Laguindingan International Airport

[Insanedriver]

Originally Posted by GearX

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special preparation for the president's visit

[ikra]

it is highly inefficient to have two airports serving both iligan and cdo. Why not just one? Like many cities in europe they have regional airport which serves a particular region of the country. Plus iligan and cdo are only divided by an 80km travel... and once a railway system is built, i really do think that it is irrelevant to have two airports tbh. Id rather have one large airport than two small ones... and that is what laguindingan can become if both iligan and cdo continue to progress. Imo people who says each to his own are the greedy ones who just think about their own city... why not think of your neighbour eh? Cant you have common ground?

You dont move a house because you can't fit in one room, You expand it ..that I guess is applicable to Lumbia. There's still lot of room for expansion in the sorrounding area. besides Do you think merging the aviation operation of two cities with one very distant airport is a good idea?..I dont think so. That was the case between Bonn and Dusseldorf long time ago,but eventually have to part ways anyway because of economic reasons and that's Bonn and Dusseldorf. In an economic infrastructural studies, That is called "infrastructural budding". A term taken form Botany. If you want a specimen to grow and multiply. Divide them into two plots and let them grow independently not unify them.

IMO youre very narrow minded, the reason that it is being moved is because of economic implications... meaning that it is affecting the booming real estate industry of CDO esp that the surrounding area is becoming a residential hotspot... you dont want an airplane constantly flying above dont you? And if it did expand and cater to more flights i think thats going to spell disaster to the surrounding residents. Laguindingan is an ideal place... very ideal for an airport.

I think what youre really deeply concerned is that iligan and CDO will share the airport... I dont know why your thinking of it like that, in an airliners point of view it is much more profitable to be landing on one airport rather than having to land on two airports to just cater the two cities. Id rather have one airplane thats full of passengers rather than having two airplanes that is half full.

They have to pay twice the amount of fuel and terminal parking fees. Maybe in the future if iligan outgrows the airport and maybe its worth a consideration but right now i do think that laguindingan is more than enough

[ph_matrix]

very well said ! I salute you !

[boju]

same here

[boju]

Originally Posted by bariQ

i do not see anything malicious... although FX could be wrong but that DEFINETLY WASNT MALICIOUS.

The one who repeat the lines and make it bolder is the one who has malicious intent.

[Sera]

Tapos ang exciting part ay patatayuan ng business park yung surrounding area ng LIA by no other than Ayala. Then the CDO & Iligan airports will be converted into economic zones or commercial areas.

[habagatcentral1]

OT but is IGN's airport located in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte?

[Ex!lE]

Originally Posted by berniemacksouthcentr

OT but is IGN's airport located in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte?

yes.

[bariQ]

imo lang pero sa tingin ko. beneficial talaga sa cdo-ign corridor ang airport na to. diba mas spread na ang investments at di na nakasentro sa mga cities. then it would truly become an industrial and commercial corridor

[FrancisXavier]

Originally Posted by boju

The one who repeat the lines and make it bolder is the one who has malicious intent.

hindi katakata..walaang bago sa postings nya..

[xzibit31]

Originally Posted by FrancisXavier

hindi katakata..walaang bago sa postings nya..

[kalbongdad]

i don't think they will be maintaining the 2 airports...look at the precedent...sa iloilo....ng mag open ang bago...binenta ang luma...that is most probably...the case....

[GearX]

[GearX]

MisOr airport construction begins January
Written by Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews
Friday, 14 September 2007 00 28 22

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 September) – Construction of the much delayed Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental will finally begin January next year but the P7.8 billion airport will no longer cater to international flights as originally planned, authorities said. Instead, the airport will serve domestic airlines that will cater to passengers from Cagayan de Oro and the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon. "The economy the past few years was not favorable for this airport. It was not the time to construct the airport then," Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno said.

Moreno said the economy in Northern Mindanao had grown robust since the Asian financial crisis in 1997, thus allowing the national government to rethink its original position not to construct the airport.

"Airports are expensive projects and have long gestation periods. The national government thought money for its construction should be spent elsewhere,"

Moreno explained the delay Laguindigan Airport was planned in 1994 when the Philippine economy, flushed by the proceeds of the sale of Fort Bonifacio and overseas workers’ remittances, was strong.

In 1995, economic analysts viewed the Philippines as an emerging tiger economy in Asia. But the economic bubble burst in 1997 following the Asian financial crisis that hit other countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

While these countries recovered immediately, the Philippines did not, so the construction of the Laguindingan airport did not also push through.

The plan to turn 387 hectares of tobacco fields in Laguindingan town, Misamis Oriental into a world class airport remain in the drawing boards.

Della Capicenio, project manager of the Laguindingan Airport Development Project, said construction costs has ballooned from P5.3 billion in 1994 to P7.8 billion at present.

Capicenio said bidding process for the airport construction is already underway with four South Korean firms participating. She said the money will be bankrolled by the Korean Export and Import Bank.

"Government planners say the airport will be better off if it will serve the domestic airlines first. International flights will come in later," Capicenio said. She said the airport will be able to handle 1.2 million passengers a year and will be equipped with two boarding tubes, modern navigation and landing instruments and will be fully air-conditioned.

Despite the distance -- 20 kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City, Capicenio said travelers will need only 30 minutes to reach the airport. She said the four-lane highway connecting the airport to the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro highway is already 90 percent completed.

Construction of the airport was also delayed by opposition from residents who refused to vacate their houses and the refusal by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to give the project an Environmental Clearance Certificate.

The DENR said the airport was unsafe since its runway will be constructed on deep layers of coral that were found to have subterranean caves. The DENR feared the plane landings will cause the caves to collapse.

The DENR findings were lifted after airport planners revised their construction designs. Capicenio said the national government has released P25 million to construct a new village for the families of 425 houses that will be demolished during the construction of the airport. (Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews)

[Rajah_Soliman]

nice pic... i notice something though... the plane is as big as the terminal

Originally Posted by GearX

[tough]

DOTC to finalize international airport loan
Friday, September 14, 2007
By Stephen Capillas



Capitol officials and airport project management representatives say construction of the access road leading to the Laguindingan International Airport project is nearing completion. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Joey Nacalaban)


WORK on the Laguindingan International Airport project had a few developments with the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) receiving a note from the Export-Import Bank of South Korea to finalize the airport loan after the latter received word of the approved final revised project costs.

This development was disclosed during a meeting held last Tuesday with Capitol officials and members of the airport project management group from the DOTC.

According to Laguindingan International Airport project manager Della Capicenio, this follows construction of the access road leading to the airport and the resettlement program for residents to be affected by the airport construction.

Delays in the resettlement program for the airport project included delays in the acquisition of road right of way (RROW) due to the election season, revisions in road designs and surveys by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the replacement of stewardship areas.

The group confirmed that P25 million plus was released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the construction of 425 housing units for the affected families with the selection of contractor for the resettlement site set this week.

About 48 percent of the 57 percent programmed accomplishment rate for the resettlement initiative had been completed.

The group also said construction of the access road is still ongoing with four percent, though an inter-agency coordinating board said work on the said road is about 60 to 70 percent completed.

Previously, the Provincial Government announced that 22.34 hectares out of the projected 24.11 hectares of the access road were acquired with Ayala Corp. set to acquire the remaining 1.70 hectares.

On the other hand, 292.87 hectares out of the 387 hectares of total affected land for the Laguindingan International airport project have been acquired, again with Ayala Corp. donating the 94.04 remaining hectares following a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with the DOTC and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for the project.

Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno for his part appealed for public understanding on the delays in the airport construction, saying all international airport projects have a considerable "gestation period" in which it would undergo extensive planning and evaluation before actual work begins.

The governor said public bidding for the airport project would be done sometime by November to December this year with actual construction of the airport site projected to start at January next year.

Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

[Sera]

Good news on LIA.

[GearX]

[philbern]

The main building appears uninspiring. This design is obsolete and boring- even the Iloilo Airport looks more appealing. And the name? Holy moly- sounds like the new Bangkok airport- very hard to remember or pronounce. How 'bout Emmanuel Pelaez International Airport ( EPIA) or Iligan- Cagayan de Oro International Airport ( ICI)?

[kalbongdad]

Originally Posted by philbern

The main building appears uninspiring. This design is obsolete and boring- even the Iloilo Airport looks more appealing. And the name? Holy moly- sounds like the new Bangkok airport- very hard to remember or pronounce. How 'bout Emmanuel Pelaez International Airport ( EPIA) or Iligan- Cagayan de Oro International Airport ( ICI)?

the design...is similar to the recently inaugurated airport terminals...dotc galing yan....i think the rendering is not good...but when finished...i believe it will look ok...yan ang pinausong design ng dotc...yung sa tacloban..ganon din ang design although...na shelve