 However, in July 2007, it was decided that Taiping Airport was not suitable as the flying hub, and the Chairman of GFH, Neill Newton, announced a new location will be selected, but not in Malaysia.The Taiping Airport which is located in Assam Kumbang also called Tekah Airport.The airport was built in 1929 and claimed as the first airport officially established in Federated Malay States and also in South East Asia.