Terminal 2 of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport

KKIA TERMINAL TWO
LCCTKK (Terminal 2)
of Kota Kinabalu International Airport before converting in a Cargo Terminal in 2016

Internet Access
Terminal 2 did not have blanket Wifi Internet Access;
There was, however, Wifi Internet access for those dining at KFC located on Level 1;
Also on Level 1 there’s an Internet kiosk that charges RM 5 per hour of Internet access in addition to other services such as faxing, printing and CD burning;

AirAsia at now is the sole airline operating from Terminal 2.

Photo above : Historical image of an AirAsia aircraft at Terminal 2 IN 2015

AirAsia was the sole airline operating from Terminal 2. But effective 1 December 2015 AirAsia operations at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI) moved to Terminal 1 .
All of AirAsia’s flights to and from BKI will take off and land in Terminal 1 from that date onwards.

AirAsia WAS the sole airline operating from Terminal 2.
Terminal 2 was converted into a cargo terminal in 2016 and all budget airlines were moved to the main Terminal 1. The other budget airline, Cebu Pacific, had moved its operations to the Main Terminal 1 on Jan 1, 2015.
AirAsia had been remained adamant about staying on at the KKIA Terminal 2 in Tanjung Aru despite complaints of cramped and inefficient facilities. The reason of AirAsia ignored several deadlines to move to Terminal 1 was that there will be an increase in passenger service fees after moving there.
Terminal 1 was upgrade, which cost RM1.7 billion, now KKIA T1 has the capacity to serve nine million passengers, a 350% increase compared with Terminal 2.
However the main Terminal 1 was under-utilised, having the capacity for nine million passengers, but having served 3.19 million out of 6.79 million passengers in 2014.

A total of 14 airlines currently operate out of KKIA Terminal 1 with 12 aerobridges to cater for both narrow and wide body aircraft, and equipped with 64 check-in counters for both domestic and international flights.

Aprons
The airport apron wasdesigned for parking airplanes and turning them aroundbetween flights. The apron wasa bridging pointbetween the runway system and terminal building and the apron location and its aircraftshould be provided convenient access. Most airlinesprefer the location of the apron is close to taxiingbetween runway and the stands. This will minimizetime and also the fuel consumption of theaeroplanes, which has a positive impact on theenvironment, they also should permit mutually independent movements of theaeroplanes on to and of the stands with minimum delay. The airlines also prefer asufficient number of stands provided by the airport operator to cope with the maximumnumber of aircraft expected during the peak hour and should accommodate quickloading and unloading of passengers and cargo, manoeuvring of the handling equipment‟s and also for the technical personal

Check-in counter Airport has provided adequate check-in counters but it is all depends on the airlines whomanaged those counters accordingly. Certain check-in counters are not open duringpeak
hour‟s thus long queues and encountered congestion at that particular area

Curbside area
KKIA (T2) wasa single level roadway which comprise of departure and arrivalpassengers. Based on our observation, the movement of vehicles entering the terminalarea wason a one way traffic flow. Any scheduled arrival or departure times during peak periods would produce the most congestion on airport roadways. There wasan increasedof vehicles parked along the shoulders of the access roadways as the drivers waitbefore returning to the curbside.

Apron Area At Terminal 2, ramp service vehicles such as baggage trucks, catering trucks, groundpower units, etc. have to move between tightly double parked aircrafts and passengersdefinitely elevates the risk of an accident occurred. At the same time, passengers having to board and de-board the aircrafts that aredouble parked also face a higher risk of being caught in an untoward accident.This current shortage of parking bay will form a huge hindrance in
Air Asia‟s futureexpansion plans as the growth of the fleet size will be dependent on the parking spaceavailable. The above constraint has resulted in very unhealthy and unsafe parkingpractices at the ramp/apron area

T2- Currently there is 7 parking bays for narrow bodies and 2 parking bay for turbopropeller aircraft.

KKIA TERMINAL TWO
Sulug Island, Manukan Island and Tanjung Aru Beach are within reachable distance.

Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) Terminal Twowasthe second low-cost carrier terminal in Malaysiain commenced operations on 1 January 2007 coinciding with the start of Visit Malaysia Year 2007.
The distance between Terminal One and Twowas10 minutes drive apart from each other. They are not linked together but at each end of the runway.
Tanjung Aru Beach is within reach of 15 minutes walk along the main highway. If you know the short cut, its only 10 minutes walk. Therewasleft-luggage-service at the terminal at Rm 5.00 for 2 hours.

Arrivals Point and Tourist Information Centre
First timer to Kota Kinabalu can find two information counters easily when exit from the arrival hall. The Tourist Information Centre and Airport Information Counter (just 10 meters apart).
Information on everything from where to stay, how to get there, and where to gowasavailable.
Transportation serviceswasreadily available.
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Super Ice Cream Potong

A favourite of tourists from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Super Ice Cream Potong with different fruit flavour: durian, cempedak, avacado, and etc. Available at Kota Kinabalu International Airport outlets.

Ground Level KKIA-T2

Kota Kinabalu International Airport’s Terminal 2wasa Low Cost Carrier Terminal built specifically to facilitate first AirAsia and later other low cost airlines such as TigerAir, JetStar and Cebu Pacific.

It’s a no frills terminal, but has almost all the facilities that the main Terminal 1 has. However smaller in space, thus more congested as far as people and trafficwasconcerned. The terminal consists of 2 levels.

The check-in counters are in centre of the building, and flight check-in informationwaseasy to see. Air Asia's express boarding gives less of a hassle especially for family with children.

Ground levelwasa place of convenience store, tit-bit snack store and a perfumes shop
A shop sells frozen seafood, where seafood are pack for baggage. Sabah is famous for fresh seafood, and even the frozen variety is recently caught.