Gordon said they should have reset the flights at the international airports at the Subic and Clark freeports, as he bewailed “government neglect” of airports in the two areas.
In his Facebook account post, Gordon lamented that “many many thousands of our people and tourists are being terribly inconvenienced (by the flight cancellations).”
“Work and business are disrupted resulting in many millions lost in the economy,” he noted.
“Why not use Clark and Subic airports now and for always?” he asked.
Gordon said that “Fedex had regular night and day flights of 747s and airbus cargo planes from Subic for several years.”
He noted that “Clark is only one and a half hour away, while Subic is two hours away from Manila.”
“Traffic from Manila airport usually takes that long to Quezon city anyway,” he added.
Gordon said tapping the full potentials of the airports in Subic and Clark “will boost the Central and Northern Luzon economy.”
“Connecting or commuter aircraft operations to Baguio, La Union, Ilocos region and also Cagayan and Isabela airports can be developed from Subic or Clark airports. This will allow passengers choices and eventually lead to cheaper tickets and boost the economies of these areas,” he said.
Gordon lamented that “for too long, the government has wasted the economic impact by Subic and Clark airports as well as Subic’s seaport to generate opportunities in jobs and investments to Luzon by its failure to maximize these major infrastructure assets.”
“ Metro Manila could be decongested and relieved of its woes such as traffic and possible urban mass casualty disaster if the three airports of Subic, Clark and Manila as well as the three seaports of Subic, Mariveles and Manila were fully utilized,” he noted.
Gordon also said that “factories and business establishments and homes could move to either side of empty lands along NLEx, SCTEx etc. and create a super pump primed economy where speed and choice in opportunities matter.”
