CLARK FREEPORT – The Singapore Airlines Engi-neering Company (SIAEC) has announced it will construct here its second aircraft main-tenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar to cost about P1 billion to provide services for the Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft.
“The expansion project will generate 300 direct jobs,” Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano said yesterday, noting that the hangar construction will start next week.
He said “it will be a bigger hangar to accommodate wide-bodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and 777.”
In November 2008, SIAEC, together with its joint venture partner Cebu Pacific Air, built its first hangar costing P800 million for the Airbus 320 and 319 series aircraft located within the 2,367-hectare Clark Civil Aviation Complex here. The hangar started operations in July, 2009.
“The second, much larger hangar in Clark will generate no less than 300 direct jobs and about 200 indirect jobs for our people in Central and Northern Luzon. SIAEC will spend about P1 billion for the construction of the second hangar which is expected to be operational by the end of 2012,” Luciano noted.
SIA Engineering Company, based in Singapore, is a leading aircraft MRO company providing “total maintenance solutions to wide-bodied aircraft of the world.”
SIA Engineering Company, together with its 24 joint venture partners and subsidiaries across nine countries, formed the SIAEC Group.
In a statement, CIAC said “SIAEC Group provides extensive MRO of aircraft to more than 85 international airlines worldwide.”
“With certifications from more than 20 airworthiness authorities, SIAEC’s six hangars and 22 in-house workshops in Singapore provide complete MRO services in airframe, component, engine, aircraft conversions, and modifications to major airlines from four continents,” CIAC added.
It noted that SIEAC “also provides support services at the Changi International Airport in Singapore as well as line maintenance support services to countries such as Australia, United States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.”
Meanwhile, CIAC officials have noted full bookings of Jin Air, South Korea’s budget airlines, since it started its five-times-weekly regular flights between Clark and Incheon last month.
“We welcome Jin Air’s regular flights at DMIA that would not only bring in more Korean tourists to Clark but also give the people of Northern Luzon the opportunity to visit the beautiful country of Korea,” he said.
He also said Jin Air now operates five flights weekly utilizing the airlines’ 180-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Jin Air is the sixth and latest addition to the international airlines operating at the DMIA and is the second South Korean commercial airline after Asiana Airlines that started operations in October 2003, he noted.
Jin Air is a full subsidiary of Korean Air which is the flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea. Korean Air serves 130 cities in 45 countries around the world while its domestic divisions serve 20 destinations.
Luciano said Korean Air is among the top 20 airlines in the world in terms of passengers carried and is also top-ranked in international freight carrying. The airlines’ international hub is the Incheon International Airport.
Jin Air began operations in July 2008 with routes to regional destinations in Korea using their Boeing 737-800. In October 2009, it started flights to Guam, Osaka and Bangkok.
“Since 2004, Korean tourists have immensely contributed to the local economy of Angeles City and the communities in the Metro Clark area as well as the rest of Central Luzon. There are an estimated 20,000 Korean tourists in the Clark and Subic areas,” Luciano said.
“The Korean tourists have contributed to the growth and development of Clark which in effect generated businesses and employment for the people in the area,” he added.
Luciano also said upon arrival in Incheon, Jin Air passengers can go to other destinations in the world.
“Travelers can go to other destinations in the world when you take Jin Air,” he pointed out.
Jin Air has five Boeing 737-800 aircraft in its fleet for their operations in the South East Asian region, including Japan.
Apart from Jin Air, other airlines that operate here include Asiana Airlines that flies daily to Incheon; Tiger Airways that flies daily to Singapore; and, Air Asia that flies daily to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu.
Also operating flights at the DMIA is local carrier Cebu Pacific Air which flies to Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and Bangkok as well as domestically to Cebu, the Spirit of Manila Airlines that flies to Taipei, and South East Asian Airlines (Seair) that flies via to Caticlan.
“The expansion project will generate 300 direct jobs,” Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano said yesterday, noting that the hangar construction will start next week.
He said “it will be a bigger hangar to accommodate wide-bodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and 777.”
In November 2008, SIAEC, together with its joint venture partner Cebu Pacific Air, built its first hangar costing P800 million for the Airbus 320 and 319 series aircraft located within the 2,367-hectare Clark Civil Aviation Complex here. The hangar started operations in July, 2009.
“The second, much larger hangar in Clark will generate no less than 300 direct jobs and about 200 indirect jobs for our people in Central and Northern Luzon. SIAEC will spend about P1 billion for the construction of the second hangar which is expected to be operational by the end of 2012,” Luciano noted.
SIA Engineering Company, based in Singapore, is a leading aircraft MRO company providing “total maintenance solutions to wide-bodied aircraft of the world.”
SIA Engineering Company, together with its 24 joint venture partners and subsidiaries across nine countries, formed the SIAEC Group.
In a statement, CIAC said “SIAEC Group provides extensive MRO of aircraft to more than 85 international airlines worldwide.”
“With certifications from more than 20 airworthiness authorities, SIAEC’s six hangars and 22 in-house workshops in Singapore provide complete MRO services in airframe, component, engine, aircraft conversions, and modifications to major airlines from four continents,” CIAC added.
It noted that SIEAC “also provides support services at the Changi International Airport in Singapore as well as line maintenance support services to countries such as Australia, United States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.”
Meanwhile, CIAC officials have noted full bookings of Jin Air, South Korea’s budget airlines, since it started its five-times-weekly regular flights between Clark and Incheon last month.
“We welcome Jin Air’s regular flights at DMIA that would not only bring in more Korean tourists to Clark but also give the people of Northern Luzon the opportunity to visit the beautiful country of Korea,” he said.
He also said Jin Air now operates five flights weekly utilizing the airlines’ 180-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Jin Air is the sixth and latest addition to the international airlines operating at the DMIA and is the second South Korean commercial airline after Asiana Airlines that started operations in October 2003, he noted.
Jin Air is a full subsidiary of Korean Air which is the flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea. Korean Air serves 130 cities in 45 countries around the world while its domestic divisions serve 20 destinations.
Luciano said Korean Air is among the top 20 airlines in the world in terms of passengers carried and is also top-ranked in international freight carrying. The airlines’ international hub is the Incheon International Airport.
Jin Air began operations in July 2008 with routes to regional destinations in Korea using their Boeing 737-800. In October 2009, it started flights to Guam, Osaka and Bangkok.
“Since 2004, Korean tourists have immensely contributed to the local economy of Angeles City and the communities in the Metro Clark area as well as the rest of Central Luzon. There are an estimated 20,000 Korean tourists in the Clark and Subic areas,” Luciano said.
“The Korean tourists have contributed to the growth and development of Clark which in effect generated businesses and employment for the people in the area,” he added.
Luciano also said upon arrival in Incheon, Jin Air passengers can go to other destinations in the world.
“Travelers can go to other destinations in the world when you take Jin Air,” he pointed out.
Jin Air has five Boeing 737-800 aircraft in its fleet for their operations in the South East Asian region, including Japan.
Apart from Jin Air, other airlines that operate here include Asiana Airlines that flies daily to Incheon; Tiger Airways that flies daily to Singapore; and, Air Asia that flies daily to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu.
Also operating flights at the DMIA is local carrier Cebu Pacific Air which flies to Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and Bangkok as well as domestically to Cebu, the Spirit of Manila Airlines that flies to Taipei, and South East Asian Airlines (Seair) that flies via to Caticlan.
