San Miguel gets original proponent status for Bulacan proposalAdvertisementsClark airport is too far from Manila to be an alternative to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, a senior International Air Transport Association official said on Friday. “Clark is too far to be the key hub for the city,” IATA Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said in a press conference during the Philippine Aviation Day held in Makati Shangri-la. Asked if the construction of a railway connecting Manila to Clark would help in making the Clark International Airport (CRK) as a good alternative, de Juniac replied “we don’t think so.”He said that ideally, an alternative airport should be at most 60 kilometers away from a city. If approved by the NEDA, the Bulacan airport project will be subjected to a Swiss challenge. “Please respect the three conditionalities: Bs sure there is no govenrment guarantees and assure us that there will be no govenrnment subsidies, and do not transfer moving airlines to the new airport,” Tugade said.

Source: Manila Times October 27, 2017 17:48 UTC