CLARK FREEPORT – The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has allotted P100 million for a feasibility study on the Clark International Airport terminal.
This according to Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose Luciano who was interviewed on Tuesday at the launching of the new on-line booking site of AirAsia Group and Singapore-based Expedia.
Luciano disclosed that the feasibility study would primarily focus on the creation of an international passenger terminal. He earlier said that the planned P12-billion budget terminal had been shelved in preparation for the bigger terminal for both low-cost and legacy airlines.
Luciano said the budget had been approved by the Transportation Sec. Mar Roxas in their meeting at the DOTC office in Quezon City last Monday.
Luciano said that an international consortium would be tapped to prepare the CIA as a major international airport in the country.
The CIA had 600,000 passengers from January to June, a 54 percent increase in passenger volume over the same period last year. He said they expect at least 800,000 passengers in the remaining six months of 2012.
Luciano added that based on CAPA Center for Aviation, the CIA is the world’s fastest growing airport in the world.
“Other airports have grown by as much as 8 percent. We grew 54 percent and we will improve more,” said Luciano.
This as Luciano announced that ZestAir wanted to return its operations at Clark. It earlier launched flights to Hong Kong.
ZestAir will re-join Cebu Pacific, AirAsia, Dragonair. AirPhil Express Jin Air, South East Asian Airline and Asiana Airlines at Clark.
Earlier, Luciano said that capacity of the planned new international terminal will be “much bigger” than the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) in Manila.
