Builds Budget Terminal
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is revising the masterplan of Clark International Airport (CIA) to include facilities for low cost carrier operations (LCC)s.
The masterplan update will cost the government P160 million for the revisions.
In the revision, a budget terminal will be build next year for completion in 2016 with a price tag of 6 billion pesos.
DOTC said the new budget terminal will be an entirely different structure to look more like Changi Airport in Singapore but linked to the existing legacy passenger terminal building.
The original masterplan for Clark International Airport does not include budget terminal for Manila-Clark as it is fondly called by foreign airline operators.
Low Cost Carrier traffic accounts to 80% of all aircraft movements in the airport according to DOTC Official.
“80 percent of traffic is LCC so there is a need to build a budget terminal,” Jaime Raphael Feliciano, DOTC assistant secretary for Planning and Project Development.
DOTC has allotted P3 billion of its 2014 budget for the construction of the 45,000-square meter budget terminal while another 3 billion will be appropriated in 2015 to complete it.
The budget terminal will hold 4.5 million passengers per year.
Currently, Clark has a legacy terminal with passenger capacity of two million per year.
DOTC said the legacy terminal will likewise be expanded to accomodate a million more possibly under a public private partnership (PPP) program which will see the construction of additional floor space for pre-departure area and one more boarding gate.
Earlier, Clark International Airport Corp. President Victor Luciano proposed the construction of a 10 million passenger terminal building, but his proposal was trimmed down by DOTC for being "too ambitious".
Legacy carriers Asiana Airlines and Dragonair, are the only full service carriers operating Clark at the moment, but they will be joined later in October by Emirates and Qatar Airways doubling the legacy traffic to 25%.
The rest of the traffic is fed by AirAsia, Cebu Pacific, Seair, Jin Air which are all low cost carriers.
Clark is the fastest growing airport in the country posting passenger traffic of 1.3 million in 2012. It is slated to be the country's third busiest airport this year.
The masterplan update will cost the government P160 million for the revisions.
In the revision, a budget terminal will be build next year for completion in 2016 with a price tag of 6 billion pesos.
DOTC said the new budget terminal will be an entirely different structure to look more like Changi Airport in Singapore but linked to the existing legacy passenger terminal building.The original masterplan for Clark International Airport does not include budget terminal for Manila-Clark as it is fondly called by foreign airline operators.
Low Cost Carrier traffic accounts to 80% of all aircraft movements in the airport according to DOTC Official.
“80 percent of traffic is LCC so there is a need to build a budget terminal,” Jaime Raphael Feliciano, DOTC assistant secretary for Planning and Project Development.
DOTC has allotted P3 billion of its 2014 budget for the construction of the 45,000-square meter budget terminal while another 3 billion will be appropriated in 2015 to complete it.
The budget terminal will hold 4.5 million passengers per year.
Currently, Clark has a legacy terminal with passenger capacity of two million per year.
DOTC said the legacy terminal will likewise be expanded to accomodate a million more possibly under a public private partnership (PPP) program which will see the construction of additional floor space for pre-departure area and one more boarding gate.
Earlier, Clark International Airport Corp. President Victor Luciano proposed the construction of a 10 million passenger terminal building, but his proposal was trimmed down by DOTC for being "too ambitious".
Legacy carriers Asiana Airlines and Dragonair, are the only full service carriers operating Clark at the moment, but they will be joined later in October by Emirates and Qatar Airways doubling the legacy traffic to 25%.
The rest of the traffic is fed by AirAsia, Cebu Pacific, Seair, Jin Air which are all low cost carriers.
Clark is the fastest growing airport in the country posting passenger traffic of 1.3 million in 2012. It is slated to be the country's third busiest airport this year.
