PDEA to deploy agents in DMIA

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the region will soon be deploying some of its agents at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark Freeport Zone to give a sharper teeth to its campaign on anti-drug courier program. Ronald Allan Ricardo, regional director of PDEA, said the drug agency is looking into providing [...]

Seair to start flights via Hong Kong and Macau

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga — Domestic air carrier South East Asian Airlines (Seair), will further expand its operations at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) with flights to Hong Kong and Macau that are expected to start February 14, 2011, and, is considering flights to Taipei. Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose [...]

The Clark Airport–the only hope

Whenever I travel internationally, I decide to closely observe the airports of those countries in comparison with the Manila International Airport. When I fly in an international airline, I got to depart from Terminal 1. The experience was humbling and I am certain that any Filipino who has flown in some countries would agree with me that the Philippine Terminal 1, which all international carriers use, is a shame to the country. This is the only terminal I have seen to have a reused plastic container serving as the rainwater control device in the middle of the departure lounge covered by dirty and stained carpet. The dirt and the disrepair for an international passenger terminal is unacceptable.

Busy bodies

Build and they will come.
From merely nothing flying out of the Clark international airport after the cataclysmic eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, the succeeding secondary explosions that emitted fine volcanic ashes and the dreaded lahar flows—the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport has metamorphosed into one of the busiest airports in the Asian region. Back then, we only had migratory birds visiting the two 3.2-km parallel runways, a contrast when the US military might is felt by the presence of the F4 phantoms lined up in front of the DMIA tower.