Bicol Airport Opens, Legaspi Closes

Inauguration Set on October 6

3 October 2021

 

Legaspi Airports bids farewell to its old home on October 5 and transfers residence to a much bigger house. Bicol International Airport will carry the ICAO name of Legaspi Airport which will be relegated to military airport.

There is no weekend for Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade as he made a Sunday visit to check the progress of the construction works for the country’s “Most Scenic Gateway—the Bicol International Airpot (BIA), before presentation to the President Wednesday .

Bicol International Airport is not only the most scenic in the country. It is also the longest to be build in the country having been approved for construction in 2008.

The airport development project was delayed for 11 YEARS, suffered two CPP-NPA armed attacks opposed to its construction, and went through three (3) groundbreaking ceremonies prior to the current administration. It will finally be completed before the end of the year. The airport is slated to serve a total of two (2) million passengers per annum, once operational.