Tinukuran ni Camarines Sur Gov. LRay Villafuerte ang pangako ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) na pahabain ang runway ng mga regional airports upang makalapag ang mas malalaking eruplano na magpapababa sa pamasahe.
“Stretching airport landing strips to at least the minimum standard of 2,100 meters will bring in more visitors to our must-see places and thus dramatically boost domestic tourism,” sabi ni Villafuerte, pangulo ng National Unity Party.
“This is because longer regional airfields will let these runways take in bigger passenger aircraft like the Airbus jets that can seat almost 500 passengers, as against the turboprop planes now operating in most alternative airports that each carry fewer than a hundred passengers per flight,” dagdag pa nito.
Alinsundo sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., inanunsyo ni Transportation acting Secretary Giovanni Lopez noong nakaraang linggo na pahahabain na sa 2.1 kilometro ang runway ng mga regional airport, ang minimum standard requirement para makalapag ang mga single-aisle o narrow-body jet aircraft gaya ng Airbus A320 at Boeing 737. Lalagyan din ng DOTr ang mga ito ng kagamitan para magamit kahit na gabi.
“There is greater reason now for the DOTr to consider our proposal for a three-year P6 billion plan to accelerate the long-overdue modernization of the Naga Airport by lengthening its landing strip to 2 km, as a way to attract more visitors and thereby sustain—and even boost—the momentum of CamSur as one of the country’s economic, investment and tourism frontrunners,” sabi ni Villafuerte.
Iminungkahi ng gubernador ang paglalaan ng P2 bilyon sa rehabilitasyon ng Naga airport kada taon sa loob ng tatlong taon.
Sinabi ni Villafuerte na magiging mahalaga ang rehabilitasyon ng Naga airport upang mapanatili ng Camarines Sur ang pagiging number 1 tourist destination sa Bicol region, ayon sa datos ng Department of Tourism.
“Our province could cement its status as one of the country’s must-see places if the long-planned upgrade or expansion of the Naga Airport were to proceed at full speed in order to dramatically boost passenger capacity and tourist arrivals in, say, three years’ time,” sabi ni Villafuerte.
Nauna ng sinabi ng Air Carriers Association of the Philippines (ACAP) na magandang balita ang nais ng gobyerno na maibaba ang presyo ng domestic ticket, sa gitna ng mga kritisismo na mas mura pa ang pamasahe kung pupunta sa ibang bansa.
Sinabi ng ACAP na kasama sa dahilan kung bakit mataas ang operating cost ng mga airline ay ang kakulangan ng airport infrastructure. Ang gastos ng mga airline ay ipinapasa sa mga pasahero kaya mataas ang pamasahe.
Hiniling din ni Villafuerte sa DOTr at Cebgo na suspendihin ang pagpapatupad ng plano na ilipat ang lahat ng turboprop flight nito sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) sa Clark International Airport sa Pampanga simula Marso 29.
Kasama sa ililipat ang mga Cebgo turboprop flights sa Coron (Palawan) at Naga City, gayundin ang flights ng Cebgo subsidiary na Airswift sa El Nido (Palawan). (Billy Begas)
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