Senai airport plans dedicated landside shopping centre

Nicole Mezzasalma

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The 9,290sq m (100,000sq ft) landside mall will be the first at a Malaysian airport

Malaysian airport company Senai Airport Terminal Services (SATS) is to build the country’s first dedicated landside shopping mall. The Rm70m ($21.6m) Aero Mall project will cover 9,290sq m (100,000sq ft), of which 3,716sq m (40,000sq ft) will be dedicated to retail.

The decision follows a trend for landside retail offers catering to passengers and non-passengers, of which SATS said the recent development of Singapore Changi terminal three was the best example. Hong Kong International airport’s SkyPlaza is another recent example in Asia. SATS general manager finance and retail development Chan Kwai Yew told local website StarBiz that the Aero Mall, which is scheduled to be completed in 18 month’s time, will house tenants including Secret Recipe, Kyros Kebab, Chocz, SASA Hong Kong International, MPH Bookstore, KFC, Laksa Shack, Starbucks, Nationwide and FedEx.

Mid-level lifestyle brands and retailers are also likely to be among the offer, and Chan said the target audience would include the local business community, employees from nearby industrial estates and local residents, as well as air travellers.

The mall will adjoin the existing airport terminal building on the site of an open-air car park. The airport’s airside retail offer at present hosts 25 retailers.