DIOSDADO Macapagal international Airport, or 'Clark', has always been positioned as a secondary airport, servicing the city of Manila, trailing behind the Ninoy Aquino international Airport in terms of traffic and revenues. The traffic yield for the airport has been mainly regional and domestic aircraft from LCCs.
However, Clark international Airport corporation (CIAC) has underlined plans to turn Clark into the primary airport of Manila, and also to position it as a regional hub for incoming wide-body traffic from North America.
Upgrading has taken in landside, screening and airside, to turn it into one of the largest airports in the world. Plans for three new runways, a series of taxiways, a new terminal building and a new cargo complex are being drawn up, taking the cost of the project to US$1.7 million.
Expansion programmes such as these show how critical it is for airports to plan for their future positioning, taking into account future passenger and cargo-traffic projections. Clark has foreseen the limitations of the Subic Bay International Airport: it has rightly positioned itself to be the next cargo hub. capable of handling aircraft as big as the A380F. However, this plan suffered a small setback when FedEx cancelled its A380F orders due to design and manufacturing delays.
DIOSDADO Macapagal international Airport, or 'Clark', has always been positioned as a secondary airport, servicing the city of Manila, trailing behind the Ninoy Aquino international Airport in terms of traffic and revenues. The traffic yield for the airport has been mainly regional and domestic aircraft from LCCs. However, Clark international Airport corporation (CIAC) has underlined plans to turn Clark into the primary airport of Manila, and also to position it as a regional hub for incoming wide-body traffic from North America. Upgrading has taken in landside, screening and airside, to turn it into one of the largest airports in the world. Plans for three new runways, a series of taxiways, a new terminal building and a new cargo complex are being drawn up, taking the cost of the project to US$1.7 million. Expansion programmes such as these show how critical it is for airports to plan for their future positioning, taking into account future passenger and cargo-traffic projections. Clark has foreseen the limitations of the Subic Bay International Airport: it has rightly positioned itself to be the next cargo hub. capable of handling aircraft as big as the A380F. However, this plan suffered a small setback when FedEx cancelled its A380F orders due to design and manufacturing delays.
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