since you are speaking to me in tongue, eh di tatagalugin na rin kita, oh, i cant believe im doing this. kawawa naman pala ang waiting area ng davao airport, people are exposed to the elements, maski bubong o proper na upuan wala, kaya siguro the kid chose to lie dun sa hindi naman dapat higaan, security personel from other airports im sure would call the kids attention right away. in davao? well, look at the picture.

if you've been to the DIA, you would know na merong waiting area ang DIA both sa domestic at international wing..parking area yan eh..nagkataon na ang mga tao nandyan sa malayo maybe they were smoking or whatever..bawal kasi manigarilyo sa waiting area..

here it is..

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/dvoair.jpg

Those people are in the parking space in front of the airport who probably just sent their relatives or family members.

Those people are in the parking space in front of the airport who probably just sent their relatives or family members.

buti ka pa, may sense ang pagtingin mo sa pic..

so first it was the waiting area, it now became a parking area, and now its a parking area where some family members are waiting? ok, whats next? but still, they should not allow people, a kid in this case, to just lie wherever they like, like its their living room. what if something will happen to the kid? an accidental fall perhaps? i dont think security is that tight in davao airport, but thats just me.

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

buti ka pa, may sense ang pagtingin mo sa pic..

Well, I know kasi dyan din ako tumambay kasama yung mga naghatid sa akin bago ako nag check-in. :)

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

Basta may mga international airlines na nagbabyahe sa airport, understood na yan. Hindi magkakaroon ng international chartered flights ang Davao kung hindi to kahit minimum standard for international purposes. Katakot takot din na feasibility studies ang ginagawa ng airline companies bago sila lumapag dito.

hahahahaha, you dont get my point do you? there was a joke icon at the end of my sentence, i suggest you read the title of the thread and my post. dig it?

Yeah I know. I'm focusing on the more serious issue of airports capable of handling international flights than making 'pun' of someone. :D

so first it was the waiting area, it now became a parking area, and now its a parking area where some family members are waiting? ok, whats next? but still, they should not allow people, a kid in this case, to just lie wherever they like, like its their living room. what if something will happen to the kid? an accidental fall perhaps? i dont think security is that tight in davao airport, but thats just me.

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

here valium... the location of the kid lying is nowhere in this picture of the waiting area... ang layo kaya non, parking area na nga eh. malapit tignan kasi malapit sa cam ang bata, just like if you take a picture of your thumb with the moon as the background gets?

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/NewAirport13.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/NewAirport18.jpg

ibig mong sabihin bawal mahiga dun sa parking area ang bata baka mahulog? ano yon highrise building? 2 feet lang ata yun ah LOL! security aint tight as DIA hahahaha now you're joking. about the bold letters, well that's you eh wala na tayong magawa dyan. basta and DIA hindi international airport ano lang sya local bus terminal ng mga airplane ok?

since you are speaking to me in tongue, eh di tatagalugin na rin kita, oh, i cant believe im doing this.
-sorry ha, hindi ko alam na ayaw mo mag tagalog.


kawawa naman pala ang waiting area ng davao airport, people are exposed to the elements, maski bubong o proper na upuan wala, kaya siguro the kid chose to lie dun sa hindi naman dapat higaan.
-i can only do nothing with this phrase but LOL. visit the area please before you make "lait lait" ha (cris aquino accent). DIA compound is big pare, baka akala mo like T2 ito na pag labas mo sa arrival area pwede kana sumakay ng jeepney sa unahan. in DIA after the arrival area, may four lane access road, after that the parking area na pwede kang mag football sa laki, after that an open space for expansion, and after that (outside the compound by the way) the lanes reserved for taxis, and after that saka na yung main highway. whatever you'll do at the parking area is allowed pare as long as legal, afterall davao is a free city.


security personel from other airports im sure would call the kids attention right away. in davao? well, look at the picture.
-nahiga ako sa T2 doon sa sahig in front of SMOKEYS dahil sa sobrang pagod, hindi naman ako sinita ah? maybe nga yung bata kasi mukhang yagit di mo type kaya yon, eyesore sa paningin mo. have a heart naman pare nasa pinas tayo.

FEAR. Not fear of flying but fear of dying kasi hanggang ngayon di pa rin mawala sa isip ng tao ang unairworthiness ng old planes nila. I tried Asian Spirit once (actually twice kasi return flights) to Caticlan. Nakakatakot. But fortunately, they were two of the smoothest flights I took in years. Pero kung may PAL, di ako sasakay do'n. Charge lang kasi sa client, kaya no choice, at kasama ko sya. Di naman nagtitipid. Milyonaryo yon. Kaya lang, it's the most convenient, shortest and fastest connection to Boracay. Kaya malakas and has proven its efficiency and reliability.

And Davao could easily achieve that recognition because of its strategic location - the most convenient, shortest and fastest link to EAGA, Australia, and other parts of Asia and the world.

Same here. When I went to Boracay in 2002 (my second time and hoping to do my 3rd albeit someday) I had the option to fly Asian Spirit straight from Cebu but showed my white feather later when I found out that the plane was a bit tiny. So I opted to fly to Iloilo, stayed overnight and took the circuitous road to Catiklan. To me, I'd rather pass out from motion sickness (on an overland transpo) than die of heart attack from plane turbulence which would likely happen with smaller planes.

Same here. When I went to Boracay in 2002 (my second time and hoping to do my 3rd albeit someday) I had the option to fly Asian Spirit straight from Cebu but showed my white feather later when I found out that the plane was a bit tiny. So I opted to fly to Iloilo, stayed overnight and took the circuitous road to Catiklan. To me, I'd rather pass out from motion sickness (on an overland transpo) than die of heart attack from plane turbulence which would likely happen with smaller planes.

ako naman, i would take a plane to manila then to caticlan then back to manila then to davao.....bahala na expensive, basta comfortable ako....thats what i do everytime i go to boracay.... :scouserd:

so first it was the waiting area, it now became a parking area, and now its a parking area where some family members are waiting? ok, whats next? but still, they should not allow people, a kid in this case, to just lie wherever they like, like its their living room. what if something will happen to the kid? an accidental fall perhaps? i dont think security is that tight in davao airport, but thats just me.

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

Here's to an incurable sickness

"What's wrong, don't you get any attention back home?"

I really like the undertone of this signature. Really!

so first it was the waiting area, it now became a parking area, and now its a parking area where some family members are waiting? ok, whats next? but still, they should not allow people, a kid in this case, to just lie wherever they like, like its their living room. what if something will happen to the kid? an accidental fall perhaps? i dont think security is that tight in davao airport, but thats just me.

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

Thanks Gravy for showing some class. You don't wanna go as barbaric as this right, Gravy?

ako naman, i would take a plane to manila then to caticlan then back to manila then to davao.....bahala na expensive, basta comfortable ako....thats what i do everytime i go to boracay.... :scouserd:


Haay, ako syadong takot sa malilit na plane kahit yong 737 papuntang Cebu ayoko sumakay dahil pagdating sa bandang Bohol grabe and turbulence. Ginagawa ko was, to always take the Bachelor Bus from Ecoland Terminal to CDO then ride a ferry to Cebu. Bahala na malunod kay balo man ko langoy. lol

4. its ok to see these kind of scenes in malls.... but in a supposedly "international" and "world-class" airport?
-hindi naman international at world class ang davao airport, mas ok pa nga ang airport ng ilo-ilo, o di kaya bacolod eh.


Yung tinutkoy mo ba e yung New Sta. Barbara Airport sa Iloilo at New Bacolod Airport?

^^ nope sera, actually it's just a joke created after valium's comment about DIA not an international. ilo-ilo and bacolod's new airport if finished, i'm sure, will be world class too, but for now DIA is on top compared to those airport mentioned.

so first it was the waiting area, it now became a parking area, and now its a parking area where some family members are waiting? ok, whats next? but still, they should not allow people, a kid in this case, to just lie wherever they like, like its their living room. what if something will happen to the kid? an accidental fall perhaps? i dont think security is that tight in davao airport, but thats just me.

it hit me, davao's airport is not international at all, its internatioANAL, hmmmm, im sure gravy will dig this, aaay ari ka gid ya sister! :jk:

Hey boy...ano ka ba? BADING? :bash: :bash: :bash:

Anal? sister? pump machine? hehehehe

BAka iba pinapump mo pre LOL :)

^^ nope sera, actually it's just a joke created after valium's comment about DIA not an international. ilo-ilo and bacolod's new airport if finished, i'm sure, will be world class too, but for now DIA is on top compared to those airport mentioned.

Kasi sa ngayon ito pa lang si Iloilo Airport:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/BernieMack_141_.jpg

Siguro kung marami pang space ang alloted sa expansion sa airport, malamang within city limits lang ang airport, kaso very dense ang Iloilo and small ang land area. Anyway, comparable naman ang distance ng new Iloilo Airport sa Davao kasi halos 15-18 kilometers ang layo nito sa downtown. Murag gikan ka Matina padulong Buhangin/Airport area.

But so far, I like Davao International Airport more (bisan nga di sya steel-toe shoes friendly airport,hehehe! :D)

Thanks Gravy for showing some class. You don't wanna go as barbaric as this right, Gravy?


uhhh no..lols i didnt know i hit valium that hard that he's now trying to attack me on a personal basis..ari ka gid ya sister?lols maybe i hit a nerve on him or something that he went that low..oh well, nice try bud..

@konsehal mentioned a "breaktrhough" in the davao thread. Any balita regarding this. Our compatriots with the good intell, xzibit, abskess you guys hear anything about this??? Sounds like good news, I was dreaming that ek would do a direct flight with a a330 kahit 3 times a week lang! That would open up everyone in Europe to Davao! Madaling Madali na talaga puntahan. Even if it's not EK but one of the younger UAE airlines liket etihad or qatar would do very nicely! I would have thought there is enough ofw from the whole of mindanao for this traffic (to the Middle east) plus of course we must leverage off our "muslim" heritage. :)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoairport10111.jpg

@konsehal mentioned a "breaktrhough" in the davao thread. Any balita regarding this. Our compatriots with the good intell, xzibit, abskess you guys hear anything about this??? Sounds like good news, I was dreaming that ek would do a direct flight with a a330 kahit 3 times a week lang! That would open up everyone in Europe to Davao! Madaling Madali na talaga puntahan. Even if it's not EK but one of the younger UAE airlines liket etihad or qatar would do very nicely! I would have thought there is enough ofw from the whole of mindanao for this traffic (to the Middle east) plus of course we must leverage off our "muslim" heritage. :)

Im also waiting for any news about this. I am still a little bit skeptical about Viva Macau, because the supposedly launch flight is less than three weeks away, and i still don't see any official news conference and/or marketing activities. The flight isn't on the system yet as well (i check everyday).

I dont see EK (or EY/QR/GF/KU) serving davao just yet because there are no connecton possibilities, aside from ZAM, CEB, MNL. QR already flies to CEB and MNL, EK to MNL, EY to MNL, GF to MNL, and KU to MNL, which offer connecting srvices to many points in the country. O&D (origin and destination) alone won't warrant a direct flight. Now, if we have a regional carrier in Mindanao with flights to ZAM,COT,DIP,CGY etc etc, then we can tap those market as well. Land transportation in Mindanao is not very good, at least for me, and after an 8 hour flight, the last thing you want to do is sit for three hours on an old Yellow Bus travelling on a (supposed to be) improved Davao-Gensan highway to Gensan. Not a very good option, so most people either fly to CEB or MNL then connect to their respective cities. Fantasy-wise, It would be really grand though!!! Imagine an EK A345 in DVO!!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoairport10111.jpg

fantastic set-up and nice shots tj_brewed. salamat for sharing

Ano na balita sa Asiana at Viva Macau to Davao? Tuloy ba sa Sept 17 ang Viva Macau?

^^Sa website ng Viva Macau (cool website by the way), flights to Jakarta and Male will commence on September. Wala pang balita sa Davao. Baka later this year pa or early 2007.

Im also waiting for any news about this. I am still a little bit skeptical about Viva Macau, because the supposedly launch flight is less than three weeks away, and i still don't see any official news conference and/or marketing activities. The flight isn't on the system yet as well (i check everyday).

I dont see EK (or EY/QR/GF/KU) serving davao just yet because there are no connecton possibilities, aside from ZAM, CEB, MNL. QR already flies to CEB and MNL, EK to MNL, EY to MNL, GF to MNL, and KU to MNL, which offer connecting srvices to many points in the country. O&D (origin and destination) alone won't warrant a direct flight. Now, if we have a regional carrier in Mindanao with flights to ZAM,COT,DIP,CGY etc etc, then we can tap those market as well. Land transportation in Mindanao is not very good, at least for me, and after an 8 hour flight, the last thing you want to do is sit for three hours on an old Yellow Bus travelling on a (supposed to be) improved Davao-Gensan highway to Gensan. Not a very good option, so most people either fly to CEB or MNL then connect to their respective cities. Fantasy-wise, It would be really grand though!!! Imagine an EK A345 in DVO!!!


hehe I was actually thinking of the ofw market. I think this flight would be 90% of it. for these people the flight would be chosen by their masters who will always pick the cheapest flight (it's one reason why PR can not compete with the uae guys even with a direct flight to their primary destination be it riyadh, abudhabi,etc - mas mahal kasi sila), I would suspect that the employer would just say take a bus to davao from wherever and then plane off from Davao.i.e. it's not the passengers choice! Of course a feeder airline would be more compelling. anyway doesn't really matter as it has to be studied properly, just dreaming here.

PAL eyes new routes from Davao

The Philippine Airlines is studying the possibility of opening new routes from Davao to the ASEAN countries. PAL executive vice president for Mindanao lawyer Dominador Duerme in an interview yesterday after guesting at the Club 888 Forum of The Marco Polo Hotel said the study is still within his level and is looking at the possibility of opening routes from Davao to Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, places considered heavy with passengers. He said they are still at the data gathering stage and are tapping travel agencies, industry sector and the historical figures which they could use to back up the study. The areas mentioned are PAL’s heavy sectors in Davao although he said that the routes could either be direct or connecting via Manila. He said they are eyeing Hong Kong and Japan for a direct flight where the target clients are the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who work as domestic helpers. The two areas, he said, are also attractive to local tourists as there are sites which they could access like the Disneyland in both countries. Korea is another possibility but could be accessed through connecting flights via Manila which is heavy with Korean nationals who love to play golf in Davao City. He said that to really attract visitors they have to go for a three times weekly flight. “Mas attractive ang maraming flights because they won’t come kung limited and movement,” he said. PAL, he said has a continuing program and that opening new routes is among them and is anticipating the coming in of new aircrafts by next year. “The new aircrafts aside from replacing the old ones will also be used to improve frequencies in their existing routes,” he said. Duerme said they still enjoy on the average a load factor between 70 to 80 percent and on peak season over 90 percent. He also said that they have not increased their fare rates despite the continuing increase in the price of fuel aviation and is offering up to this time promo rates which could be extended. Duerme said their first flight from Davao City always carry a load for international destination to Korea, Japan, Hongkong and the US which is between 60 to 100 passengers.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/iAmSRK.gif (http://www.angelfire.com/ak/RJPADirectory/davaoairport.html)

I don't know if this video link has been posted before, but I'll post it anyway.

Philippine Airlines A340-300 landing at Davao International Airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAqrQqNNE-g

nice video.....landing smack on the the center threshold of runway 05.... this is ann ILS landing....

sa MS flightsim 2004 ba, ang Gensan ug CDO ra lagi naa tung murag green na arrow sa GPS? how come wala ang Davao? ano ba yun? most Intl airports have the green path, davao ray wala...

sa MS flightsim 2004 ba, ang Gensan ug CDO ra lagi naa tung murag green na arrow sa GPS? how come wala ang Davao? ano ba yun? most Intl airports have the green path, davao ray wala...
kasi po kasi, un updated kasi yung nilaro mo. hehehe. I played na rin yang game na yan. para sa akin ha, mahirap talagang mag land kung walang ILS. Yung sinasabi mong green arrow, di yung GPS kundi ILS Threshold po yun. Sa CDO, isang side lang ng runway ang may ILS. Ganon din sa GSC. May mali sa Flightsim na to eh, yung runway ng GSC, may taxiway. Wala namang taxiway ang GSC airport eh. hehe.

ganun ba? may updated version pala ang FS2004? anyway, so whats mao diay nang ILS ang green path na makita nako sa GPS nako..lols

so sa totoon buhay may ILS (green path) ba ang Davao o wala talaga?

ganun ba? may updated version pala ang FS2004? anyway, so whats mao diay nang ILS ang green path na makita nako sa GPS nako..lols

so sa totoon buhay may ILS (green path) ba ang Davao o wala talaga?

complete ang ils dito sa davao. so i assume na merun yun sinasabi mo...hehehehe.

']ganun ba? may updated version pala ang FS2004? anyway, so whats mao diay nang ILS ang green path na makita nako sa GPS nako..lols

so sa totoon buhay may ILS (green path) ba ang Davao o wala talaga?

Visual representation lng po yun sa GPS mo para i guide ang plane on the right path to the runway.

there is a blurb on businesworld about brunei starting a brunei-davao flight soon, also a russian (?) airline doing a davao-kk-brunei sched!

there is a blurb on businesworld about brunei starting a brunei-davao flight soon, also a russian (?) airline doing a davao-kk-brunei sched!


mosphil?

http://www.unlawyer.net/wp-content/photos/miaa_anti_bomb_joke_notice.jpg

whats a blurb? lols :D hey wheneer we get these type of news, kindly include the links too :D

blurb is like a short article , almost like a pasaway ng pr statement.

sorry - cant' post a link because I read it in the print version of businessworld and you need sub access to it. So from memory na lang :)

Can't remember if it's mossphil, it could be ,sounds like moscow which is russian , harhar

Let's see the announcement na lang. But things are looking up , I hope these flights are profitable so that the DIA can really develop itself as a international gateway for Mindanao.

Brunei-Davao flight to start next year

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Direct flight between Brunei and Davao City may materialize early next year, a top government envoy recently said.

Retired general Efren Abu, the country's special envoy to the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysian, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-Eaga), said the government has initiated steps to enhance physical linkages of Mindanao to the rest of the growth area's member countries.

"Royal Brunei Airlines hinted that they will start early next year although we asked them to start (in) December," the former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said.

In 2003, President Gloria Arroyo urged Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei to open a direct flight of the Royal Brunei Airlines to Davao City because of their proximity.

Brunei is only 45 minutes by air travel to Davao City.

Aside from the Brunei-Davao flight, Abu also announced the impending resumption of the Zamboanga-Sandakan and the Davao-Kota Kinabalu-Brunei Darussalam air routes.

Presidential Assistant for Mindanao Jesus Dureza said Mindanao's current trade and tourism linkages to Eaga are being sustained by direct sea links between Zamboanga and Sandakan of Sabah, Malaysia as well as direct flights between Davao and Manado in Indonesia.

Dureza said the Zamboanga-Sandakan route would be serviced by local airline Asian Spirit and Filipino-Russian joint venture Mosphil Aero, which launched its domestic operations (Zambonga-Jolo) last week.

Abu said the Davao-Manado air route would soon increase to two flights a week.

To lure airline operators in the Eaga, Abu said the government reduced all air service fees by 50 percent for airlines traveling to Mindanao and Palawan from Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

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Aha the blurb is accurate. Great news. Then. Sana Mapuno ang flight para di macancel. I think a Davao-kk-Brunei Route would be good though. Daming pinoy doon. But only with a small plane. Even a 70 seater turbo prop would be good. That way the prices would be low and the market will develop.

Aha the blurb is accurate. Great news. Then. Sana Mapuno ang flight para di macancel. I think a Davao-kk-Brunei Route would be good though. Daming pinoy doon. But only with a small plane. Even a 70 seater turbo prop would be good. That way the prices would be low and the market will develop.

wag naman siguro 70 seater turbo prop...maybe a 70 seater jet would be nice...like a fokker 100...or an embraer (brazilian commercial jet maker...70 to 110 pax per jet; ang ganda ng mga eroplano na ito...very classy ang porma)

Royal Brunei doesn't have a turboprop a/c in it's fleet, so they will prolly ulitise an A319 or A320. Using B767 would be an overkill.. I hope this materialises, it'd be a good boost to intra-EAGA trade!

mukhang papadami ang nagkainteres sa dvo.

btw, accdg to viva-macau website:

We provide reliable air transport service for many types and sizes of shipments. We have cargo services to Clark, Davao, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, Male and Phuket.
http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/cargo/index.php

SOON IN DAVAO's SKIES!!!!

http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/images/home_1.jpg

wag naman siguro 70 seater turbo prop...maybe a 70 seater jet would be nice...like a fokker 100...or an embraer (brazilian commercial jet maker...70 to 110 pax per jet; ang ganda ng mga eroplano na ito...very classy ang porma)


hehe actually am the fan of turbo props kasi, plust the new ones are jsut as good and reliable as a jet, something modern of course like the Q400, that should bring the casm cost down by 30 to 40% and maybe the fares will only be in the hundreds. Pag madami na then E-jets like a 195 or of course up to a a A319! But in the meantime best to develop the market by enticing it with something cheap!

Anyway Brunei will not buy a turboprop for one route so it's probably their existing Airbuses as Huistenmark wrote.

Can somebody tell me the exact number of interbnational flights in DIA??What are these airlines as well???Thanks.....

^^^^
Silk Air (Singapore)
Merpati (Manado)
Asian Spirit (Koror)

^^^^
Silk Air (Singapore)
Merpati (Manado)
Asian Spirit (Koror)

dont forget...

Cebu Pac (Singapore, on oct 23 and Hongkong on Oct 2)

add to that CEbu Pacific..(HK and Sing)
and by the end of the year...

VIVA MACAU
ASIANA

^^^^ Pero Via Cebu naman lahat ng international flights ng Cebu Pacific...

^^ Then make Davao the hub of Mindanao. Kaya nyo yan!

OO nga bakit lahat ng international flights ng Cebu Pacific from Davao are all via Cebu?????Kaya naman ng Davao ng direct flights dba???

OO nga bakit lahat ng international flights ng Cebu Pacific from Davao are all via Cebu?????Kaya naman ng Davao ng direct flights dba???

mas matipid kasi..buti nga yun para ma sustain...di naman kasi practical na diretso one flight each ang DAVAO and CEBU diba..fact is, its still a direct flight (by definition) kasi di naman mag change Aircraft ang mga galing davao..wala rin domestic passengers yun.. tska alangan naman mag via davao..hehe ano yun, galing na sa gitna pupunta pa sa dulo..mahal pa naman ang aviation fuel..haha

Davao City International Airport: Ready for more passengers and bigger aircraft
By Rita Festin
The Philippine STAR 09/18/2006

DAVAO CITY — With air transportation crucial to economic and social connectivity in the Philippine archipelago, the new $128 million state-of-the-art international airport in this city is a welcome development. It is now fully operational and is raring to take in more passengers and bigger aircraft.

With Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing, the Davao airport in Mindanao has been upgraded and expanded to provide reliable and safe all-weather operations that meet international standards and remove infrastructure bottlenecks which were constraining the growth of domestic and international air services. It will also enhance Davao’s access to nearby markets and improve the overall economic prospects of the southern Philippines, and could be considered one vital link for the intermodal transport network essential for this area.

Last year, actual passenger volume already surpassed one million domestic passengers flown in by Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines and Asian Spirit out of 14 daily local flights. International passengers to and from Manado and Singapore reached almost 25,000. But Davao’s spacious and modern terminal building is designed to accommodate much more, and can easily accommodate up to twice its designed minimum passenger capacity of one million passengers.

The old airport terminal accommodated less than one million passengers in its last year of operation. It did not attract international flights and the city therefore fell short of its strategic role in the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). The passenger terminal had exceeded its capacity and the instrument landing system was not usable for precision approaches and landings. As a result, international flights did not fly to and from Davao, and international passengers heading for or leaving Davao were forced to use Manila as a transfer point.

Today, its present daily passenger volume is roughly 1,500, with the early morning peak hour servicing the bulk of that number. The succeeding flights do not have as much passenger traffic. But even at its peak, the airport can handle the steady inflow of passengers with its 14 domestic and 14 international check-in counters, almost double than its previous number of counters. The Check-In counters are equipped with electronic weighing scales and conveyors and its baggage handling system is also computerized.

The upgraded airport was funded through a loan from the Asian Development Bank, approved in 1994, which provided $41 million while the European Investment Bank provided $23 million. The original cost of the project was $105 million but due to foreign exchange escalation costs, the Asian financial crisis, and land acquisition costs, total cost of the Project reached $128 million.

The airport, officially named Francisco Bangoy International Airport, opened on 2 December 2003. The 209-hectare airport development for both airside and landside civil works was constructed in four years’ time. The airport upgrading consisted of runway extension of 500 meters, achieving a usable take-off length of 3,000 meters that could now accommodate currently operated wide-body aircraft of major airlines, even 747s. The installation of a new landing instrumentation system (ILS) for both Runways 05 and 23 upgraded its compliance to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Operating Category — Precision Approach Category 1, similar to Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It can accommodate 8 to 10 aircraft landings per hour, depending on the size, and has the equivalent 8 gate holding areas for those aircraft.

"The Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower is considered the most advanced here in the Philippines, even more sophisticated than NAIA’s," boasts Assistant Airport Manager Joey Saddam who was then the project manager of the airport construction.

The Project also covers the construction of a new Malay architecture-inspired terminal building which cost P1 billion and is four times bigger than the old airport terminal. It is highly computerized, more secure, and has more commercial spaces for concessionaires at approximately 9,000 sq. m. It has four new units of boarding bridges for passengers. Airport Manager Frederick San Felix considers their security system quite strict. Baggage is regularly screened three times prior to passenger check-in/boarding. "It’s better that you know that all the baggages have been thoroughly checked…for your own protection," he stresses.

Besides the main terminal building, there are also new support facilities like the Administration Building, the Central Plant Building, Airfield Maintenance Building, and Fire/Crash/Rescue Building. It has a 688-slot car parking area and 4 slots for shuttle buses. It has a 3-megawatt standby power generator.

The Energy Management Control System for the centralized air conditioning system, electrical and lights system, is now located in just one room. Its Access Control System ensures that not all airport personnel have access to all areas of the airport such that certain cards can only enter selected doors and everybody entering them is registered.

It also has a Flight Information Display System and Closed Circuit Television System complementing the terminal’s security system. The Cargo Terminal Building covers almost 5,580 sq. meters and can handle up to 84,600 tons a year. In 2005, actual cargo volume was almost 44,000 tons.

With such modern facilities, the Davao City airport officials feel they can justify their proposed five-fold increase in terminal fees from P40 to P200 per passenger, the same as the fee being charged in Manila and Cebu airports. Rentals are also proposed to be increased to raise the airport’s revenues, which only grossed almost P120 million in 2005, for its future sustainability.

With a modern international airport in place, it is hoped that the vast economic potentials of Mindanao will finally be unlocked and optimized to the fullest after decades-long peace and order problems and poverty concerns.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/BUSINESS200609225603.htm

Any words on the (supposedly) Davao-Macau route by Viva Macau?? I tried booking a flight but the system doesn't recieve bookings yet. When was the supposed inaugural flight to Jakarta and Maldives? I guess it's not coming to davao this 29th??

i guess that they havent been flying yet.... i tried booking too..

']mas matipid kasi..buti nga yun para ma sustain...di naman kasi practical na diretso one flight each ang DAVAO and CEBU diba..fact is, its still a direct flight (by definition) kasi di naman mag change Aircraft ang mga galing davao..wala rin domestic passengers yun.. tska alangan naman mag via davao..hehe ano yun, galing na sa gitna pupunta pa sa dulo..mahal pa naman ang aviation fuel..haha


^^ Tama! It is still a direct flight even if it is via Cebu. Kaya I wonder why most consider it as a connecting flight. Sa Travel lingo or even sa common dictio:

"direct flight is a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft."

i guess that they havent been flying yet.... i tried booking too..



based on their website, Davao is a "cargo" destination.... i also tried booking and gave a specific instruction to book me on Viva Macau flight to Davao for December... but according to my travel agency "the airline is not yet on their system"... :dunno:

I passed through the Davao International Airport this week, and I have the following positive and negative comments about it. I would put high marks for the departure gates which have a sufficient number of seats, and the seat are very comfortable. The he lounges are carpeted, which IMHO is much better than the ceramic tile floor of NAIA or the cheap limestone flooring of Mactan Airport. The personal selling in the shopping area just before your enter the departure gates are very friendly and helpful. There is sufficient natural lighting within the terminal, unlike Mactan which depends mainly on artificial lighting. The entrance to the restrooms dont have doors that are a bother if you are carrying lots of things in your hands.

My main complaint is that none of the restrooms are well maintained. The sink in all the 5 bathrooms I visited well busted, and the drinking fountains were not working. The baggage claim area has only two baggage carousels which seem to be inadequate for a large widebodied jet. I cant see why we cannot properly maintain public restrooms in this country.

That's sad. While we are promoting davao to the world, some people are misbehaving in our own backyard. ATO personnel handling DIA should get a spanking for cuddling inutile workers in this much-ballyhoed and truly beautiful airport.

That's sad. While we are promoting davao to the world, some people are misbehaving in our own backyard. ATO personnel handling DIA should get a spanking for cuddling inutile workers in this much-ballyhoed and truly beautiful airport.

They are not doing their job.

Any idea how much is an advertising space inside the terminal or at the vicinity of the parking area? Give Kimberley Clark a space and our Davao Airport will have a steady supply of tissues, liquid hand soap, sanitizer, etc. I worked with them in 2003 and the tourist restrooms of then Sec. Gordon got a steady supply for free in exchange for advertising space.

That's abrilliant idea, bagani. Anyon here who has a 'connection' with DIA should suggest this. I don't understand why public areas in our country have really poor-maintained toilets :dunno:

based on their website, Davao is a "cargo" destination.... i also tried booking and gave a specific instruction to book me on Viva Macau flight to Davao for December... but according to my travel agency "the airline is not yet on their system"... :dunno:

I check VivaMacau's flight status everyday in our system and still nothing (not even to Jakarta or Male,Maldives). I don't know when their inaugural flight will be.

Let me mention that the airport fee for Davao International Airport is only P 40.00. despite the excellent facilities. This is very much lower than NAIA and MCIA, even though Davao has comparable facilities (take note that the run down domestic airport used by all other airlines except PAL does charge a lot more yet has horrible facilities). IMHO, I believe that Davao should charge fees comparable to those of NAIA-2, so that the facility can be properly maintained, particularly the rest rooms.

I think the idea of asking sponsorship from companies in exchange for advertising space is brilliant. If I were a passenger that used the product in the rest room, then saw the advertisement while waiting in the lounge, I would definitely buy that product if it were good.

However, I would like to stress that the most of the airport personnel as well as the people at the shops in the Davao Airport are very friendly, polite and honest. The people manning the security are firm yet tactful in asking passengers to remove their shoes, belt, and all metal objects while undergoing the security check. The people manning the stores and restaurants in the waiting area are helpful and courteous (which is more than I can say of the people in Changi airport who are more hostile than a bull!!)

Overall, I believe that Davao is a very good if not excellent airport with excellent facilities (except for the restrooms and smell of Durian).

They are not doing their job.

Any idea how much is an advertising space inside the terminal or at the vicinity of the parking area? Give Kimberley Clark a space and our Davao Airport will have a steady supply of tissues, liquid hand soap, sanitizer, etc. I worked with them in 2003 and the tourist restrooms of then Sec. Gordon got a steady supply for free in exchange for advertising space.

I agree with you Bagani. This X-deal type of business proposition augurs well for the DIA- that way, both parties get their objectives in the bargain.

I have some observations to say though, in regards to cleanliness i.e. maintenance of airport facilities re: toilets. The use of toilets has always been a neglected part of everyone's activities of daily living in whichever place/country, much less with us Filipinos who are pampared by our "kasambahays" or househelps.

Some of us don't go through the trouble of cleaning the mess as we as go as courtesy to the next user. It should be everyone's business to make sure we lift the lid after doing our thing in the toilet bowl. It's not too much of a hussle too to wipe out water from the zink and faucets before shutting the door on your way out. Kimberly can supply us wth paper towels in this case-yes we need them for the X-deal.

Let me mention that the airport fee for Davao International Airport is on P 40.00. despite it excellent facilities. This is very much lower than NAIA and MCIA, even though Davao has excellent facilities (take note that the run down domestic airport used by all other airlines except PAL does charge a lot more yet has horrible facilities). IMHO, I believe that Davao should charge fees comparable to those of NAIA-2, so that the facility can be properly maintained, particularly the rest rooms.

I think the idea of asking sponsorship from companies in exchange for advertising space is brilliant. If I were a passenger that used the product in the rest room, then saw the advertisement while waiting in the lounge, I would definitely buy that product if it were good.

However, I would like to stress that the most of the airport personnel as well as the people at the shops in the Davao Airport are very friendly, polite and honest. The people manning the security are firm yet tactful in asking passengers to remove their shoes, belt, and all metal objects while undergoing the security check. The people manning the stores and restaurants in the waiting area are helpful and courteous (which is more than I can say of the people in Changi airport who are more hostile than a bull!!)

Overall, I believe that Davao is a very good if not excellent airport with excellent facilities (except for the restrooms and smell of Durian).

Thanks for your feedback with the DIA. It flatters us of course when our dear guests give us a pat on the shoulder for a job well done. This is more like it for Davao and any Philippine city for that matter-to think like a tourist when treating a tourist in his hometown.

Proof to this is Mayor Duterte's effort at shouldering overtime salaries for the airport workers to service the late night flyers into the city. It ticked the mayor off to find out that airport bridges were not in service for flights after 9PM all because ATO doesn't pay the workers doing late night jobs. Really a lame ATO excuse. Very unbusiness-like.

Mayor Digong's generosity extends to the tourists. He wants them pampered and to enjoy every second of their stay in the city. With these laudable gestures, give Davao more of your votes of confidence and in no time at all Davao will fit the bill as the Paradise in the East.

As regards terminal fee- there is an on-going proposal to raise it to 200 pesos for the upkeep of the facility. This must be one of the top priorities of ATO handling DIA for the year.

PAL's 747-400 @ Davao International airport

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Tiger Airways in tie-up with SEAir Philippines

SINGAPORE - Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways on Friday announced a marketing deal with a Filipino airline to establish Tiger’s first overseas base and give it a foothold in the Philippine market.



The deal with South East Asia Air (SEAir) gives Tiger a base at Clark Field, a former US Air Force facility north of Manila, Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis said.



Under the deal expected to take effect in February, Tiger Airways will lease two brand new Airbus A320s to SEAir, which will operate them on domestic and international routes from Clark, using the Tiger Airways brand.



"We are keen to add additional operations in other parts of ASEAN, so this is very much the first step down this road," said Davis, referring to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.



"We expect over the coming months and years to be announcing additional partnerships of this nature, and we expect Tiger Airways (to establish) a network of four or five bases across the region over the next two or three years."



Tiger Airways currently operates daily flights from Singapore to the Philippines through Clark Field. Two planes travel directly and a third flies via Macau.



SEAir will take over the Macau-Clark leg but the aircraft will still carry the Tiger Airways logo, Davis said. The two airlines will split the direct Singapore-Clark route.



SEAir will also use a leased A320 to operate domestic flights from Clark Field to the Philippine cities of Cebu and Davao using the Tiger Airways logo, he said.



Bookings on the SEAir flights can be made through the Tiger Airways website.



SEAir is a privately-owned 11-year-old carrier that flies from Clark to tourist destinations across the Philippines archipelago, including Boracay and Palawan.



Ownership of the two airlines will not be affected by the deal, Tiger said.



Tiger also flies from Singapore to Thailand, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Australia. AFP

hahay wala na ata talagang Viva Macau...baka lutong macau lang yan... Please Update...

^^
Oct. 05, 2006
By Jun Ledesma
Sunbursts

WATCH THIS OUT. Air Macau will have a direct flight to Davao City starting next month. Air Macau believes there is potential traffic in Mindanao and makes Davao City as their main hub instead of Manila or Cebu. From the exciting City of Macau, Air Macau can bring you to other destinations! I heard it from the firm reps that they are inviting Mayor Duterte to their inaugural flight on board Airbus 319. Cheers to Davao!!!

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav...sunbursts.html

^^
Oct. 05, 2006
By Jun Ledesma
Sunbursts

WATCH THIS OUT. Air Macau will have a direct flight to Davao City starting next month. Air Macau believes there is potential traffic in Mindanao and makes Davao City as their main hub instead of Manila or Cebu. From the exciting City of Macau, Air Macau can bring you to other destinations! I heard it from the firm reps that they are inviting Mayor Duterte to their inaugural flight on board Airbus 319. Cheers to Davao!!!

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav...sunbursts.html

from a reliable source Sandakan(Malaysia)-Davao route coming up this year.

hmmm... i won't celebrate about this good news yet, but im full of hope all these plans will push through. I think VivaMacau sending an A319 to DVO makes a lot more sense than a B763. although where VivaMacau will get the A319 i don't know. I never heard of them acquiring A319s... ah well...

About the DVO-Sandakan route, are they going to use the AVRO185 A/Cs?? how's the load on davao-palau route?

hmmm... i won't celebrate about this good news yet, but im full of hope all these plans will push through. I think VivaMacau sending an A319 to DVO makes a lot more sense than a B763. although where VivaMacau will get the A319 i don't know. I never heard of them acquiring A319s... ah well...

About the DVO-Sandakan route, are they going to use the AVRO185 A/Cs?? how's the load on davao-palau route?

viva macau is different from air macau...viva macau is a low cost carrier operating 767's while air macau is a regular carrier operating a320's, a319's, a321's, and a300's.

so maybe these two airlines are contemplating on mounting flights to davao...lets keep our fingers crossed..:cucumber:

i see the davao-sandakan route being operated on by a jet-prop aircraft.

the load factor of the davao-palau route is quite good as per my friend who works at the airport. 70% to 80% load factor both ways...

pal a340 landing at the dia..this is the last pal flight for the day into davao...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hAqrQqNNE-g

very nice landing..right smack into the landing zone.....

Yaaaaaaaaaaaahhooooooooooooooooooo!

Keep coming keep coming!

Macau na tayo guys:)

;10034980']PAL's 747-400 @ Davao International airport

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/arr.jpg


allas waway,
salamat for the great shot ! i did not realize davao set up that big advertisement painting along the terminal. looks nice, what does it stand for ?
regards richard

Yung B747 na flight na yan, nung thursday ba yan Sept 28??? Pumunta kasi ako ng Davao nung Sept 28, PR 809, B747 yung plane pero halos walang pasahero... Pero yung 810 and 812 cancelled nung araw na yun dahil sa Milenyo....

viva macau is different from air macau...viva macau is a low cost carrier operating 767's while air macau is a regular carrier operating a320's, a319's, a321's, and a300's.

so maybe these two airlines are contemplating on mounting flights to davao...lets keep our fingers crossed..:cucumber:

i see the davao-sandakan route being operated on by a jet-prop aircraft.

the load factor of the davao-palau route is quite good as per my friend who works at the airport. 70% to 80% load factor both ways...

i stand corrected, just saw the word macau.. anyway, i think air macau is even better as they have already established their name!!

70-80% load factor is quite good, i hope their profit margin is as good!!

allas waway,
salamat for the great shot ! i did not realize davao set up that big advertisement painting along the terminal. looks nice, what does it stand for ?
regards richard

i think its an AD by SMART..dont they have it on all airports? coz when we were at MCIA they had one too

I went to Davao last Sept. 19-21. I was caught by surprise by its beauty & bigness. It's somewhat like a small metro manila full of resto bars, shopping malls, business establishments are everywhere. So huge city, Wow, Great Davao. I happened to fly back home riding 747 PAL. The plane was really jampacked. I was amazed Davao International airport can handle large aircraft like Boeing 747, very clean airport & modern too.

^^ thanks for visiting our fair cty aries6210, hope to see you here in davao again soon

Wait, if SEAir is going to use the Tiger Airways livery, then so will its advertisements, right? Will we be seeing "What's new pussycat?" ads for domestic flights?

^^ thanks for visiting our fair cty aries6210, hope to see you here in davao again soon

I went to Davao last Sept. 19-21. I was caught by surprise by its beauty & bigness. It's somewhat like a small metro manila full of resto bars, shopping malls, business establishments are everywhere. So huge city, Wow, Great Davao. I happened to fly back home riding 747 PAL. The plane was really jampacked. I was amazed Davao International airport can handle large aircraft like Boeing 747, very clean airport & modern too.

I hope you had a great time in our fair city. Tried our durian yet?

DAVAO CITY EYED AS QANTAS' ASEAN HUB
By Ana F. Dulay


QANTAS Airlines, Australia's flag-carrier, is eyeing Davao City as its regional hub, said Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday.

Duterte mentioned Qantas' plan while discussing the significance of the P5.5 billion Davao International Airport (DIA) to the region's economy.

The current headquarters of Qantas in Southeast Asia is in Bali, Indonesia, where a twin-blast blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists killed more than 200 people last year, mostly Australian tourists. Bali, an island paradise resort, services more flights than Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.

The mayor refused to give details of the Qantas plan, but he said the strategic location of the DIA augurs well for the City's bid to become the regional center of transnational travel and tourism in this part of the world.

For one thing, he said, Davao City is nearer to Darwin in the Northern Territories of Australia than Manila and other points.

He said the DIA is the Philippines' most beautiful airport today.

cool!!! well they (qantas) can probably make use of the old DIA terminal for their operations....

DAVAO CITY EYED AS QANTAS' ASEAN HUB
By Ana F. Dulay


QANTAS Airlines, Australia's flag-carrier, is eyeing Davao City as its regional hub, said Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday.

Duterte mentioned Qantas' plan while discussing the significance of the P5.5 billion Davao International Airport (DIA) to the region's economy.

The current headquarters of Qantas in Southeast Asia is in Bali, Indonesia, where a twin-blast blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists killed more than 200 people last year, mostly Australian tourists. Bali, an island paradise resort, services more flights than Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.

The mayor refused to give details of the Qantas plan, but he said the strategic location of the DIA augurs well for the City's bid to become the regional center of transnational travel and tourism in this part of the world.

For one thing, he said, Davao City is nearer to Darwin in the Northern Territories of Australia than Manila and other points.

He said the DIA is the Philippines' most beautiful airport today.

Ngek! the old airport terminal has been turned over to the AFP as the headquarters of the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command.

I think with Qantas's (kwantas) plan, the new DIA will soon hustle and bustle all the more...and an expansion is in order. Just thinking in advance here.

the news is im afraid....very outdated and wrong. Simply after i saw this piece of writing

The current headquarters of Qantas in Southeast Asia is in Bali, Indonesia

The current hub of Qantas in Asean is not Bali but Singapore.

I think someone already posted that Qantas article three years ago.....its not true im afraid.

where a twin-blast blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists killed more than 200 people last year,

That news posted here in 2003, because the article mentioned the bombing "last year".

cheers

ohhh...well, we still have the other airlines coming to davao to be happy about :)

tinuod ka? unsay may naglinya didto ron mga helicopter? maayo madayon ni no... sa tutuo lang mas naa ikahatag ang dvo kay sa bali no.....(i think we have to pour in more investment in local cultural events para match nato ang bali... opinion lang po.., mag-start na pod tag breeding ug kangaroos for our aussie friends who love to eat kangaroo burgers :hahaha:)

Ngek! the old airport terminal has been turned over to the AFP as the headquarters of the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command.

I think with Qantas's (kwantas) plan, the new DIA will soon hustle and bustle all the more...and an expansion is in order. Just thinking in advance here.

ohhh...well, we still have the other airlines coming to davao to be happy about

Oh dont worry about that. Davao is one of the best tourist destination, especially for people in Manado (Indonesia). They even have charter flight of air philippines that flies almost weekly from Davao to Manado, other than Merpati airlines.

Big Potential for Davao, I heard AirAsia also want to fly there from Manado and Kuching. Lets just wait and see

cheers

;10090045']ohhh...well, we still have the other airlines coming to davao to be happy about :)


Yeay let's stick our ears in the grindstone. But if it's no less than the head of the city who mouths something, then that's something.

here is some good news:

i just talked with my cousin from the airport. viva macau is defenitely coming to davao at the end of october. their equipment for servicing the 767 is coming to davao next week. so now we have a new airline landing in our beautiful airport.

another news is that my cousin is meeting with officials of air macau tomorrow to finalize details for their planned entry into the davao airport..

viva macau is different from air macau...

here is some good news:

i just talked with my cousin from the airport. viva macau is defenitely coming to davao at the end of october. their equipment for servicing the 767 is coming to davao next week. so now we have a new airline landing in our beautiful airport.

another news is that my cousin is meeting with officials of air macau tomorrow to finalize details for their planned entry into the davao airport..

viva macau is different from air macau...


Yahooooooo!

Ang saya saya:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

soon to grace the davao skies....

viva macau (last week of october; 3 flights a week; macau-davao-macau)
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air macau (around november 2006; 2 flights a week; incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon)
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asiana (around december 2006; 3 flights a week; incheon-davao-incheon)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/b777.jpg

royal brunei air (first quarter of 2007; 2 flights a week; bander seri begwan-davao-bander weri begwan)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/1111463.jpg

Wow! Davao is really going global! Thanks bai xzibit

^^ WOW sana we will all see those airlines this 2007.... orgies of different planes :)

kaya pala ..ang Air Macau caters sa mga Koreans going to Davao yun pala ang target nila..... good idea coz talagang maraming Koreano na dito :okay:

soon to grace the davao skies....

viva macau (last week of october; 3 flights a week; macau-davao-macau)
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http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/img_header.jpg

air macau (around november 2006; 2 flights a week; incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/in_mainpic.jpg

asiana (around december 2006; 3 flights a week; incheon-davao-incheon)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/b777.jpg

royal brunei air (first quarter of 2007; 2 flights a week; bander seri begwan-davao-bander weri begwan)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/1111463.jpg

GREAT NEWS FOR DAVAO ! lets see what will happen to iloilo and bacolod once these state-of-the-art airports are finished too.....

xzibit: how come Asiana and Air Macau serves Inchoen? diba conflick yan?

^^'Di siguro, sobrang dami ng mga Koreanong gusto mag-Pinas eh.

Great news, Davao! Four new airlines ha! Dito nga sa Manila, wala pang dumagdag this year. Magsususpend pa ang JAL by the end of the month. Haaayy...

soon to grace the davao skies....

air macau (around november 2006; 2 flights a week; incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/in_mainpic.jpg


starting nov 5 twice a week (wednesday & sunday).

WOW! WOW! WOW!

Go Davao Go:)

Maybe codeshare. But really these are amazing developments for Davao. I'm happy about it. :)

xzibit: how come Asiana and Air Macau serves Inchoen? diba conflick yan?

^^ Air Macau and Asiana have no codeshare agreements between them on this sector. Asiana will fly directly to Seoul-Incheon from Davao, while Air Macau will have a layover at its main hub in Macao before its onward flight to Seoul-Incheon.

^^ where did you get these infos?

how come pag may bago devt dito sa davao, it hardly gets publicized here (in davao)?

^^
IC. All the best for Davao!

Most, if not all, airlines operate on a "hub and spoke" system. In the case of Air Macau, the flight from Davao must be routed to it's hub in Macao first before it's sent on its next leg. With Asiana, Seoul-Incheon is its home base and main hub for Intra-Asia/Intercontinental flights, that's why they have direct flights from Davao.

what i mean is, info re: the confirmation of these airlines coming to davao.. i understand xzibit's know hoe since hes knows someone who works at DIA pero others get info too, (like kimber for example..btw, youre US based right? so howd you get the info?) or di lang ako marunong mag google?hehe

^^ Oops! My bad, I thought you meant something else. Nothing on Google mentions these flights, but Wikipedia has them, though Wikipedia can be edited/altered, so don't take all these "news" as the gospel truth. It's just a wait and see if it does happen kind of thing. :colgate:

GREAT NEWS FOR DAVAO ! lets see what will happen to iloilo and bacolod once these state-of-the-art airports are finished too.....

and cagayan de oro too!

starting nov 5 twice a week (wednesday & sunday).

yep..sigurado na ito. the schedule for this flight is posted in the korean website of air macau... d ko kasi understand ng korean eh, but the eta and the etd is already there....

Maybe codeshare. But really these are amazing developments for Davao. I'm happy about it. :)

the only rumored codeshare is of viva macau and asian spirit. but its the planes of viva macau that will fly to davao.

all the other flights are regular flights with no codeshare agreements..

WOW THATS GREAT!

here is the schedule for the incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon route. its in korean. anybody know how to translate this? hehehehehe...

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yeheeey... final na to... at sa mga to see is to believe dyan, eto.

http://www.airmacau.co.kr/

haha kuyawa bag convincing powers ni bai junax

ngano korean man ang text sa airmacau?

bcoz that's the korean website of air macau bai waway...

here's the macau website...
http://www.airmacau.com.mo/
or here
http://en.airmacau.com.mo

^^ Wait, does it have a direct flight from Korea to Davao?

i guess air macau's service is incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon... i can not confirm if it's direct or connecting, maybe xzibit31 can. but i can see 48*#)(@#@#Stopover... i don't know what it means :)

hala, aniong haseo and kamchamneda mao siguro na meaning atong characters.

maybe, sarang hamneda davao! :)

and of course let's not forget the delayed but still in the pipeline VIVA MACAU entry...

DAVAO CITY -- Viva Macau Airlines is finalizing plans to mount direct flights to Davao City strating August, in time for the Kadayawan Festival, a peak period for tourism, said Councilor Peter Laviña, chairman of the city council's trade and industry committee.

Laviña said Viva Macau Airlines chief executive officer Andrew Payne had told him about the plan.

Payne and several other airline executives recently visited Davao City to discuss the flights.

"I believe this is Davao's biggest jackpot because this will be the first foreign airline to fly to the city since we opened the new airport three years ago," Laviña said. "If it is successful, I know that others will follow."

Laviña said airline officials also told him that they planned to make Davao a springboard for Viva Macau Airline to south Pacific destinations, including Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.

He said the new carrier also aimed to bring in tourists from Macau.

Hi! its been a long time!
Great new developments... sana lang masustain...

anyways i was told that the Dvo-manado flight is really doing very well...
same goes with the Dvo-Singapore...
with cebu pacifics hongkong and singapore... no problem because its a share between dvo and cebu...
what bothers me is the dvo-palau flyt... it seems not working...
the dvo-palau flights by the way is so expensive

i really think that asiana, viva and air macau should start promoting their flights... as early as now and for viva which is a LCC like cebu pac, they should try to really make a good promo...

here is the schedule for the incheon-macau-davao-macau-incheon route. its in korean. anybody know how to translate this? hehehehehe...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao01.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao02.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao03.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao04.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao05.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao06.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao07.gif
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/200609_davao08.gif

I was wondering....yung picture showing a city.....is that davao city? Parang hindi kase eh:)

ok naman ang Palau -Davao flight

I was wondering....yung picture showing a city.....is that davao city? Parang hindi kase eh:)

if you will read above posts, it was discussed already... and i think the purpose is to promote both cities, incheon and davao. if only we could understand the texts.

no offense meant to davao peeps in the house...

pero nakabantay lang ko: internatioAnal airport...

palihug ko edit guys, it could send out a different message...peace...

p.s. wa ko nanghinaway ha...

I can read the characters, but i dont clearly understand its meaning... ang klaro lang is ang schedule:

in cheon - ma ca u
ma ca u - da va o
da va o - ma ca u
ma ca u - in cheon

the red characters pala on the top right side of the pic, it says:

pir - ri - pin da - va - o ma - ca - u kyong - woo

sa yellow characters (blue background)

philippines davao twice weekly

from november 5 2006 to february 11, 2007

^^ So it's a seasonal/chartered schedule?

hahaha ka bantay bitaw ko ana pirena ... calling sinjin

if you will read above posts, it was discussed already... and i think the purpose is to promote both cities, incheon and davao. if only we could understand the texts.

Actually, the city photo shown is Manila's Bayfront and CCP Complex.

Anyway, cheers for Davao!

yep..sigurado na ito. the schedule for this flight is posted in the korean website of air macau... d ko kasi understand ng korean eh, but the eta and the etd is already there....

sure na sure na. i saw a streamer sa grand regal.

if you happen to pass by bajada, on your way to downtown, after lang ni sa EMCOR, you'll see the air macau billboard..

nakalagay Davao-Macau-Seoul...2x a week serivce, parang wed and saturday ata..

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!

:hahaha: :hahaha:

no offense meant to davao peeps in the house...

pero nakabantay lang ko: internatioAnal airport...

palihug ko edit guys, it could send out a different message...peace...

p.s. wa ko nanghinaway ha...

bat parang nov 5, 2006 to feb 11, 2007 lang ang Air Macau?

@ xzibit, any info bout this? temporary route lang ba and davao?

baka pagdating ng viva macau and Asiana, saka mag exit ang air macau?

its not temporary...its a permanent flight...yung nov5 to feb 11, for scheduling purposes lang yan..

^^ or maybe promo period, so let's visit macau before feb. 11 to get discounts hehe.

Actually, the city photo shown is Manila's Bayfront and CCP Complex.

Anyway, cheers for Davao!

oic, never realized that. at least philippines pa rin.

I was wondering....yung picture showing a city.....is that davao city? Parang hindi kase eh:)

isn't it manila...from the looks of it..that's 1322 and the cluster of office towers near it no?

no offense meant to davao peeps in the house...

pero nakabantay lang ko: internatioAnal airport...

palihug ko edit guys, it could send out a different message...peace...

p.s. wa ko nanghinaway ha...

the spirit of the "departed" is haunting and hunting down Davao. lol

the spirit of the "departed" is haunting and hunting down Davao. lol

whats that supposed to mean?

YAAAY!!! very good news indeed about Air Macau..

It's already in the system. Here is the schedule:

NX 858 MFM DVO 1150 1500 321 Y4 L4 M4 S4
NX 857 DVO MFM 1600 1910 321 Y4 L4 M4 S4

Maiden flight seems to be on the 5th of November. Service is twice a week, Wednesday and Sunday. Aircraft is A321. Im hoping for photos of the maiden flight!!!

yeah...my travel agency told me that (as well) it's in their system...the only problem is --air macau is only a regional airline....

YAAAY!!! very good news indeed about Air Macau..

It's already in the system. Here is the schedule:

NX 858 MFM DVO 1150 1500 321 Y4 L4 M4 S4
NX 857 DVO MFM 1600 1910 321 Y4 L4 M4 S4

Maiden flight seems to be on the 5th of November. Service is twice a week, Wednesday and Sunday. Aircraft is A321. Im hoping for photos of the maiden flight!!!

So, by the first or second quarter of 2007, these will be the international flights to and from Davao:

Davao-Manado (Merpati)
Davao-Singapore (Silk Air, Cebu Pacific)
Davao-Palau (Asian Spirit)
Davao-Hong Kong (Cebu Pacific)
Davao-Macau (Viva Macau, Air Macau)
Davao-Incheon (Air Macau, Asiana)
Davao-Bandar Seri Begawan (Royal Brunei)

under negotiations:
Davao-Darwin (Qantas)
Davao-Sandakan, Malaysia (Air Philippines)
Davao-Kota Kinabalu (Air Phippines/Asian Spirit)


WOW, Davao is really a tourism hub in the Asia Pacific!!!
I'm so excited for all of these......

GO DAVAO!!!

hey! nid ur help guys...
cnu may travel agent dto?

paki tanung nman kung mag kano ang...

dvo-manado roundtrip
dvo-incheon

ang palau mahal... mga 400
cebu pacifics singapore and hk mga 10t roundtrip

Thursday, October 19, 2006
Tourism eyed as growth mover in Jags-CT, North Sulawesi ties

MANADO, Indonesia -- With the cross-border trade already moving between the Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani (Jags-CT) Cooperation Triangle and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, tourism and education development are expected to pump prime growth between the two BIMP-Eaga trading partners.

as a result of recently forged business partnerships and sea transport linkages

Taking off again in last month's Jags-CT Trade Mission to North Sulawesi, Indonesia, tourism stakeholders have agreed to pursue joint tourism development between Jags-CT and North Sulawesi whose location and proximity with each other play a strategic advantage for tourism promotion.

Tourism stakeholders in both areas have agreed to jointly formulate tour packages for the proposed air routes such as the Manado-Davao-Manado, Manado-Davao-Manila, Manado-Davao-Cebu, Manado-Davao-Boracay, Manado-Davao-Cebu-Hongkong, Davao-Manado-Bali, Davao-Manado-Java, and Davao-Manado-Singapore.

The proposed cooperation in the tourism industry covers a wide range of tourism products ranging from culture, nature, adventure and medical tourism.

For the Davao-Manado route, tour operators in North Sulawesi are enthusiastic on the idea of creating Christmas shopping packages that will bring Indonesians from Manado to Davao City to shop for Christmas decors and paraphernalia.

Inviting tour packages for the other routes are also being planned.

Tourism stakeholders are seeing bright prospects in the promotion of greater tourism cooperation and cross-border traffic between Jags-CT and North Sulawesi since both areas are shown with strong tourism potentials.

Located in the southernmost portion of Mindanao, JAGS-CT is endowed with tourist attractions such as white sand beaches, caves, and hot spring, which have become favorite vacation spots of local tourists.

North Sulawesi province is likewise famous with the most beautiful nautical area that is suitable for undersea tourism. An interesting destination is the famous Bunaken sea park.

In support to tourism development, the government of North Sulawesi continues to build and improve supporting facilities. At present, Sam Ratulangi airport in Manado is already an international gateway, especially for tourism that comes from Northern countries.

To complement these tourism initiatives, both areas also agreed to enhance people mobility through socio-cultural cooperation activities.

Both areas see the strong potential of Davao City to become a center for international education for Indonesian students.

More and more Indonesian students nowadays prefer to study in Davao City than in Jakarta because of proximity and the desire to acquire English proficiency.

This educational exchange program shall include formal degree courses, post-graduate studies, short-term vocational/technical courses and on-job training programs.

In light of this, Merpati Airline is now preparing for an additional flight in the Davao-Manado route every Thursday, which shall commence this year.

The airline company is also exploring ways to lower the fare in this route to make it more attractive to businessmen and tourists.

whats that supposed to mean?

i ws alluding to the faux pas re: ANAL by Valium. I said departed because he is now banned. lol

i ws alluding to the faux pas re: ANAL by Valium. I said departed because he is now banned. lol

really? poor thing...lol

i kindda miss his megadoses of pessimism though...

CONTEST SINO MAUNA...

http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/downloads/images/gallery3.jpg
http://en.airmacau.com.mo/images/in_mainpic.jpg

cast your votes now!

But I like it better when there is peace and quiet.

teka, Viva Macau is an LCC while Air macau is a regular airline?

http://www.worldairroutes.com/images/MNA11.jpg

;10158310']teka, Viva Macau is an LCC while Air macau is a regular airline?

yup....

another day....another pal 747-400 in our airport...saw one take off yesterday and today...

mukhang napapadalas na ata yang eroplano sa atin ah...everyday na nandito yan...yung 1030 flight from manila..arriving davao 12 nn..and leaving 115..

;10158294']CONTEST SINO MAUNA...

http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/downloads/images/gallery3.jpg
http://en.airmacau.com.mo/images/in_mainpic.jpg

cast your votes now!

i think mauuna ang air macau...

d pa kasi dumadating ang lower deck loader for the 767 of viva macau eh...kelangan kasi yun for the baggages and the cargoes...

yung air macau a321 kasi ang gamit...ang mga loaders nun ay similar sa a320 at a319.

so mid or late november pa siguro ang AIr macau?
@ xzibit, whats the new re: asiana and royal brunei?

YEAH saw that 747 yesterday too, funny kasi pagtingala ko ( i was at panorama, buhangin yestrday non) i saw two a/cs the 747 (pa landing) and a smaller plane na kakatake off (maybe a 737 or an a319) and they were only a few hundred meters from each other! kung may magandan cam alng ako kinunan ko sana..hehe

It seems that Iloilo Airport is about to be finished. Is it larger than Davao International Airport? Davao airport has 4 tubes as compared to Iloilo airport which has only 3 tubes.

It seems that Iloilo Airport is about to be finished. Is it larger than Davao International Airport? Davao airport has 4 tubes as compared to Iloilo airport which has only 3 tubes.

it is small compared to the davao international airport. the iloilo airport is a domestic airport with international standards. it only has a 2500 meter runway. davao has a 3120 meter runway. davao is sitting on about 1000 hectares of land. the iloilo is sitting on about 300 hectares only.

[QUOTE='WawaY[625];10158751']so mid or late november pa siguro ang AIr macau?
@ xzibit, whats the new re: asiana and royal brunei?

YEAH saw that 747 yesterday too, funny kasi pagtingala ko ( i was at panorama, buhangin yestrday non) i saw two a/cs the 747 (pa landing) and a smaller plane na kakatake off (maybe a 737 or an a319) and they were only a few hundred meters from each other! kung may magandan cam alng ako kinunan ko sana..hehe[/QUOT


november 5 na ang air macau...ang viva baka mid or late nov pa ata..na move again kasi may equipment pa na d pa dumadating..

diba 12,000 sqm ang area ng New Iloilo International Airport Terminal? tapos 3 storey pa ito..or are you referring to the old terminal/airport

it is small compared to the davao international airport. the iloilo airport is a domestic airport with international standards. it only has a 2500 meter runway. davao has a 3120 meter runway. davao is sitting on about 1000 hectares of land. the iloilo is sitting on about 300 hectares only.

that 610 meters difference can make it an International Airport?
how about taxiways do DIA have plans to construct it?

that 610 meters difference can make it an International Airport?
how about taxiways do DIA have plans to construct it?

there are many things that make up an international airport and one of it is the runway. 610 meters, para sa atin is not that long. but for aircraft it spells a difference. and yes that 610 meters is very expensive. y? because its not only the length you are building. its the width also...it would cost about 100 million more to build that extension..

;10160200']diba 12,000 sqm ang area ng New Iloilo International Airport Terminal? tapos 3 storey pa ito..or are you referring to the old terminal/airport

the new one. the old airport is so small.

Hi xzibit. Got a question here. What is the total floor area of both the DIA domestic and international terninals?

dp

The new Bacolod airport has a total floor area of 9 thousand ++ sq meters when finished so Iloilo is slightly bigger

pila ka sqm ba ang DIA terminal?

just read it... total commercial floor area of DIA 9000sq. mts .... so i guess total terminal area more or less 20,000 sq. mts

It seems that Iloilo Airport is about to be finished. Is it larger than Davao International Airport? Davao airport has 4 tubes as compared to Iloilo airport which has only 3 tubes.

The projected cost for Iloilo Airport has gone up from 6.2 billion to 8.7 billion making it I think the most expensive airport project outside M.Manila. here (http://www.neda-rdc6.ph/main/?action=content&id=213)

It's common knowledge that airport construction costs have gone up (haywire at that!) all because of the volatile dollar-peso exchange rate.

It goes without saying that the longer you hold up a plan for any infrastructures, the more costly they become, unless the peso is lucky enough to outsmart the US dollar before the actual physical development of such infra starts.

just read it... total commercial floor area of DIA 9000sq. mts .... so i guess total terminal area more or less 20,000 sq. mts

so from 9000sqm commercial area (what does this term mean, btw?) howd you figure nga 20,000sqm ang terminal area sa DIA?

I guess there must be an article detailing the actual space of the whole airport terminal. I googled it but to no avail. DIA should make its own website if only to make it more accessible to the public.

he project also covers the construction of a new Malay architecture-inspired terminal building which cost P1 billion and is four times bigger than the old airport terminal. It is highly computerized, more secure, and has more commercial spaces for concessionaires at approximately 9,000 sq. m. It has four new units of boarding bridges for passengers. Airport Manager Frederick San Felix considers their security system quite strict. Baggage is regularly screened three times prior to passenger check-in/boarding. “It’s better that you know that all the baggages have been thoroughly checked… for your own protection,” he stresses.

sa akong pagsabot sa sentence, murag katong 9,000 sqm refers to the area of the entire passenger terminal na

so there you go, DIA passenger terminal is smaller than Iloilo's and same size with the one in Bacolod (U/C) unless someone can come up with other figures to negate this finding.

parang ganun nga nga..:D

It's common knowledge that airport construction costs have gone up (haywire at that!) all because of the volatile dollar-peso exchange rate.

It goes without saying that the longer you hold up a plan for any infrastructures, the more costly they become, unless the peso is lucky enough to outsmart the US dollar before the actual physical development of such infra starts.

The cost increase is due to 12% VAT, foreign exchange differentials, Custom?s duties, and additional works such as the construction of a 3 km x 2 lane secondary road via the Municipality of Cabatuan and the rehabilitation of the existing 1.6 x 4 lanes by-pass road located at Sta. Barbara. here (http://www.neda-rdc6.ph/main/?action=content&id=213)

a website detailing the ETAs ETDs, etc. would be really nice. (but i would be cautious with some "sensitive" information about the airport, i would rather have some infos kept secret for security reasons ...... we all know the reason :) )

brod Loi, here's the link you might be looking for (regarding DIA's vital stat...not quite sure though whether there's a detailed "actual space" found in the site)
http://www.ato.gov.ph/web/airportsDavao.htm


I guess there must be an article detailing the actual space of the whole airport terminal. I googled it but to no avail. DIA should make its own website if only to make it more accessible to the public.

alternative international airport lang pala category ng Davao!? VVVAAAKKEET!!!:runaway:

http://www.ato.gov.ph/old_images/airportsMap.jpg

^^ maybe chart was made before the new terminal was finished.

the dia terminal is way bigger than the new iloilo terminal. that is a fact. the terminal size of the dia is 20,000 sqm (floor area). the 9000 sqm is the commercial area..meaning the stalls (restaurants and fruit stalls...) inside the dia.

The cost increase is due to 12% VAT, foreign exchange differentials, Custom?s duties, and additional works such as the construction of a 3 km x 2 lane secondary road via the Municipality of Cabatuan and the rehabilitation of the existing 1.6 x 4 lanes by-pass road located at Sta. Barbara. here (http://www.neda-rdc6.ph/main/?action=content&id=213)

That's what I was saying and so you have to factor that in. I guess there is no need for more explaining here!

alternative international airport lang pala category ng Davao!? VVVAAAKKEET!!!:runaway:

http://www.ato.gov.ph/old_images/airportsMap.jpg

But at the rate it is going now, I wonder if someone would still call it as such.

a website detailing the ETAs ETDs, etc. would be really nice. (but i would be cautious with some "sensitive" information about the airport, i would rather have some infos kept secret for security reasons ...... we all know the reason :) )

brod Loi, here's the link you might be looking for (regarding DIA's vital stat...not quite sure though whether there's a detailed "actual space" found in the site)
http://www.ato.gov.ph/web/airportsDavao.htm


Thanks for being a resourceful fella Mr. Jude. However I am looking for the figures which tell us of the exact size of the DIA terminal.

Xzibit31 is kind enough to clear the air. Huge "thank you"!

the dia terminal is way bigger than the new iloilo terminal. that is a fact. the terminal size of the dia is 20,000 sqm (floor area). the 9000 sqm is the commercial area..meaning the stalls (restaurants and fruit stalls...) inside the dia.

I think your figure is more factual judging from the size of the DIA complex and Iloilo's on pics of both structures taken from above. It made me scratch my head reading Waway's figure re: 9,000 sqm. How on earth the sprawling DIA complex shrunk to that size?

That's what I was saying and so you have to factor that in. I guess there is no need for more explaining here!

I know what you mean because I lost 300T just 3 weeks ago on peso conversion. If you notice the last one was just a repost, but mind me they must have gained by now because the peso is getting stronger than four years ago. Right, enough for this.

I think your figure is more factual judging from the size of the DIA complex and Iloilo's on pics of both structures taken from above. It made me scratch my head reading Waway's figure re: 9,000 sqm. How on earth the sprawling DIA complex shrunk to that size?
well, i only based it on the figures shown on the internet, the only area that was given was 9000sqm..

re: why alternate lang ang DIA, nasa MINDANAO kasi tayo.. :D

I don't have any axe to grind, Jimbu. Just sharing my thoughts.

Ohh well the rule of thumb here is the size of the airport that matters .... not the cost :)

Say NAIA was just 2 billion pesoses when constructed in the 80's
Cebu International Aiport was just 2 + billion pesoses when finished in the 90's
DIA cost 5 + billlion pesoses when finished in 2003

here's another figure...

from:http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:2sMGLn_b6RgJ:www.adb.org/Documents/PCRs/PHI/27142-PHI-PCR.pdf+davao+international+airport+terminal+floor+area&hl=en&gl=ph&ct=clnk&cd=7&client=firefox-a

a study ng DIA..marami figures, di ko pa nabasa lahat, maybe you guys should read it too....:D


Overall, most of the originally planned outputs have been achieved. The runway has
been extended to a length of 3,000 meters and a new 17,500-square meter passenger terminal,
a new 5,580-square meter cargo terminal, and a new 74,250-square meter aircraft apron have
been constructed along with further ancillary buildings and new landside access to the terminal
area, including relevant car parking facilities

Airport Capacity Analysis.

Assuming that the airside facilities can accommodate the
aircraft movements till 2024, only the airport terminal capacity is analyzed. With a 17,500
square-meter terminal, the airport will be able to handle about 1,040 passengers during the
typical peak hour. Since over the analysis period the demand will exceed the existing capacity,
an additional two-stage terminal development is envisaged. Construction for these expansions
is assumed to take place in 2012 and 2018 and add a total of 15,400 square-meters to the
terminal building

2012 17,500 sqm
2018 25,700sqm
2024 32,900 sqm

;10175170']so from 9000sqm commercial area (what does this term mean, btw?) howd you figure nga 20,000sqm ang terminal area sa DIA?

Wild guess :D.... but commercial means food stalls , souveneir shops etc. you and i know that from seeing the actual DIA terminal "commercial area" is way way small portion of the actual size of the building.

It's even bigger than 20,000 sqm. I did my math and it's 23 thousand something.

another 12nn and another B747 flying over Davao...

parang regular na ata ang B747/A340 sa noon flight sa Davao

question, which is more efficient ba? 1 big aircraft or say fielding an extra flight pero using smaller aircrafts, AFAIk 3x a day lang ang DVO-Manila ng PAL pero A330/A340?B747 ang ginagamit, will they save more (financially) by doing this than just using smaller A/C like A320/A319s but with 2x the number of flights?

how much bigger is the capacity of the abovementioned widebodied A/C compared to the A320/A319?

It's even bigger than 20,000 sqm. I did my math and it's 23 thousand something.

these are the official figures (based on the site i linked earlier) for the DIA terminal area and the succeeding expansions on 2012 and 2018

Airport Capacity Analysis.

Assuming that the airside facilities can accommodate the
aircraft movements till 2024, only the airport terminal capacity is analyzed. With a 17,500
square-meter terminal, the airport will be able to handle about 1,040 passengers during the
typical peak hour. Since over the analysis period the demand will exceed the existing capacity,
an additional two-stage terminal development is envisaged. Construction for these expansions
is assumed to take place in 2012 and 2018 and add a total of 15,400 square-meters to the
terminal building

heres the link for your further reading guys...:D

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:2sMGLn_b6RgJ:www.adb.org/Documents/PCRs/PHI/27142-PHI-PCR.pdf+davao+international+airport+terminal+floor+area&hl=en&gl=ph&ct=clnk&cd=7&client=firefox-a

^^ Hala waway dala tag ug metrosan adto ta ug DIA :D

google earth ra katapat ana..
wait..hehe

;10180553']another 12nn and another B747 flying over Davao...

parang regular na ata ang B747/A340 sa noon flight sa Davao

question, which is more efficient ba? 1 big aircraft or say fielding an extra flight pero using smaller aircrafts, AFAIk 3x a day lang ang DVO-Manila ng PAL pero A330/A340?B747 ang ginagamit, will they save more (financially) by doing this than just using smaller A/C like A320/A319s but with 2x the number of flights?

how much bigger is the capacity of the abovementioned widebodied A/C compared to the A320/A319?

747-400- about 450 pax
a330- about 300 pax
a340- about 260 pax
a320- about 150 pax
a319- about 130 pax

these are estimates. pero the nuber of pax will fall in this range...

You may view the seat map of the different types of aircraft we are using. Seat maps vary for each type of aircraft.

Boeing 747-400 (B744)
433 Seats
398 Seats

Boeing B737-400 (B734)
168 Seats

Boeing B737-300 (B733)
148 Seats
114 Seats

Airbus A330-300 (A333)
302 Seats

Airbus A340-300 (A343)
264 Seats

Airbus A320-200 (A322)
156 Seats
150 Seats
143 Seats

Airbus A319-100 (A319)
134 Seats



taken for the website of PAL

;10180553']another 12nn and another B747 flying over Davao...

parang regular na ata ang B747/A340 sa noon flight sa Davao

question, which is more efficient ba? 1 big aircraft or say fielding an extra flight pero using smaller aircrafts, AFAIk 3x a day lang ang DVO-Manila ng PAL pero A330/A340?B747 ang ginagamit, will they save more (financially) by doing this than just using smaller A/C like A320/A319s but with 2x the number of flights?

how much bigger is the capacity of the abovementioned widebodied A/C compared to the A320/A319?

the new generation of aircraft like the a330/340/320/319 is more fuel efficient than the older 747-400. but if you see the number of pax the 747 can accomodate, then they will save more financially. i cannot go into detail about this kasi there are so many factors...

the reason i know this is because my uncle is a flight instructor/pilot at PAL. kaka tanong ko lang...

from google earth estimates..

Ang building sa likod (katong pre dep area)

20x265m=5300sqm ( i times two pa nato, so 10600)

ang building sa atbang

65x165=10725 (i times two nato so 21450)

add the two, more or less 32,000sqm (minus tung atrium (est 30x100))

say mga 30,000sqm..ang building, but i guess ang area na gina apil kay dili man gross floor area mao siguro out of the 30,000sqm area, 17500 lang ang official area (basi naa mga area nga dili counted)

nag libog ko ana imong explanation...lol

building sa atbang meaning katung mga restaurant buiding near the parking area? or where the escalators are?

I think the 17,000sq. mt was based on the initial floor plan but i think and got some info way back in late 90's that it was revised and add more floor areas. I guessed that 2012 expansion is not feasible .. the expansion maybe not in 2012 .... will be transferring the airport somewhere north , i guess?

ang building sa atbang meaning katong malay insipired nga building, where the check in and arrival area are...

kay diba murag 2 ka building man ang DIA, ang atbang (check-in/arrival) ug likod (pre dep/concourse)

^^ official area you mean functional ones ? ok loud and clear na ta sa floor area ..lol

asw dili ghapon bitaw ko sure, pero mao ang figures nga gikan sa dotc, and bag-o man to na article mao kato siguro jud ang area..hehe

^^ now it's clear that Davao International Airport has
1. 17,500 sq. m. passenger terminal (9,000 classified as commercial)
2. 5,580 sq. m. cargo terminal

2 level lang and DIA pero sprawling naman like T2.

i checked sa google earth, morag 30,000 sq.m passenger terminal alone, but maybe 17,500 can be accepted as official kay naa may open space for atrium.

yun nga, basi its bigger than 17,500 (ako sab gi compute eh) pero some areas dili pwede i apil pag compute (siguro dili significant sa terminal operations) mao ang declared area ra jud is 17,500sqm

Ok diba simple lang na.... mo ingon ta floor area ang physical totallity of the floor building area regardless functional or official na? except siempre katung atrium ? :dunno:

undangan na nato ni kay misakit na akong ulo ug analyze hehe :rofl:

Good Morning Guys...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYDhGQPGK0


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/iAmSRK.gif (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYDhGQPGK0)

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Gatchalian to Dabawenyos: Nurture Davao-Macau route
By Antonio M. Ajero

PLASTICS magnate William Gatchalian advised Dabawenyos to nurture and develop the soon-to-be-inaugurated Macau-Seoul-Davao flight route as it may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to the local tourist and travel industry.

During a dinner last Sunday in Davao City with Ambassador Bahnarim A. Guinomla and businessman Arthur M. Garcia, Gatchalian said Macau is fast becoming the Las Vegas of Asia whose tourists will be looking for unique destinations like Davao for a side visit.


"Right now, Macau gets some 26 million tourists annually, and even if only 10 percent or 260,000 of that will come to Davao, it would mean a local tourism boom," Gatchalian said.

A believer in the so-called "open skies policy," he said the ideal frequency of flights in the fledgling route is thrice a week as visitors might already be bored in waiting for one week in flying out of Davao.

Wanda T. Teo of Mt. Apo Travel and Tours said the new flight will be twice weekly -- Sunday and Wednesday. The carrier is Air Macau, which will initially carry Koreans from Seoul on charter flights for four months to test the market.

The first flight will be in December, Teo said, adding, "If the result is positive then this will go on."

Gatchalian said he had instructed the management of the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao to extend all forms of assistance to the local travel and tourism industry in developing the Davao-Macau route.

He also advised local and regional authorities in the government as well as tourism industry players in the private sector to fully develop the South Korean market.

One window of opportunity that Dabawenyos should take advantage of is the Koreans' fondness for sports especially golf, said Gatchalian.

Gatchalian owns Waterfront Hotels in Cebu and the Manila Pavilion on UN Avenue, Manila. He just opened the G Hotel overlooking the Manila Bay, which is the first of a chain of small hotels he is establishing in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. He also owns minority stocks in some hotels in the Ilocos region and other parts of Luzon and retains 30 percent ownership of Air Philippines. :cheers2:

^ OIC. So charter flight at first. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYDhGQPGK0


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/iAmSRK.gif (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYDhGQPGK0)


Thanks Jude for the wonderful trip back home. You've just made me feel the warth of my beloved Davao once again.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Gatchalian to Dabawenyos: Nurture Davao-Macau route
By Antonio M. Ajero

PLASTICS magnate William Gatchalian advised Dabawenyos to nurture and develop the soon-to-be-inaugurated Macau-Seoul-Davao flight route as it may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to the local tourist and travel industry.

During a dinner last Sunday in Davao City with Ambassador Bahnarim A. Guinomla and businessman Arthur M. Garcia, Gatchalian said Macau is fast becoming the Las Vegas of Asia whose tourists will be looking for unique destinations like Davao for a side visit.


"Right now, Macau gets some 26 million tourists annually, and even if only 10 percent or 260,000 of that will come to Davao, it would mean a local tourism boom," Gatchalian said.

A believer in the so-called "open skies policy," he said the ideal frequency of flights in the fledgling route is thrice a week as visitors might already be bored in waiting for one week in flying out of Davao.

Wanda T. Teo of Mt. Apo Travel and Tours said the new flight will be twice weekly -- Sunday and Wednesday. The carrier is Air Macau, which will initially carry Koreans from Seoul on charter flights for four months to test the market.

The first flight will be in December, Teo said, adding, "If the result is positive then this will go on."

Gatchalian said he had instructed the management of the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao to extend all forms of assistance to the local travel and tourism industry in developing the Davao-Macau route.

He also advised local and regional authorities in the government as well as tourism industry players in the private sector to fully develop the South Korean market.

One window of opportunity that Dabawenyos should take advantage of is the Koreans' fondness for sports especially golf, said Gatchalian.

Gatchalian owns Waterfront Hotels in Cebu and the Manila Pavilion on UN Avenue, Manila. He just opened the G Hotel overlooking the Manila Bay, which is the first of a chain of small hotels he is establishing in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. He also owns minority stocks in some hotels in the Ilocos region and other parts of Luzon and retains 30 percent ownership of Air Philippines. :cheers2:


Now it's Gatchalian's turn to change the consecrated face of the once legendary Insular Hotel of Davao if only to align his deeds to what comes out of his mouth.

ang sarap umu-wi no!

Thanks Jude for the wonderful trip back home. You've just made me feel the warth of my beloved Davao once again.

id rather not have my thoughts posted than have someone desecrate it without my knowledge...

Davo International Airport Arrival Area, Feb. 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_djveS9dpQA

;10214990']id rather not have my thoughts posted than have someone desecrate it without my knowledge...

uhhh!

air macau inaguration flight moved to december.... there seems to be a problem with the paper works...

awwwww

so how about Viva Macau, ASiana and Royal Brunei?

^^ ^^ ...moved to 2009 :hahaha: j/K

Anymore pics of the interiors of the airport?

The viewing area at the end of the runway will soon be closed due to security concerns, for those who want a last look better do it now as soon no more access to that.

The viewing area at the end of the runway will soon be closed due to security concerns, for those who want a last look better do it now as soon no more access to that.

mao ba? sayang naman, ganda sana ng area...

mao ba? sayang naman, ganda sana ng area...

I think that's a good idea to close it. The perimeter fence is so low that anyone can just jump over it and get to the airport vicinity.

I think that's a good idea to close it. The perimeter fence is so low that anyone can just jump over it and get to the airport vicinity.

Hinoon...kung lagyan na lang kaya ng 24hr security patrol doon sa area?

Hinoon...kung lagyan na lang kaya ng 24hr security patrol doon sa area?


It's an added long term expense maintaining security personnel there.

Sayang nga, ganda talaga mag viewing doon gani, kaya lang recommendation ng security consultant sa ATO , risk area talaga. They want to bulldoze it to lower the elevation for aborted or distressed takeoff. Plus someone with bad intentions can use the area to shoot a plane as from that vantage point it's within reach. Oh well, safety first!

I agree! That area is so accessible to anyone with ill intentions and should therefore be closed. Safety should absolutely be the priority.

Reposting pics of the spanking Davao International Airport ((most of pics courtesy of Absentinded)


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davao looks pretty busy ;]

It might be slow at times but definitely it's teeming with hustles and bustles most of the time.

Sayang nga, ganda talaga mag viewing doon gani, kaya lang recommendation ng security consultant sa ATO , risk area talaga. They want to bulldoze it to lower the elevation for aborted or distressed takeoff. Plus someone with bad intentions can use the area to shoot a plane as from that vantage point it's within reach. Oh well, safety first!

Yeah, I agree :)

Bai Junax, can you post some pix of the new Tagum Public Cemntery...nafeature sa magandang umaga mindanao kanina...
ang ganda ng pagkagawa...condo type at parang park :)

Galing ng Tagum

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/dvoairport.jpg

great find Jude!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/dvoairport.jpg

So that area to the left of the runway reclaimed land?

whaaaat? :lol:

maybe that 1945 pic was taken at an angle...:)

how about creating a taxiway for your airport?

^^ kulang pa ako ng P500,000 by next year makumpleto na funds ko and ako na mismo ang gagawa ng taxiway

I think kaya pa di nakakagawa ng taxiway kasi di pa naman ganun ka-grabe ang air traffic sa Davao. Di naman masyado sigurong queueing ang take-off and landing sa Davao pero someday, it'll be. Lam mo naman ang gobyerno pagdating sa big projects. That's why may allowance na binigay between the runway and the apron/tarmac kasi talagang planado na may taxiway sa DIA.

constructing the taxi way is the next 64 million dollar question though there have been rumors that a certain budget is already in the can for this plan

Anong taxiway? Daanan ng mga taxi? :lol:

Anong taxiway? Daanan ng mga taxi? :lol:

sa tingin ko ganun nga