CLARK FREEPORT – “We are impressed with what we have seen at Clark airport.” Thus said Airline Operators
Council (AOC) Chair Lourdes Reyes during her visit at the Clark airport complex here on Friday.
“Mr. [Victor Jose] Luciano has done a tremendous job in the transformation of this facility as one of the busiest airports in the country today”, she added.
Reyes also stressed that the 48 strong members of the AOC has expressed their full support to the development of the Clark international airport as the premier international gateway of the Philippines.
She said the last time they visited the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) was in 2009. “What we saw here is great, we have seen the newly Expanded Terminal.”
AOC members include airlines from Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Zest Air, China Air, KLM, Thai Airways, Taiwan Air, Cathay Air, Delta Airlines, Emirates, Orbit Air, Luftanza Technik Philippines, Federal Express and Ground Handlers in the airline industry.
For his part, Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano assured the AOC that they are most welcome at DMIA.
He said “CIAC is committed in building the facilities of the airport to build your operations here.” CIAC is now in the process of mapping up plans for the construction of the Budget Terminal and the Terminal 2 for the development of the 2,367 hectare Clark Civil Aviation Complex.
“We are committed to serve you in your future endeavors should you expand your operations in Clark airport and I encourage you to take closer look at Clark,” he said.
During a brief presentation at the CIAC boardroom, Luciano told AOC members that the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has set aside funds for the establishment of a City Airport Terminal that would be set up in the area of Ayala owned Trinoma in Quezon City.
It would cater passengers from Metro Manila and the rest of the Southern Tagalog areas. Luciano said that the City Airport Terminal is designed to cater passengers to be transported to Clark airport.
He added that the project includes a one stop airline check in where passengers can make check-ins for their baggage easier.
He said that Victory Liner had already indicated interest to use the City Airport Terminal where they would be providing at least 50 busses that would transport passengers to the Clark Airport and vise versa.
“We are looking at P200 per head in the City Air Terminal and all of these are being studied by the DOTC headed by Sec.
Mar Roxas and they already set aside fundings for the project to further make Clark airport accessible to the Southern Tagalog and Metro Manila.
