Panglao-Bohol International Airport Development Project

[Fraulein]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

If the proximity of Panglao to Tagbilaran is that close, why even bother building a new airport when the former can just be upgraded or expanded to meet the influx of potential tourists that will flock to Bohol?

Sabi ko sa inyo guys. Mayroon ng airport sa Tagbilaran. Ang kailangan na lang i-upgrade o kaya i-expand. Parang may balak yata ang mga gov't regarding this new project. Baka maging another White Elephant in the making to.

[ericlucky290]

RISKY AIRPORT. Due to houses that surround the runway of the Tagbilaran Airport, test flights by aeronautic students from Cebu are feared to meet accidents while landing. Source: Bohol Chronicle

The government is planning to replace the Tagbilaran Airport with Panglao International Airport. It is said that Tagbilaran Airport can no longer be upgraded that is why they are looking for a new place where to built an airport.

[metrosuburban]

ewan ko ba sa kanila, theyve been dreaming of that panglao intl airport for more than 10 years na, pero ni isang hollow block wala naman ako makita...

[gen1]

the existing tagbiliran runway cannot be lenghtened to support an international airport. there are hills in the way of the airplane glide path.

[kalbongdad]

Originally Posted by gen1

the existing tagbiliran runway cannot be lenghtened to support an international airport. there are hills in the way of the airplane glide path.

hills...even mountains could be flattened.....the hills are not the problem...if the budget is there....

[GearX]

New Panglao airport in Bohol to boost regional tourism, ‘balikbayan’ market
By Wilfredo Rodolfo III
Reporter

GOVERNMENT planners want to complete a P4.041-billion international-airport project in Panglao Island in Bohol by 2010 to tap a segment of the growing regional budge-travel market in Asia and homecoming overseas Filipino market.

According to project deputy manager Edgar Doña, air passenger arrivals in Bohol had been “phenomenal” in the past years while Panglao’s secluded white-sand beaches have always been a favorite among foreign tourists.

“Arrivals in Bohol have experienced a phenomenal growth in the last five years. There is also a high-level growth of the low-cost carrier market and that is what exactly Panglao is about to experience,” Doña, of private project consultant TCGI Engineers, said.

The project will be funded by internal government funds as ordered by President Arroyo in July 2005. The Manila International Airport Authority has committed to bankroll P2.9 billion of the project cost, with help from the Department of Transportation and Communications (P0.153 billion) and other government agencies.

The project is hoping to get an endorsement from the Central Visa-yas Regional Development Council this week.

Doña said a 2.5-kilometer-long runway is enough to accommodate the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 series, which is the core fleet of most regional and budget airlines in Asia. It could also accommodate bigger aircraft but only as an alternative airport for nearby Mactan Cebu International Airport in Cebu.

Noris Oculam, president of the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the airport would also help returning OFWs from Bohol.

Oculam said Bohol has an annual remittance of $57 million from OFWs—the biggest among all the provinces in the country.

“If we can encourage more of the Boholanos working abroad to come home more often, they would bring great help to the economy of Bohol,” Oculam said.

The site of the project, near barangays Bolod, Danao and Tawala in Panglao town, edged another possible site in barangays Tabalong, Tinago and Bingag in the nearby town of Dauis, also in Panglao Island.

A third option—to rehabilitate the existing domestic airport in Tagbilaran City—would have cost the government some P6.5 billion, the project consultants said.

Oculam, however, said beach-resort owners lining the famed Alona white-sand strip in Panglao are concerned about the possible noise pollution that will be brought by the presence of an airport nearby. He said the resorts wanted to keep their seclusion, which is one of the reasons foreign tourists come to the island.

“Ninety-nine percent of the people in Bohol want the airport. One percent oppose it and these people belong to the Alona beach community,” Oculam said.

Doña, however, said newer aircraft are less noisy and would not affect in a huge way the beachgoers in Alona. He also allayed concerns about the coralline base of Panglao Island, saying it could be solved with new technology, ensuring a solid ground for the airport’s runway.

Doña said airline arrivals in Bohol jumped from 31,641 in 2001 to 198,605 in 2005 and 241,484 in 2006.

[Ex!lE]

Sunday, December 16, 2007
Panglao airport gets RDC green light

DESPITE last year’s controversy, the Panglao Island Airport Development Project got the go-signal from the Regional Development Council (RDC).

In 2006, a rift between the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) and Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado developed when then MCIAA general manager Adelberto Yap called the project another “white elephant.”

But in the last RDC full council meeting for the year, the project was approved for endorsement to the National Economic and Development Authority investment coordination committee.

Aumentado said President Arroyo herself wants to speed up construction of the airport for tourism purposes, hopefully before her term ends.

“The significant increase in tourism activities in Bohol Province necessitates the expansion of its airport to handle larger volume of air passenger and cargo traffic,” read the RDC brief.

Public sector representative Geraldine Ruiz, representing persons with disabilities (PWDs), suggested that the Panglao airport should follow the international standards that are accessible to PWDs.

Ruiz also hoped that it will follow MCIAA standards, which she considers PWD-friendly, unlike the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

The project is estimated to cost P4 billion.

Construction of the airport is expected to start in November next year and to be completed in April 2010.

In addition to the approval of the Panglao Island Airport Development Project, the RDC also approved a feasibility study for the Panglao Island Sewerage and Drainage Project.

The project is to be endorsed to the Korean International Cooperation Agency for funding.

Panglao is the primary destination in Bohol because of its “pristine beaches and diverse marine resources.”

The island’s tourism industry is even expected to increase with improvements in tourism facilities and a future airport.

“The competitiveness and marketability of Panglao as a prime tourist destination is greatly dependent on the sustainable use of its water resources and the availability of efficient and adequate sewerage and drainage facilities,” read the RDC brief of the project.

The goal is to establish a facility for the sustainable treatment, drainage and management of wastewater, solid waste and sewerage in Panglao Island. (JGA)

[LordCarnal]

This "new international airport" in Panglao will surely benefit the tourism industry there..

Before, I used to be against this project because it might end up as a white elephant but my mind has changed.. After all, what would end up as a "white elephant" would be a large terminal building with boarding bridges.

... And the proposed Panglao International Aiport doesn't necessarily have to have a large modern terminal complete with boarding bridges/tubes like those in Ilo-ilo and Bacolod.

... It is international in the sense that it can at least accept budget airlines carrying tourists from other countries.. So no need to pass by Manila or Cebu..

A modest but decent one-storey terminal for tourists and a runway for airplanes to land would suffice.. then perhaps in the very near future, once Bohol becomes a hub, then perhaps they can build the "modern" terminal with the boarding bridges..

Sa tingin ko, the proposed Panglao International Airport would serve in the same way that the airport in -- was it Kalibo or Aklan? -- has served tourists going to Boracay.. And if I'm not mistaken, the airport there is one of the busiest in the Philippines...

[ericlucky290]

Panglao, Laguindingan airports get the green light
By Janice on Jan 7, 2008 in News
Manila Standard Today

President Arroyo has instructed the Department of Transportation and Communications to start the construction of the P2.87-billion Panglao international airport in Bohol within the month.

Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza, speaking at a radio program of Vice President Noli de Castro over the weekend, said the Panglao airport would replace the Tagbilaran airport, which has no room for expansion.

Mendoza also gave the go-ahead to the construction of the P5-billion Laguindingan airport in Cagayan de Oro City.

The Panglao airport and the P3.6-billion circumferential road will support the tourism growth in Bohol, which is benefitting from the influx of foreign visitors to nearby Cebu, according to Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano.

Bohol is the only province in the country that is developing a masterplan for the tourism industry. By Roderick T. dela Cruz

[Ex!lE]

Upgrade of Panglao airport to int’l gateway gets Neda’s nod


THE board of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Tuesday approved the upgrade of an airport in Bohol into an international gateway.

Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Augusto B. Santos said the agency’s board, which is chaired by President Arroyo, approved the P4 billion Panglao Airport Development Project, which is aimed at boosting tourism and trade in that province and in surrounding areas.

“The total project cost will be funded by the government,” Santos said in a telephone interview.

The construction of the Panglao Airport will not only benefit the province of Bohol and Central Visayas, but will also impact positively on the regions belonging to Central Philippines whose primary economic driver is tourism, the NEDA said.

The agency said tourist arrivals in Bohol have considerably increased, as the province’s eco-cultural destinations have drawn both domestic and foreign visitors.

The construction of the Panglao Airport will facilitate travel in the different tourism loops within the Central Philippines region.

The planned 100-hectare airport can accommodate Boeing 737, or Airbus A320 jets.

The new Panglao Airport is expected to be completed by middle of 2010. It is one of the President’s priority projects, and is included in the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan.
-- Darwin G. Amojelar

[manchowyin]

President wants construction of Panglao Int'l Airport to start by July
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008 | INFRASTRUCTURE
http://www.gov.ph/news/?i=19820

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered government agencies concerned to pave the way for the start of construction works on the P4.7-billion Panglao International Airport at Panglao Island in Bohol in a move to tap a segment of the growing regional travel market in Asia, thereby spurring economic development in that province and neighboring areas.

The President issued the order during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting in Malacanang that tackled more programs and projects for rural development, among which was the approval of the Panglao Airport Development Project by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board.

The President, who chairs the NEDA Board, said the “bid must be out by April this year and work must start by July.”

It was made clear during the meeting that the project would be funded by internal government funds as ordered by the President in July 2005.

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) would shoulder 90 percent of the P4.7-billion project cost while the remaining 10 percent would be funded by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

The construction of an airport in Panglao Island is economically viable, according to a feasibility study on the project, as air passenger arrivals in Bohol have been “phenomenal,” brought about by Panglao’s secluded white-sand beaches that have always been a favorite among foreign tourists.

Arrivals in Bohol, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT), have experienced a phenomenal growth in the last five years, thus spurring a high-level growth of the low-cost carrier market and that is what exactly Panglao is about to experience.

The Panglao Airport Development Project, covering 100 hectares, would have a 2.5-kilometer long runway that could accommodate the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 series, the core fleet of most regional and budget airlines in Asia.

It could also accommodate bigger aircraft but only as an alternative airport for nearby Mactan Cebu International Airport in Cebu.

The project site, near Barangays Bolod, Danao and Tawala in Panglao town, edged out another possible site in Barangays Tabalong, Tinago and Bingag in the nearby town of Dauis, also in Panglao Island.

Air passenger arrivals in Bohol jumped from 31,641 in 2001 to 198,605 in 2005 and 241,484 in 2006.

[animelover]

Congrats to Panglao

By the way, can someone please post a pic of the planned airport?

[mambo]

NEDA OKs P4.17-B Panglao airport project

In a statement released Thursday, NEDA said the airport supports the government's thrust to make Central Philippines a major tourist destination.

"The Panglao Airport Development Project... envisions opening up Central Visayas to more economic activities as well as enhancing the tourism potential of Bohol," NEDA said.

"This is expected to reduce travel time and cost of transporting goods and people. The project will also serve as a gateway for major tourist destinations in Bohol from other parts of the country and abroad," it added.

The proposed airport will be built on 216 hectares of land approximately 15 kilometers from Tagbilaran City, and will have a runway of 2,500 meters by 45 meters and passenger and cargo terminal buildings.

The project will be funded wholly by government funds from the Manila International Airport Authority, the Department of Transportation and Communication and some of its attached agencies, and the Department of Tourism. It will be jointly implemented by the DOTC and the MIAA.

The project is expected to start July this year and finish by April 2010.

[hiiamdib]

First of all, way to go for Bohol. Secondly, this is my first post of the year hahaha I just browse a lot pero la post.

Ano daw talaga yung budget? Sabi nung isang article, 2.8B tapos yung isa naman sabi 4.7B. Kung 4.7 bilion pesos nga, then should we expect a two floor terminal with air bridges?

[Jety]

i wish they would build the airport in bohol main island instead of panglao.. i think the constant humming of airplanes in the air would be irrritating for people on the beaches.. but still i believe this airport would trully boost bohol tourism

[kiretoce]

GMA wants Panglao airport to break ground by July 2008

Tagbilaran City -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered government agencies concerned to pave the way for the start of construction works on the P4.7-billion Panglao International Airport at Panglao Island in Bohol.

And in the President's timetable, she wants the bidding to be out by April this year so that the construction works can immediately start by July, Philippine Information sources said.

The move is in efforts to tap a segment of the growing regional travel market in Asia, thereby spurring economic development in the province and neighboring areas.

The President issued the order during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting in Malacanang.

The meeting tackled more programs and projects for rural development, among which was the approval of the Panglao Airport Development Project by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by the president herself.

The same sources bated that during the meeting, it was clarified that the project would be funded by internal government funds as ordered by the President in July 2005.

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) would shoulder 90 percent of the P4.7-billion project cost. The remaining 10 percent would be funded by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), earlier reports show.

The construction of an airport in Panglao Island is economically viable, according to a feasibility study on the project, as air passenger arrivals in Bohol have been noted as "phenomenal".

Panglao, with its secluded white-sand beaches and the emerging eco-cultural destination in countless tourism circuits developed in Bohol have always been a favorite among foreign tourists.

Arrivals in Bohol, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT), have experienced a phenomenal growth in the last five years.

Air passenger arrivals in Bohol jumped from 31,641 in 2001 to 198,605 in 2005 and 241,484 in 2006.

The phenomenal arrivals have also accordingly spurred a high-level growth of the low-cost carrier market, and that is what exactly Panglao airport is about to experience, Malacanang sources said.

The Panglao Airport Development Project, covering 100 hectares, would have a 2.5-kilometer long runway that could accommodate the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 series, the core fleet of most regional and budget airlines in Asia.

It could also accommodate bigger aircraft but only as an alternative airport for nearby Mactan Cebu International Airport in Cebu, according to earlier feasibility studies.

The project site, near Barangays Bolod, Danao and Tawala in Panglao town, edged out another possible site in Barangays Tabalong, Tinago and Bingag in the nearby town of Dauis, also in Panglao Island.

[lochinvar]

"constant humming of airplanes in the air would be irrritating for people on the beaches"

Ate Glo, better watch out. If you continue to annoy the people on the beach, they might stage a people power.

[jogavilz]

maganda naman ang airplane na malapit sa beach ah....parang princess juliana international airport, may beach malapit sa runway...

[hiiamdib]

cooool... di kya nabingi ung nanunuod ? I guess di na msyado maingay ang engines today.

[jogavilz]

Originally Posted by hiiamdib

cooool... di kya nabingi ung nanunuod ? I guess di na msyado maingay ang engines today.

i think the sound of jet engines is tolerable at this situation since the planes will just pass above them. parang ganito rin malapit sa RWY05 ng davao airport, may viewing place kaya lang nasa hill at hindi sa beach ang airport.