The Clark International Airport will hit the 2.5-million mark in the number of passengers before the year ends, the top executive of government-run Clark International Airport Corp. said on Monday.
CIAC president and chief executive officer Jaime Melo said CRK was expected to receive its 2.5 millionth passenger around the third week of December.
“CRK is now one of the country’s busiest airports and this 2.5-million passenger mark is another record-breaking milestone for Clark,” Melo said.
CRK recorded an all-time high of over 1.5 million passengers in 2017, translating into 4,500 domestic aircraft movement and 6,484 international aircraft movement.
“At present, CRK sustains 390 domestic and 184 international flights weekly. We are also targeting at least 11 domestic and 24 international destinations for next year,” Melo said.
CRK tallied 242,840 passengers from May 1 to 31, 2018″•the highest monthly total passengers recorded in the 23-year history of the airport.
CRK on August 17 handled the most number of travelers in a day with 11,472 passengers.