If you’re travelling out of Malaysia during the period of ASEAN Summit 2025, you’re going to want to plan ahead. Between 26 and 28 October, several roads heading towards KLIA1 and KLIA2 will experience temporary closure, as dignitaries from their respective countries will begin flying in.
Carriers Malaysia Airlines (MAS), Batik Air, and AirAsia have already issued notices. “Major highways, including the KLIA Expressway, ELITE Highway (KLIA–Putrajaya), MEX Expressway and KL-Seremban Expressway, may have temporary closures and diversions to make way for official motorcades,” said AirAsia.
The affected roads heading towards KLIA1 and KLIA2 include the KLIA Expressway, Elite Highway (KLIA – Putrajaya), NKVE, Guthrie Corridor Expressway, PLUS Highway, MEX Highway, and the KL-Seremban Expressway. For those flying out from Subang Airport, the NKVE that is going to be affected.
Again, these highways will be shutdown temporarily, starting from 7:30AM until 8PM daily, for the duration of ASEAN Summit 2025. We strongly recommend that you take the train from KL Sentral to either KLIA1 or KLIA2, in order to avoid the congestion that will very clearly be occurring at the affected highways.
For that matter, the same advice of planning ahead applies here: if you’re travelling on an international flight, make sure that you’re at the airport three hours before, and two hours for domestic flights. Checking in online also helps to expedite the process, allowing you just to drop off your luggage at designated counters and head straight to the gate.
