CRK | Clark International Airport

[renell]

Originally Posted by Francis20

aerocity? first time to hear that.

same here. havent heard of an aerocity before.

[absent-minded]

oops... I think it was aerotropolis or something. I read it the other day in an ad by this NGO that was against PAL's call to refrain from signing the open skies cargo agreement with s'pore and a few other countries. they wanted to open up Clark to more flights from different countries cause they want to turn it into a major asian hub. that would be nice but they would have to find ways that would first be able to support our local aviation industry before letting foriegn carriers eat up a huge piece of it....

[ryanr]

They have chosen Clark over Guangzhou already. I read it in an article a few days ago.

Yeah, DMIA have tons of room. They can easily expand to one of the largest airports in the world (thats after many decades from now). Phase I afterall, is quite massive.

[absent-minded]

UPS airs concern on FedEx entry into Clark
Posted: 11:35 PM | Apr. 01, 2004

UNITED Parcel Service (UPS) is concerned that a recently announced plan to transfer the Asia-Pacific hub of Federal Express Corp. to a government site in the Clark Special Economic Zone, north of Manila, will cause air traffic congestion and adversely affect UPS' operations there, UPS Philippines managing director Hidenori Aritake said.

"We see minor technical issues," Aritake said. "The airport might be congested. The potential issue might be the landing and takeoff traffic. We're just concerned that there might be delays in our flights."


FedEx is to sign a 25-year lease agreement on April 11 with the Clark authorities for its new 450-million-dollar regional cargo hub region. It will relocate its facility to Clark once its contract with the authorities of the Subic Freeport, west of Manila, expires in 2007.

Clark International Airport Corp. president and chief executive officer Adelberto Yap said he was confident Clark's Diosdado Macapagal International Airport would have enough space to accommodate new players such as FedEx.

"Space is the least of our problems," Yap said. "The Clark airport has a land area of 2,750 hectares. So far, only 200 hectares are occupied."

Clark is currently the hub of UPS Philippines and local airline Asian Spirit. South Korea's Asiana Airlines flies to Clark five times a week.
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oops... so only a little less than 10% is currently being used. if Boeing moves, it'll take up some 80 hectares - so that would be little more than 10%... lots and lots of room for that 100-gate terminal. hopefully, something as big as Thailand's new airport...

[absent-minded]

Boeing seen putting up facility in Clark
Posted: 1:01 AM | Apr. 05, 2004

Clarissa S. Batino
Inquirer News Service

BOEING Co., the world's largest aircraft maker, is holding exploratory talks with Clark Airport authorities for a possible lease agreement over an 80-hectare government property in the former US military air base.

Government officials said Boeing was scouting for a space to house its regional maintenance facility.


Putting up a regional logistics and maintenance office in Clark is becoming very attractive to the US firm due to its proximity to potential clients like the Philippine government and two foreign cargo carriers, the official said.

Adelberto Yap, president and chief executive officer of the Clark International Airport Corp., said the US aircraft manufacturer would like to cash-in on the more than $150 million in US government funding for the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Part of the US assistance covers the repair of local military aircraft like C-130s, which Boeing wants to undertake.

If Boeing's plans push through, the US firm's investment could equal the estimated $450 million that Federal Express would be spending for the building of its Asia Pacific hub in Clark, according to Yap.

"Boeing is also interested in servicing the aircraft of FedEx and UPS (United Parcel Service)," said the Clark airport official. FedEx and UPS, two of the world's biggest freight carriers, have existing regional facilities in the Philippines.

Yap said executives from Boeing's headquarters in Seattle were expected to arrive after the Holy Week holidays to inspect the site, specifically the east wing of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport.

"Boeing wants to build its logistic maintenance center on the east side wing. It is interested in about 80 hectares of the property there," said the Clark airport president.

Yap is scheduled to fly to Memphis, Tennessee, to sign a 25-year lease agreement with FedEx officials on April 11. FedEx is leasing a 50-hectare property in Clark where it will put up a $450-million facility that will become Fedex's regional hub once its 12-year contract with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority expires in 2007.

The airport official said FedEx had chosen Clark over the 18-billion yuan airport in Guangzhou, China as the site of its regional facility after 2007. FedEx plans to start moving in to the Clark property before 2007 while it is gradually scaling down operations in Subic, Yap said.

Clark airport has two parallel 3.2-kilometer runways that can accommodate the largest commercial and military aircraft in the world.

The airport, named after president Diosdado Macapagal, also has an existing passenger terminal that can serve 500 passengers per hour or 1.5 million passengers yearly.

The International Civil Aviation Organization said Clark airport met international standards.

Yap said that FedEx's decision to retain its Asia Pacific hub in the Philippines would not only give the government millions of pesos in revenue yearly from the lease arrangement and taxes but would also create employment and opportunities for the economy.

Subic Bay became FedEx's Asia Pacific hub in September 1995. The facility connects with 19 destinations worldwide. It allows the company do overnight deliveries to the US West Coast from Penang, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and East Timor.

Atlanta-based UPS invested $300 million in 2002 to put up its Asian hub in Clark. UPS delivers packages from Clark to Malaysia, Thailand, China, Singapore, India, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Taipei.

But FedEx and UPS' local operations have been faced with a lot of controversies as local airlines accused the US carrier of operating illegally in the Philippines. FedEx as well as United Parcel Services allegedly operate on the basis of the so-called 7th freedom right that the current air agreement with the US does not provide.

But Yap said that Executive Order (EO) 253 issued by Malacañang in late 2003 gave freight carriers solid legal ground for their local operations.

The EO liberalizing the cargo operations of Clark and Subic is strongly opposed by employees of the country's flag carrier.
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hope Boeing makes its decision soon... we would have 3 major players at the DMIA then - meaning bigger chances of finally putting up that terminal in a few years...

[ryanr]

All very good news! Will bring in a lot of $$$ into the region as these are big investments... I agree, all these operations will make the terminal project happen sooner. It would help if northrail was already operating to back up these investments.

[ryanr]

Wow! DMIA is a large area! Sooo much space for a massive airport to be built!

[SunKing]

This the artist's rendering?

[absent-minded]

SunKing... welcome to the boards! Are you new here?

Anyway, can you please insert the URL of that rendering? Where in the internet did you find it??? Hehehe... Tried searching with Google but never came up with nothing. Would love to see a rendering of the future DMIA!! Haven't even seen the existing one.

Thanks!!!

[ryanr]

Welcome to the forum, SunKing! I edited your post so that we can see the picture. Great! Looks awesome in that rendering, i believe i have already seen that rendering in the newspaper a few years ago. I've also seen different renderings. But they are all great, all massive! thanks

However, i prefer if they dont make the design of the terminal straight/flat. It is better to make it have a spyder type design so that there will be more gates in a smaller area.

[renell]

yeah, i remember that in the early days of ssc.

[absent-minded]

sweeeeet!!! i count 26+ gates... and that building in the upper, right corner looks like the NAIA 3 terminal! maybe they planned two or more termials for DMIA. that would hav been fuckin awesome!!! why'd they have to build at NAIA???? well.... at least it's better than nothing (which is what we're getting ryt now...)

[SunKing]

Yep, I'm new here! Thanks for fixing the post, GreyX! I love the discussions here!

[absent-minded]

btw... if that building really was supposed to be the same NAIA 3 terminal we have now - it looks hella small when sized up to that huge, curved terminal!! hehehe.... that would've been cool if they expanded that terminal to the left side to form a U shape with an entry ramp running around the entire inner circle and gates lined up accross the entire outer ring!! then they would just have to build a few pedestrian skywalks or underground walkways to get accross each side... or if they have a mini subway running around it and then out to connect with Northrail!!

[Edmundtanso]

that rendering of proposed clark airport was in the paper atleast 5 years ago. beleive it was suppose to be a BOT by a thai firm but it was junked because they decided to build the new terminal in MM.

good new for clark! i hope boeing relocate there, that should create more jobs.

[ryanr]

Although nice, i think that design will no longer be used. I've seen other renderings that have a higher chance of being used. And they are better coz the gates are in a long, single line.

[renell]

before we start talking about the new int'l terminal in Clark we have to consider a lot of factors.

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by renell

before we start talking about the new int'l terminal in Clark we have to consider a lot of factors.

such as?

[absent-minded]

hm... I dunno. to me, the most important thing would be to create and sustain effective and efficient modes of transportation from Clark through to and past Manila. since many parts of Southern Luzon are already picking up on economic development, they'll have to think up some way of quickly bringing people not only to Manila but all the way down to Alabang either through highways or railways. the SLEX and NLEX are great starts. they just have to keep them working and maintain them in good condition. good thing the extension of the NLEX and construction/upgrading of the North and Southrails are finally being seriously worked on. is anything happening on the SLEX? does the NLEX curently go to Clark - or is that what they're trying to do now?

i guess they'd also have to do studies on whether moving to Clark would benefit or hurt the country's avaition industry. and if it's worth it at all. funny though... cuz at the same time they're doing those projects, they're also building interchanges going to NAIA. i think the move to Clark won't be til another good 10-15 years. and maybe they'd keep NAIA open as a domestic and alternate int'l airport.

no... actually, everything looks pretty vague and unclear right now... to early to tell. we'll just have to wait and see... i'd still like to see a huge SEAsian hub at Clark though.... but only time will tell...

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

that is very interesting our clark becoming the site of regional hubs of major world air freight carriers like dhl, ups and aircraft manufacturer like boeing, i hope others will follow and put up their regional hubs and facilties in clark airport, billions of dollars invested by these companies, its abt time the governement should take seriously at the potentional of clark becoming a major international airport facility in asia