The management of Clark International Airport (CIA) will work for more domestic linkages between the aviation hub north of Luzon and Mindanao as the Clark Freeport Zone is fast emerging as a center for conventions.
Speaking before League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Mindanao Chapter, Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III said his office will work out additional flights to and from Mindanao.
“We will try our best to increase the flights from Mindanao and the Visayas to Clark to make it easier for our brothers and sisters in the south to fly to Clark,” he said.
“This is for the convenience of our fellow Mindanaoans to have flights to the Clark airport as the Clark Freeport Zone is fast becoming a hub for conventions by people from the various regions of the country,” Tanjuatco added.
He said such events, collectively known as MICE, or meetings, incentive travel, conventions and events or exhibitions, help boost the tourism industry in Pampanga that, in turn, enhances the local economy that benefits the various cities and municipalities in Central Luzon.
Tanjuatco noted that CIAC will have the opportunity to market the CIA in Mindanao should flights to the southern Philippines be secured.
CIAC recently conducted promotional road shows in the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union, Vigan, Laoag and Baguio City as part of its program to promote the international and domestic flights at the Clark airport.
“Sisikapin po namin na mas hihigitan po namin ang marketing para po hikayatin ang iba’t ibang airline na lumipad mula po sa Mindanao at mabigyan po ng comfort at convenience ang mga pasahero,” Tanjuatco said.