18 December 2019
Macroasia Corp (MAC.PS) in partnership with China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) has won ₱100 billion auction to develop Sangley International Airport in partnership with Cavite Provincial government in accordance with the standards set by the Transport Department.
Sangley International Airport is jointly owned by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“Upon perusal of their submission, their joint venture proposal was deemed complete, subject to detailed evaluation by the PPP (Public Private Partnership) selection committee,” Jesse Grepo, legal officer and secretary of the committee, said Tuesday.
Grepo said the project contained no sovereign guarantees with MacroAsia and Cavite Provincial government taking 45% and 15% respectively, while CCCC takes 40% share.
The Cavite government said the first phase of the project could be opened as early as 2026 with a capacity of 25 million passengers annually.
The Transport Department (DOTr) said the project offered was the second and third stage of Sangley Airport development which would make it capable of servicing the small commercial jet operations by 2025.
Transport Undersecretary for Aviation Manuel Antonio Tamayo said Sangley airport will undergo massive upgrade of facilities starting next year.
Second phase of the project includes construction of new control tower, 12 bay jet apron, new parallel taxiway, administration and support buildings and crash and rescue units capable of supporting Airbus A321Neo and Boeing 737-Max planes, as well as construction of new and bigger passenger terminal building (PTB) with capacity of 5 million passengers per annum, according to plans presented by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to the President.
Tamayo disclosed that transfer of general aviation and turboprop operations is only the beginning for this project as DOTr intends to expand the airport complex to include construction of a bigger apron on the east side where a new 25 million PTB will be constructed for the third phase together with land reclamation component for the construction of a new international standard runway, while the present runway will be converted into a full taxiway.
"We already have the plans. They will be implemented soon. " Tamayo adds.
Meanwhile, airport access road plans are already submitted to the Department of Public Works (DPWH) for review and approval.
That picture, is that fan-made or does it come from official sources (or at least based on official plans)? According to the news, they'll be spending $10 Billion on this project, the same amount that will be spent on Bulacan airport, and they'll be reclaiming about a thousand hectares of land. That's clearly a big airport, something that could handle more than just the Airbus A320Neo and Boeing 737 Max. It looks like something that's going to complete against San Miguel's airport to become the new premier gateway of the Philippines. What's going to be the next main international airport of the Philippines, this one or Bulacan?
ReplyDeletePerhaps the reason why this blog exist. DOTr plans limit this airport expansion to 25 million. That is enough for a single runway facility. Definitely not the amount they would like to tell you.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the air force and the navy are still on that facility. If you take a closer look a quick response bay are there at the end of the taxiway. The east apron is also intended for joint air force & navy use. And according to Gov. Remulla, the airport operator would be Flughafen München GmbH.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean Tan's Asia's Emerging Dragon will back out from the NAIA super consortium?
ReplyDeleteNAIA is under rehabilitation, Clark is currently being expanded, with a new International terminal under construction and a possible new runway in the plans. The Bulacan Airport is awarded to SMC but the news is that the ground breaking is delayed until next year. Now we have the Sangley Point Intl Airport in the works too. Now the question is, what will be main gateway to the country? You can't have 4 of them, being NAIA, Clark, Bulacan and Sangley.
ReplyDeleteThe gateway to Manila is still MNL. The rest are just other airports in the bilaterals.
DeleteMNL, for now. Once Sangley is fully developed like HKIA, Government will surely develop NAIA as a CBD to unlock a huge ton of $$$ in the billions. By the time Sangley is fully developed, NAIA's concession agreement would have already expired or be close to expiration (15 year-conession period lang ang NAIA if I am not mistaken) and by then both Makati, BGC, Arca South, Entertainment City, and perhaps even Alabang will already be fully-occupied CBDs and NAIA CBD will be needed to expand Manila's CBD space.
DeletePeople from forums such as Skyscrapercity say that Lucio Tan would prefer Sangley over Bulacan because he's reluctant to work with Ramon Ang again. Somebody even said that PAL would probably never move to Bulacan as long as Tan is in charge.
ReplyDeleteThe Lucio Tan Group is clearly afraid that they will be treated differently in Bulacan and that the best option for them is to go at it at Sangley. Sangley is still better than Bulacan for premium and business travellers as it is closer with better access to Makati and BGC via Cavitex, C5-Link, NAIA-X and Skyway. Heading south, CALAX (under construction) will be there soon enough. Bulacan's primary access will only be NLEX then through Skyway or EDSA to Makati or BGC and the Manila Bay casino area.
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