CLARK FREEPORT – Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano said yesterday the new P308-million passenger terminal expansion of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here will be finished and be fully operational this April.
“The DMIA Terminal 1 Expansion is in full blast and it will be ready by the middle of this April, but we plan to have it inaugurated by Pres. Arroyo herself during her birthday on April 4,” he said.
Luciano said the DMIA will have its first two aero bridges as part of the expansion project. The bridges are already en route from abroad so that they could be installed within this month.
At present, passengers negotiate steep mobile stairs to board or alight from their planes.
“The new expanded DMIA Terminal 1 is a two-storey building that will feature two aero bridges, flight information displays, close circuit television system, background music, public address system, x-ray machines, escalators and elevators,” he said.
He said the new terminal “will have a bigger space for commercial concessionaires including a larger lounge for passengers.”
I can accommodate an additional 500,000 passengers annually, he said, noting that the current capacity of the terminal is two million passengers.
Last February, the President inspected the on-going terminal expansion which is part of the Urban Luzon Beltway projects.
“I would like to thank all the stakeholders of Clark, to the Clark development Corporation (CDC) and the employees of CIAC for their support,” said Luciano who was chosen recently as recipient of the 2010 AIM Alumni Achievement Award or the Triple A for his role in the development of the DMIA as a gateway to the Philippines.
The award was given by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) last February 26 in Makati City.
“The DMIA Terminal 1 Expansion is in full blast and it will be ready by the middle of this April, but we plan to have it inaugurated by Pres. Arroyo herself during her birthday on April 4,” he said.
Luciano said the DMIA will have its first two aero bridges as part of the expansion project. The bridges are already en route from abroad so that they could be installed within this month.
At present, passengers negotiate steep mobile stairs to board or alight from their planes.
“The new expanded DMIA Terminal 1 is a two-storey building that will feature two aero bridges, flight information displays, close circuit television system, background music, public address system, x-ray machines, escalators and elevators,” he said.
He said the new terminal “will have a bigger space for commercial concessionaires including a larger lounge for passengers.”
I can accommodate an additional 500,000 passengers annually, he said, noting that the current capacity of the terminal is two million passengers.
Last February, the President inspected the on-going terminal expansion which is part of the Urban Luzon Beltway projects.
“I would like to thank all the stakeholders of Clark, to the Clark development Corporation (CDC) and the employees of CIAC for their support,” said Luciano who was chosen recently as recipient of the 2010 AIM Alumni Achievement Award or the Triple A for his role in the development of the DMIA as a gateway to the Philippines.
The award was given by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) last February 26 in Makati City.
