,
for the departure, there's a signboard telling passengers which "kiosk" to checkin. Was pleasantly surprised at the size of the checkin area, but on the day I went back to Sarawak, quite a lot of people also.
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