DMIA Terminal 1 Expansion in Full Blast
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano said on Wednesday (March 3) that the construction of the P308 million Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) Terminal 1 Expansion is in full blast expected to be operational in April.
"The DMIA Terminal 1 Expansion is in full blast, and we expect this to be operational by April," Luciano said during an interview over the local Radio Station DWRW 95.1 hosted by Perry Pangan and Max Sangil.
"We expect this to be operational in the middle of April, and we will invite President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to lead the inauguration of the new expanded terminal on her birthday (April 5)." he added.
The two aero bridges had already arrived last March 4 at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex which would be installed at the new expanded terminal.
The new expanded DMIA Terminal 1 is a two-storey building that will feature two aero bridges, flight information display, close circuit television, background music, public address system,x-ray machines, escalators and elevators.
Luciano said that the new expanded terminal will have a bigger space for commercial concessionaires including a larger lounge for passengers.
The expanded terminal will accommodate an additional 500,000 passengers annually. The current capacity of the terminal is 2 million passengers annually. President Arroyo last February inspected the P308 million DMIA Terminal 1 Expansion during her Urban Luzon Beltway tour were she visited all of her infrastructure projects in the Northern Philippines.
At the same time, Luciano also expressed his gratitude to all the stakeholders at Clark Freeport for their support especially in the development of the Diosdado Macapagal International (DMIA) which now hosts to foreign and local carriers flying out of Clark.
"I would like to thank all the stakeholders of Clark, to the Clark development Corporation (CDC) and the employees of CIAC for their support," Luciano said after bagging the 2010 AIM Alumni Achievement Award or the Triple A for his excellent performance that resulted in the development of DMIA. The award was given by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) last February 26 in Makati City.