New Iloilo Airport 2007 update
It seems that the imminent opening of the new Iloilo airport in Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan is pushing through with no major hitches. The Sta. Barbara bypass road is already being asphalted and the access road going to the airport is now complete with landscaped center islands and street lights. The physical structures such as the terminal, control tower, and runway has already taken shape and look like they’re ready for use.
The new airport took some 8 years to make possible at a cost of P8.7 billion. The three-story passenger terminal, about 12,000 sq. meter in floor area, houses the baggage conveyor on the first floor, the check in area and the airline offices on the second floor and the pre-departure area on the third, and the arrival area along the corridors that lead to the first floor. The airport can accommodate six aircrafts simultaneously parking at a time.
According to news reports a test flight was conducted on January 26, 2006. Though, the results of the test still hasn’t been publicized. Senator Franklin Drilon will grace the event, as he was one of the people who was actively lobbying for the completion of this historic project.
If things go as planned, hopefully without any disturbances similar to what happened to terminal 3 of NAIA, the New Airport will be opened in April 2007.
The old airport will then be closed and handed down to the winner of the bidding, set next month on February 2007. Already 5 companies have signified their interest to acquire the 55-hectare old airport lot in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. They include: Ayala, SM, Robinsons, Filinvest, and Rockwell. According to Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, the airport site will have an initial floor price of P1,800 per square meter or P18,000,000 per hectare.
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God Bless ILOILO City and the Province! And the whole PHILIPPINES! Cheers to all!! :)
replyI am proud of our NIA. When the international flight will open soon, that means ILOILO Airport needs terminal 2. Probably 4 air bridges are necessary. By the next 2 years I can see the booming economy of ILOILO City, Province and the WHOLE Panay Island. Remember those were the days, that Panay Island was the Cash Cow in WV. Now is the time to bring back the Old Glory to the Island. Cheers! :)
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replyvery happy gid ko for the new international airport kay lapit lang sa puli-an ko hopefully next year, excited na gid ko! One of the special people ilonggo pa! Hopefully less traffic between Sta. Barbarra and Pavia kay ara ako sa tunga-tunga ga puli. God Bless Iloilo…
replycheers joy!
replyWe(from Australia) are very happy to know that we have an international airport in iloilo. All the best to all the Ilonggos! We deserve the best!
replyms zenaida gus2 mo updan ta ka? indi ka na mahadlok, enjoy ka pa. kit anay kita sa datu puti internationa airport.
replygreefil of course may ara na amo gani nga ginatawag ta ini nga datu puti international airport kay maka cater sng international flight. i charter mo ang plane kag ngayo ka permission to land.
i would like to ask if you have a fligth singapore to iloilo international airport. coz we would like to connet our fligth athens to sigapore-singapore to iloilo(singapore airlines)
replybal-an mo hadlok ko magsakay sa taxi labi na gid sa gab-i
replyi think your thinking is farther than the airport. layo man ang airport pro ang paminsaron mo mas malayo pa gid. you need a reference point before you can say that a place is far.
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