Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd was awarded the Routes Asia 2018 Marketing Awards in the overall category, as well as the Over 20 Million Passengers category for its significant contribution to the growth of the Malaysian aviation industry. The awards were presented in association with Route Development Forum Asia 2018 (Routes Asia).

Malaysia Airports has been awarded for its outstanding marketing services that have supported the launch of new air routes and developed the existing services. In 2017, nine new airlines flew to Kuala Lumpur and 25 new routes were launched. Overall passenger traffic grew by over 11.2 per cent to 58.6 million and the airlines recorded an additional 30,535 commercial aircraft movements, taking up the total to 386,054 movements.