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| Private Hangars, Flight Schools May Be Transferred; to Sangley Point | |
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| pachador | May 3 2011, 02:36 AM Post #1 |
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Private hangars, flight schools may be transferred to Cavite By Paolo Montecillo Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/01/2011 MANILA, Philippines—The government is considering moving all flight schools and private plane hangars to Sangley Point in Cavite to help decongest Manila’s runways. Sangley Point, formerly a United States naval facility, is currently being used by the Philippine Navy. The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) said Sangley was one of the government’s options to house general aviation operations currently housed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) complex. “I’ve already discussed this with [Defense] Secretary [Voltaire] Gazmin and it’s a possibility,” said Transportation Secretary Jose de Jesus. Congestion on Naia’s runways has led to constant flight delays of as long as 80 minutes, usually with planeloads of passengers sitting idle on the tarmac at the country’s premier international airport. “Private planes and flight schools occupy a lot of space and they take even longer to take off or land than commercial planes,” De Jesus pointed out. Naia was designed to handle 35 takeoffs and landings per hour. However, due to congestion, air traffic personnel are forced to handle more than twice this number, especially during peak periods of the day. De Jesus said the government was still considering whether or not to privatize Sangley Point. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) earlier suggested that flight schools and private plane owners move their operations to provincial airports. This would help decongest Manila and increase revenues of the secondary airports, which the CAAP operates. At the moment, flight schools and private hangar operators pay the Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) for the space they occupy at Naia. The government is also in the process of replacing Naia as the premier airport with the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark, Pampanga, which has better runways. DMIA also has more space for expansion, unlike Naia, which is located in the middle of the metropolis. However, replacing Naia, which still handles 90 percent of all air traffic in the country, will take at least a few years. |
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