The P2.4-billion infrastructure project along the new passenger terminal building of Clark International Airport is almost complete, according to state-run Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC).
In a recent site inspection, Aaron Aquino, CIAC president, said the airport ramp and taxiway along the new passenger terminal of Clark airport, including asphalt overlay of the old runway, pavement markings, ground service road marking and aircraft nose wheel stop line signages, and other access road construction are now 99.4 percent done.
“These completed horizontal infra works are laid down ahead of the new normal setting, post-pandemic, which will be a return to the bustle of air travel and Clark airport’s expected profitability,” Aquino said in a statement.
He added the asphalting of the access roads and the taxiway extension are almost finished at Clark airport’s south-end portion — the area where the globally-known aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services providers Metrojet Engineering Clark and SIA Engineering Philippines are located.
Aquino also said CIAC ensured the meticulous work completion, such as the clearing of asphalt truck tire marks at the taxiway and access roads, repair of pavement cracks or chipped markings, embankment of eroded portions and construction of additional canal with steel gratings.
The projects were jointly funded by the CIAC’s airport infrastructure expansion program budget and the Department of Transportation, the agency with operational supervision over CIAC.
Meanwhile, the commercial operation of Clark International Airport’s new passenger terminal building is targeted to start this December.
It was completed in October 2020. It is the first phase of the airport’s expansion and will increase passenger capacity from the current four million to 12 million per year. – Myla Iglesias
