Malaysia has revealed plans to promote the Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah as its second aviation hub, following Japan's open skies arrangement with the country.
The arrangement will enable more flights and airlines from Malaysia to Tokyo through Kota Kinabalu.
Malaysian officials met with their Japanese counterparts to finalise the arrangement on increasing flights and routes between the Narita International Airport in Tokyo and Malaysia from 2013.
The maximum quota of landings and take-offs at Narita have been raised to 270,000 a year.
Malaysian carriers would also be able to fly to Narita more frequently if slots for landings and departures at the airport increased gradually before 2013.
Currently, Malaysia Airlines has daily flights to Narita from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport while Air Asia X operates flights three times a week to Haneda.
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