About Sandakan Airport

Sandakan Airport is located 13km from Sandakan town. New terminal building and its related facilities just been upgraded in November 2014. It serves Malaysia Airlines, MasWings and Air Asia and has the capacity to handle 1.5 million passengers annually.

The airport is also a major tourism gateway to numerous eco destinations within Sabah. Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre is amongst the tourist's main attraction in Sabah. Other great attractions nearby Sandakan Airport are Gomantong Caves, Kinabatangan River, Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Santuary, Turtle island and the very long canopy walk at the Rainforest Directory Centre.

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ERRATA ON ARTICLE BY NEW STRAITS TIMES, 10 AUGUST 2017 - MAHB USE SAP SOFTWARE TO DIGITALISE AIRPORT OPERATIONS

13 August 2017

We would like to bring your attention to an article by the New Straits Times on 10 August 2017 titled "MAHB Use SAP Software to Digitalise Airport Operations". 

We wish to highlight that the title of the article is erroneous and Malaysia Airports' Chief Strategic Officer, Azli Mohamed was also misquoted as saying that Malaysia...
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