The operator of Clark International Airport is wooing airlines to connect Clark in Pampanga to North America.
“We are currently in negotiations with air carriers, pertaining especially in connecting Clark to North America,” Clark International Airport Corp. president and chief executive Alexander Cauguiran said.
Cauguiran said the airport management was in talks with the unnamed carriers.
He said Clark has a huge market of travelers coming from Regions 1 to 3 and Camanava area (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela) with a combined population of 24.2 million.
“Clark ought to be the most logical and practical airport of choice of the people from the northern and central parts of Luzon,” Cauguiran said.
He said the Transportation Department would a new passenger terminal at Clark International Airport with an 8-million-passenger capacity.
“Secretary [Arthur] Tugade’s plan is to build another terminal by 2019 or before President Duterte’s term ends,” Cauguiran said.
The Transportation Department is scheduled to release an initial P2.8 billion for the construction of the new terminal.