Sarawak's Civil Aviation History

 

Date	Events
17.12.1903	First aircraft flight.
16.10.1924	First aircraft to land in Sarawak.
1947	Formation of The Civil Aviation Department Headquarter in Singapore covering Malaya and British Borneo.
1953	Formation of The Civil Aviation Malaya and Singapore. Singapore covering British Borneo.
01.09.1955	Formation of The Department of Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services British Borneo Territories (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Labuan) Headquartes at Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu).
16.09.1963	Formation of Directorate of Civil Aviation, Malaysia. Both Sarawak and Sabah come under one Regional II Office Headquarter in Kota Kinabalu. To operate Borneo Airspace known as Kota Kinabalu Flight Informaion Region (KK FIR).
01.01.1989	Formation of Region III Office for Sarawak and Region II Office for Sabah, but ATC operation still headquarter in Kota Kinabalu as Parent Air Traffic Control Center (ATCC) for KK FIR.
01.11.1992	Corporation of Airport Services of The Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia. Formation of Malaysia Airports Berhad (MAB).

 

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