TAGBILARAN CITY: The provincial government of Bohol is eyeing a massive recruitment drive to fill up manpower needs for operation of the new Bohol Panglao Airport. Edgar Chatto, in statement on Saturday, said the manpower requirement should be satisfied before the airport opens in August. At present, the airport needs at least 190 aviation and Customs officers to man theIt is set to open for commercial operations by the third quarter of 2018. Reports coming from Bohol’s Effective Development Communications (Edcom) Unit said the airport operations require about 600 aviation employees and Customs officers and personnel to handle the 24-hour operations. In a television interview earlier, Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade named the Bohol Panglao Airport as one of the three “world-class” airports that will operate this year.

Source: Manila Times February 11, 2018 19:07 UTC