CIAC exec: Clark is airport of Northern, Central Luzon

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/12/23/ciac-exec-clark-airport-northern-central-luzon-516723
• Monday, December 26, 2016

By Reynaldo G. Navales

CLARK FREEPORT – Clark International Airport (CRK) will "become the airport of passengers coming from Northern and Central Luzon."

This was disclosed by Alexander Cauguiran, officer-in-charge of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), during a press briefing at Oxford Hotel Friday.

With a catchment area with 23 million population, Clark airport will help in decongesting the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), according to Cauguiran.

Airlines operating in Clark include Cebu Pacific, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Dragon Air, Jin Air Tiger Air, Asiana Airlines, Air Asia and Philippine Air Lines (PAL) Express.

Clark is currently averaging 114 domestic and international flights weekly from these carriers, according to Cauguiran.

He added that 122,473 overseas Filipino workers flew from the airport here last year and 112,930 in the last 10 months.

A one-stop shop near Clark airport also provides government services like clearances and other documents needed by OFWs, Caguiran said.