President Bongbong Marcos leads the ceremonial ribbon reducing of the second runway of the Mactan-Cebu Worldwide Airport (MCIA), his final occasion for his go to in Cebu on Thursday, Jan. 30. He’s accompanied by Transportation Sec. Jaime Bautista, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, and MCIAA Normal Supervisor Julius Neri Jr. | Picture by RTVM
MANILA – The Division of Tourism (DOT) hailed the inauguration of the primary parallel runway at Mactan-Cebu Worldwide Airport (MCIA), a improvement anticipated to reinforce tourism and aviation within the Central Visayas area.
DOT Secretary Christina Frasco mentioned the brand new runway would “strengthen Cebu’s place as a prime vacationer vacation spot, cementing its standing as a premier gateway to the islands of Visayas and Mindanao, and increase tourism in Central Visayas by enhancing accessibility for worldwide and home guests.”
The expanded runway is geared toward enhancing aviation security, accommodating bigger plane and enhancing operational effectivity at MCIA.
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With extra space for takeoffs and landings, the brand new infrastructure will cut back the chance of accidents, particularly throughout antagonistic climate situations.
“It is a main win for Philippine tourism with such an elevation of tourism infrastructure underneath the Marcos administration,” Frasco mentioned in a information launch on Sunday.
“Growing flight frequencies and passenger capability as much as 18 million on the Mactan-Cebu Worldwide Airport by means of the parallel runway advantages all stakeholders within the aviation and tourism sectors, with added accessibility to our island locations in Cebu, the Visayas, and Mindanao. This inflow wouldn’t solely bolster the native economic system but in addition promote cultural trade and foster higher world connectivity,” she added.
New Mactan Airport runway
The brand new runway, which was inaugurated by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, will help Cebu’s rising tourism trade, notably in dive tourism and the conferences, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions sector, in line with the DOT chief.
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The improved infrastructure will even assist in managing main tourism occasions just like the Sinulog Competition, which attracts tens of millions of vacationers yearly.
In keeping with the Division of Transportation, the brand new runway will considerably enhance air visitors effectivity, elevating the airport’s plane motion capability from 30 to 40 per hour.
The 2 runways will even cut back the damage and tear on every, as they are going to now alternate use.
In 2024, MCIA welcomed 11.3 million passengers, a 13-percent enhance from the earlier 12 months.
The airport’s worldwide recognition was additional cemented when it received Asia’s Greatest Airport within the Beneath 5 Million Passengers class on the Routes Asia 2023 awards in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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