The new CRK terminal features all-gender restrooms in an effort to create a more vibrant and inclusive community for everyone.
Clark International Airport’s (CRK) new passenger terminal building, which will open its doors to passengers and visitors by the end of 2021, will feature inclusive amenities such as all-gender restrooms, nursing stations, and multifaith prayer rooms.
“Creating welcoming and inclusive spaces is at the heart of CRK. CRK will be a space where we embrace a positive atmosphere and treat everyone with utmost respect,” BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vince Dizon said. “At CRK, it is about accommodation and inclusion for all.”
Restrooms at the new CRK terminal will provide all-gender accommodations for transgender, non-binary identifying individuals, and cis-gender people traveling with opposite-sex children or elderly companions. Other inclusive features include nursing stations and prayer rooms, each with a foot-washing area for Muslims.
Photo caption: The new CRK terminal’s prayer rooms include a foot-washing station that Muslim passengers and visitors can use for ritual cleansing.
Inclusivity and intuitiveness are among the key principles that Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD) follows in terms of operating and managing the new CRK terminal.
With a vision to be the quietest gateway in the Philippines, LIPAD will operate a “silent airport policy” where passengers and visitors will rarely hear boarding calls and instead rely on posted announcements for quick reference.
Colors and signages will guide passengers and visitors at the new CRK terminal. Facing Manila Bay, the carpets and chairs at the domestic area are in blue; while green is the color for the international area as it faces Mount Arayat.
LIPAD, led by Filinvest Development Corporation, JG Summit Holdings Inc., Changi Airports Philippines Pte. Ltd. and Philippine Airport Ground Solutions Inc., won the 25-year concession for the operations and management of CRK in January 2019.
The CRK New Passenger Terminal Building Project is the first hybrid public-private partnership project that was planned, constructed and completed–from start to finish–under the Build Build Build program of the Duterte administration.
