3 January 2015
The Transport Department (DOTC) is building the $175 million budget terminal in Clark International Airport (CIA) this year to address the growing number of budget travellers.
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said the P7.2-billion budget terminal will be done in phases as the design prepared by the French consultant Aeroport de Paris (APT) was too huge for the current market and way “too big” for the actual demand.
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said the P7.2-billion budget terminal will be done in phases as the design prepared by the French consultant Aeroport de Paris (APT) was too huge for the current market and way “too big” for the actual demand.
The bidding for the first phase of the project is scheduled this year and is slated for completion in 2016 with terminal capacity at 4 million passengers per annum.
The existing passenger terminal building (PTB) boasting with two gate bridges previously has capacity of 2.5 million passenger yearly before expansion works began increasing annual passenger throughput to 4 million. The full service PTB expansion project was completed last May and has capacity of 7.5 million per annum.
PTB's capacity increased in size from 11,439 square meters to 19,799 square meters, with check-in counters tripling from 13 to 34. Twelve departure counters and five arrival counters have also been added to the terminal together with eight entry points and three customs stations.
Airlines currently operating at CIA include Air Asia Zest, Asiana Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Dragon Air, Jin Air, Qatar Airways, Tiger Air.
Based on the original APT designs, the LCC terminal will boost CIA’s capacity to 24 million passengers per year. Clark International Airport registered 1.6 million passengers in 2013.
The existing passenger terminal building (PTB) boasting with two gate bridges previously has capacity of 2.5 million passenger yearly before expansion works began increasing annual passenger throughput to 4 million. The full service PTB expansion project was completed last May and has capacity of 7.5 million per annum.
PTB's capacity increased in size from 11,439 square meters to 19,799 square meters, with check-in counters tripling from 13 to 34. Twelve departure counters and five arrival counters have also been added to the terminal together with eight entry points and three customs stations.
Airlines currently operating at CIA include Air Asia Zest, Asiana Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Dragon Air, Jin Air, Qatar Airways, Tiger Air.
Based on the original APT designs, the LCC terminal will boost CIA’s capacity to 24 million passengers per year. Clark International Airport registered 1.6 million passengers in 2013.
Clark is not doing the business for expansion. In the past year they have lost the Emeritas flight and the Bangkok flight. CebuPacific is only once a day, four times a week. Only Asiana flight is 7 days a weeks. Plus smaller airflights to Hong Kong. Not enough business to spend that money when there are so many airports around the Philippines that need night landing and takeoff to lesson the daytime flight in Manila. Just stupid political move.
ReplyDeleteEmeritas or Emirates? "Only Asiana flight is 7 days a weeks.", "...to lesson the daytime flight in Manila", seriously, lesson? What drugs are you on? Horrible engrish!
DeleteWhy waste money on Clark? Just to line the pockets of the management and the contractor? The present terminal is not properly utilized and now build a new? White elephant!
ReplyDeleteIt will be under utilized if no high speed rail link to MM and/or to MNL..plan 4 long term not palliative!
DeleteThe north of Manila has been experiencing steady growth over the last decade. BCDA is developing Clark into a CBD. Ayala has been heavily investing in that area as well. It would be helpful if these people would fly Clark instead of NAIA, as a way to also help decongest road traffic in Metro Manila.
DeleteBy the fact that the target is an LCC-market, it shows that they are acknowledging that this is mainly a developing market and are pre-positioning it to serve future needs. It's slightly veering away from the traditional Filipino lack of foresight.