TARLAC CITY --- Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano said residents of Northern Luzon can now access the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport for their overseas trip.
Describing it as “Airport of the North”, Luciano noted that it is more convenient and economical for residents of Region 1, 2, and 3 and the Cordillera Administrative Region to fly out of the country via the Clark Airport. Most of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who hail from Central Luzon and Northern Luzon are now utilizing the DMIA because of the presence of budget airlines.
Among the airlines operating at the Clark airport are Asiana of South Korea, Tiger Airways of Singapore, Air Asia of Malaysia and Cebu Pacific, the first major local carrier that launched flights to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau. Local carrier Southeast Asian Airlines (Seair) was also flying between Clark and the island paradise of Boracay via Caticlan Airport.
Luciano said that residents of both Central and Northern Luzon can also fly to various key cities all over the world via Asiana, the first international carrier which operated in the Clark airport.
“We would like to tell our countrymen that they can now access their flights via DMIA without having to go to Manila and that saves a lot of time and money for our countrymen,” said Luciano.
Luciano said the DMIA can be accessed via the modern Subic-Clark-Tarlac Exressway (SCTEX) from Tarlac all the way to the Clark South Interchange which is directly linked to the airport.
The Clark South Interchange is inside the Clark Freeport Zone. It is also linked to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
“The Clark airport is most beneficial to residents of Central and Northern Luzon. It is most convenient and economical because passengers will no longer have to go all the way to Manila to catch their flights,” said Luciano.
Luciano also announced other airlines like Spirit of Manila Airlines will launch international flights from Clark such as the Clark-Taipei-Clark, the Clark-Kaosheun-Clark. Spirit of Manila also intends to fly to the Middle East to serve the growing number of OFWs in the CL and NL.
“We shall be bringing you a bigger terminal we call it the Terminal 2 and we expect it to be finish in about 15 to 24 months and that means we will have a world-class international airport, for the moment we have the airport with a capacity of 1 million to 2 million,” said Luciano.
Luciano said the new terminal will have a capacity of 8 million with tubes, so Clark and Subic is building a large logistics based.
The CIAC Roadshow which is aimed to promote the international flights being offered at the Clark airport was launched at the Clark Freeport and already visited Olongapo City. It is currently holding a three-day mall exhibit at the Metrotown Mall in Tarlac City between April 13 and 15. It will also visit Dagupan, Laoag, Cabanatuan, Vigan, La Union, Cagayan, Tuguegarao, Isabela and Baguio City.