Manila ROUTES ASIA REPORT
A formal decision on the site for Manila’s new international airport is close to being made. Delivering a keynote address at the
Routes Asia Strategy Summit, Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya, Secretary at the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), said the new facility will be within 20km of the city’s business centre with two runways initially, before doubling that number. However, it could be a couple of decades until the new facility becomes operational. The DOTC recently dropped central Manila Bay as one of the possible locations due to objections from
ROUTES ASIA 2016, MANILA, PHILIPPINES MARCH 6-8, 2016
Manila International Airport decision soon
Philippine Ports Authority on how the reclaimed land will impact on shipping channels and anchorage. It is now considering converting a naval base at Sangley Point in Cavite and also a site at Laguna Lake, based on the recommendation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The new facility is being developed
to replace the current Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which is already operating beyond its 31 million passengers per annum capacity, although there remains the option to run both airports to meet future growth projections – passengers in the Greater Capital Region are predicted to exceed 100 million by 2040.
Mactan-Cebu shows its global potential
Mactan-Cebu International Airport is setting its sights on the Chinese, Australian and European markets as it seeks to consolidate its reputation as an international airport. CEO Andrew Harrison said he was using this year’s Routes Asia forum in Manila, Philippines, to showcase the airport’s potential around the world. He added the three markets were
key to future plans for the airport as it welcomes a further three international carriers this spring, EVA Air, Xiamen Airlines and Emirates Airline, on top of the nine that already operate there. To bring in the new business, a special delegation of stakeholders will visit China in order to help overturn current perceptions of Mactan-Cebu, which has seen the airport labelled as largely serving the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) market.
“The biggest opportunity we see is helping the rest of the world understand the tourism offering we have; specifically Cebu is at the centre of most of the tourist destinations,” he added. Up to 70 Chinese tour
The Routes Asia Strategy Summit discussed plans for Manila’s new international airport
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific in US first
Senior representatives from Philippines carrier Cebu Pacific joined forces with executives from Guam’s Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport and Guam Visitors Bureau at Routes Asia to celebrate the low-cost carrier’s new link between Manila and the US island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. The new route, Cebu Pacific’s first to the USA, took to the air shortly after the forum on March 15, 2016, and is being flown four times weekly using an Airbus A320.
The Guam team collected a Routes Asia award in Manila
The airline will be the only low-cost carrier flying directly between the Philippines and Guam, currently served on an often daily basis by Philippine Airlines from Manila, as well as on an 11 times weekly basis by United Airlines.
operators will then be flown via Mactan-Cebu on a four-day familiarisation trip to the area. Harrison added
while Australia has 300,000 OFWs he believes a direct flight to the country will
prove popular with
tourists. Europe is also being targeted with the family market high on Harrison’s list for their main annual holiday. “Europe is huge
from a tourism perspective,” he added.
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