Senai International Airport

Formerly known as Sultan Ismail International Airport, Senai Airport is the domestic and international airport serving the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia. Built in 1974, it was earlier operated by DCA up to 1992, and then by MAHB.

Senai International Airport
1- Aero Mall completed in 2010
2- The old original airport building

Model of Renovation & Extension Project 2008 being displayed at departure hall of Senai International Airport in 2017

The contemporary architecture and state of the art design of Transit Mall (Aero Mall) was designed to feature :
- a deep and spacious concourse,
- new urbane retail spaces,
- various elite cafes,
- exclusive basement parking,
- service suites and
- semi urban outdoor spaces with beautifful landscape.

Transit Mall (Aero Mall) was planned to emphasize on :
- convenience,
- a unique leisure experience which is sset to deliver incomparable efficiency, quality of service and safety.

Transit Mall (later changed to Aero Mall) of Senai International Airport was publicized in 2007

Dated : 2007

Senai International Airport is scheduled to develop and transform the terminal building into a lifestyle mall known as "Transit Mall" to better serve our valued customers.

The contemporary architecture and state of the art design of Transit Mall would feature a deep and spacious concourse, new urbane retail spaces, various elite cafes, exclusive basement parking, service suites and semi urban outdoor spaces with beautiful landscape.

Transit Mall will emphasize on convenience and a unique leisure experience which is set to deliver incomparable efficiency, quality of service and safety.

The development boasts of a unique lifestyle mall and a pleasing vibrant ambience where community living takes shape and exciting activities come alive.

The transformation will take a duration of 15 months and is targeted to be launched in December 2008.

This Aeromall (Transit Mall) was completed in 2010 and became the first stand-alone external airport mall in Malaysia. Aeromall is a 20ha site, annexed to the old original Senai Airport. The mall has a 83,375ft² of retail space of shops and restaurants.

Aero Mall
Senai International Airport Proposed Renovation & Extension Project in 2008

On 26 May 2008, SATS announced a MYR 70 million plan to build an Aero Mall, a stand-alone and external airport mall. Of the mall’s total space of 9,290.304 sq m 100,000 sq ft), 3716.121 sq m (40,000 sq ft) is retail space and the balance the concourse中央大廳.

Aero Mall’s target markets were the business community, employees in the nearby industrial estates and the population in the Senai-Kulai area.

The new mall, an extension of the airports present retail segment, would offer air and non-air passengers more choices to shop and dine, adding that the airport received overwhelming response when it introduced mid-level lifestyle products between 4,000 and 5,000 air passengers currently used Senai airport, which provided an active market for the existing 25 retailers.

Concurrently SATS would also be launching :
- Senai Free Zone (80.937ha)
- Senai Aviation Park (40.468ha).>

The Free Zone will house a mixture of SME operations, warehouses and logistics for parts and components that could be exported via air cargo at Senai Airport.

The Aviation Park focuses on maintenance and repair operations for the maintenance of smaller aircraft engines and avionic products like radios and meters

The aero mall is the first stand-alone external airport mall in Malaysia. The RM70m mall offers 83,375ft² of retail space. Emerging as a new lifestyle hub in the area, the aero mall provides a location for shopping, dining and entertainment. The mall is currently under construction.

The aero mall is due for completion by December 2009 and will open for business in 2010. It was designed by Hintan Architects, and constructed by Malaysia's premier construction group, IJM Corporation Berhad.

The mall is a natural extension of Senai International Airport's current services to better serve valued customers and business partners. With more than 45 major multinational manufacturers and almost 40,000 people working and living within a 2km radius of the airport, the aero mall is set to serve as a focal point for the rapidly expanding Senai commercial, industrial and residential hub.

Aero Mall Project was a RM70mil investment by Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATS). Malaysia’s first stand-alone and external airport mall.

The mall has a total space of 9,290.304 sq m (100,000 sq ft), 3716.121 sq m (40,000 sq ft) is retail space and the balance the concourse.
SATS general manager of finance is Chan Kwai Yew .

Shopping, dining and entertaining at airports is getting popular now as airports are no longer just for air travellers,” he told StarBiz recently.

The best example of such a concept was Terminal Three at Singapore’s Changi Airport which had successfully attracted non-air travellers and residents from nearby areas to shop and dine there.

Aero Mall’s target markets were the business community, employees in the nearby industrial estates and the population in the Senai-Kulai area.

The mall is connected to the present airport terminal building and constructed on the existing open air parking area. A new basement parking area is built underneath the mall.

Among the mall’s outlets were Secret Recipe, Kyros Kebab, Chocz, SASA Hong Kong International, MPH Bookstore, KFC, Laksa Shack, Starbucks, Nationwide and FedEx.

Senai International Airport (formerly Sultan Ismail International Airport) is an international airport in the town of Senai, Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia.