ANGELES CITY—Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III said he is batting for the construction of a railway system connecting Clark to areas in North Luzon to increase passengers at the international airport in Pampanga.
Tanjuatco bared his preference to businessman Ruperto Cruz of the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM), a Pampanga-based advocacy group pushing for the full development of the Clark International Airport (CRK).
Tanjuatco said it’s more beneficial for the CRK if the railway covers routes from Clark to areas north of Luzon, notably at Pangasinan and Baguio City.
Public officials and private groups, including the Manuel V. Pangilinan-led infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp., expressed support for the construction of a railway system connecting CRK to the Ninoy Aquino International Airports in Metro Manila.
Government statistics showed that many overseas Filipino workers come from Central and Northern Luzon.
“Those train passengers from North Luzon will likely use Clark when they leave for abroad,” Tanjuatco said. He earlier disclosed that there were 443,507 passengers at the CRK from January to June of this year.
Tanjuatco expressed confidence that the annual- passenger volume at the CRK will breach the one-million mark this year, like the 1.3 million in 2012 and the 1.2 million in 2013.
In 2014 there were at least 877,000 passengers. The departures of AirAsia Philippines and Emirates hurt CRK’s operations. In the same meeting, Tanjuatco said South East Asian Airlines International (SEAIR) will resume operations at the CRK, either by September or October this year. It will launch regular flights to Incheon in South Korea, Taiwan, Kalibo (Boracay) in Aklan and Palau.
Tanjuatco said AirAsia Philippines will also resume operations at the CRK “soon.” There are at least eight airlines operating at the CRK, including Cebu Pacific Air.
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