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CLARK
FREEPORT—Two multibillion peso logistics projects—a
world-class logistics park and a maintenance, repair and
overhaul (MRO) facility—will soon rise at the Diosdado
Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) upon the signing
of agreements this coming April 4.
Clark
International Airport Corp. president Victor Jose I.
Luciano will sign the agreements with
Kuwait Gulf
and Link (KGL) and the Singapore Airlines Engineering
Co. (SIAEC) in the presence of President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo during the inauguration of the
airport's expanded passenger terminal on the same date.
Luciano
said KGL will establish the
Global
Gateway Logistics
Park
located at Industrial Estate Five, while SIAEC will set
up a $100 million, 10-hectare MRO facility at DMIA.
Initially costing about $25 million, the 125-hectare KGL
project will provide aviation-related services,
including but not limited to warehousing distribution,
multi-nodal logistics, light manufacturing alongside
complementary business operations and facilities to
support activities within the airport's Civil Aviation
Complex.
For its
part, SIAEC will pour an initial $100-million investment
for its project. Besides providing maintenance services
for its aircraft, the project involves the construction
of five-large hangars at the DMIA for the repair of
aircraft made by Boeing and Airbus, two of the world’s
biggest aircraft manufacturers.
SIAEC, a
major provider of aircraft MRO services in the
Asia-Pacific Region, is part of the Singapore Airlines
Group, managing more than 60 international carriers
operating at
Singapore’s
Changi airport, including airframe and component
overhaul on some of the most advanced and widely used
commercial aircraft in the world.
SIAEC’s
maintenance support extends to more than 40 countries
such as Australia, China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Not only
will the facility generate jobs in aircraft repair and
maintenance, the MRO will also complement the
development of a logistics hub and the development of
DMIA as envisioned by President Arroyo.
The
facility will occupy a 10-hectare property at the DMIA
which would be the center of repair, maintenance and
overhaul of various wide- and narrow-bodied aircraft
such as the AirbusA380—currently the world's largest
aircraft, the Airbus 300 and Boeing 747s and 777s, among
others.
SIAEC
services at least 80 international carriers and
aerospace equipment manufacturers. It has 20
certifications from airworthiness authorities around the
world with six hangars and 22 in-house workshops in
Singapore, which provide a complete MRO services in
airframe, component, engine, aircraft conversions and
modifications to major airlines from four continents. |
