CLARK
In a resolution, the MCAC called for the development of the Clark airport following the spate of diversionary flights in the
MCAC co-chairman and Mabalacat Mayor Marino “Boking” Morales said the government should now look into the development of the
Morales said the country cannot do with only one airport and that it must have several airports just like those in neighboring Asean countries such as
Morales said the full operationalization of the Clark airport will bring-in limitless opportunities not only to Pampanga province but to the entire country particularly Central and
Earlier, the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Department of Tourism (DOT have both signified their support to the full development of DMIA.
Neighboring Asian countries such as
The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), the operating arm of DMIA, has already infused P338 million on the expansion of the existing DMIA Terminal 1 increasing passenger capacity to 2.7 million annually.
The new two-storey DMIA Terminal 1 will have two
The expansion also paved the way for the installation of additional immigration counters, airlines offices, concessionaires’ area, and five airline ticketing offices, baggage conveyors and among others.
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan of Metro Pacific was reportedly in talks with Ramon Ang of San Miguel Corporation for the development of DMIA’s Terminal 2 and a high-speed railway that will connect the airport to
“It is a positive development,” said Morales noting that any development at the
Morales said the presence of the Clark airport, the modern Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), and the eventual construction of the high-speed railway will speed up the development of the northern part of Mabalacat as “
DMIA plays host to foreign and local carriers such as Tiger Airways of Singapore that flies Clark-Singapore, Air Asia of Malaysia via Clark-Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, Asiana Airlines via Clark-Incheon in South Korea with connecting flights to the US, China and Japan, Cebu Pacific Air via Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Macau while South East Asian Airlines (Seair) via Clark-Caticlan at the world famous Boracay Beach Island Resort.
Other carriers include Spirit of Manila Airlines via Clark-Taiwan and Jin Air a subsidiary of Korean Air with chartered flights to Incheon in
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