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Baguio resumed commercial flights November
By J.Lo
“They’re allotting P68 million para don sa rehabilitation ng terminal kaya papaspasan nila ngayon to hit ‘yung November kasi tinanong sa akin ni Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista kung ano ba ‘yung recommendation ko na magbukas,” Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said local government is looking to resume commercial operations of Loakan Airport for Christmas season, following discussions with top officials in the aviation industry. Magalong said Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) is set to spend some P68 million for rehabilitation of aviation facility.
“Sabi ko if we can avail of the Christmas season sana, that would be in the fourth quarter of this year, nagbigay siya agad, ‘Okay, let’s go for November’,” he stressed.
The rehabilitation will include improvement of instrument landing system (ILS), along with extension of runway by 100 meters.
“As of now sabi nila sufficient ‘yung length ng airport runway at 1,683 meters to accommodate ‘yung mga turboprop…in fact, tamang-tama yung Q400 na Bombardier… actually an 80-seater,” Magalong said.
Magalong said rehab work will also address drainage issues, and remove obstructions from the airport, with structures along vicinity set to be demolished.
The mayor said some of the residents have already received two notices to vacate the area, as the Loakan Airport has a 150-meter buffer zone.
Prior to pandemic, diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. would submit an unsolicited proposal to rehabilitate and reopen Loakan Airport to commercial flights.
Magalong in 2019 urged Department of Transportation (DOTr) to shell out P160 million to revive the Loakan Airport.
The mayor then said that PAL Express, a subsidiary of flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), had expressed interest to operate five aircraft at the local airport.
Before joining DOTr as its secretary, Bautista served as president and chief operating officer of PAL.
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