SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE – Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) encouraged residents of Central Luzon to book their flights in Clark International Airport (CRK).
“The existing terminal of CRK has a 4.2-million-passenger capacity, that is why residents of the region are being highly urged to book their flights there instead,” CIAC President Alexander Cauguiran said during the recent CRK North Philippines Roadshow in Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
He also stressed that most passengers are still flying in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) because CRK is still not fully utilized.
“Did you know that more or less 40 million passengers, both domestic and international, were generated in NAIA last year? More or less 10 million came from Northern and Central Luzon,” Cauguiran disclosed.
The ease of transportation is one factor for the passengers to consider in flying through CRK instead, since it is connected in the many of the major expressways of the country namely the North Luzon, Subic-Clark-Tarlac, and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressways.
Furthermore, Cauguiran said CRK is now connected to the major islands of the Philippines.
“[Our] airport is already connected to Mindanao, Visayas, and even in Palawan. There are now flights to Davao, Cebu, Kalibo, Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran, Nueva Vizcaya and even to the private island of Balesin,” he stressed. (CLJD/JRAA-PIA 3)