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8th September 2014 #1
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GMR Venture to upgrade airport in Philippines
Cebu City in central Philippines is eagerly waiting for Indian infrastructure major GMR to upgrade and renovate its existing airport and build a brand new one to accommodate the ever increasing tourist inflow, a top Philippines official said here.
The $320 million project will ramp up the capacity from 4.5 million passengers annually to 12.5 million. "We are happy that GMR has got the airport work, and we are eagerly waiting for the airport to be ready," Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale told a group of visiting Indian journalists here.
Cebu airport, called the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA), the second busiest in the Philippines, is set to become brighter, get more seating capacity, more aerobridges and other passenger amenities once the upgrade is over, GMR-Megawide Chief Executive Advisor Andrew A. Harrison promised.
Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure owns 40 % in the consortium, with Megawide Construction Corporation of the Philippines as a major partner.
"Our upgrade of Cebu airport and the brand new airport building is being undertaken keeping in mind that Cebu's is a tourism-driven economy. So, we will include hotels, casinos, offices, spas, shopping areas in our plan for the new airport," Harrison told the Indian journalists who were given a dekko of the existing airport and how it is proposed to be upgraded.
GMR, which has to its credit Delhi International Airport and Hyderabad International Airport as well as construction of Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, which it exited later, was the highest bidder for the Cebu project, said the official.
It will take up upgradation of Cebu airport on November 1 and will get it ready in six months. "We will have new seats, signage, tourism arrival counters, new washrooms," said Harrison. The consortium will then take up the new airport building project in February 2015, which will take around 36 months, said Harrison.
The Philippines air force, which has an airbase in Mactan, would be shifting elsewhere to create space for the new international airport. The joint venture has 256 employees at present.
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8th September 2014 #2
Cebu is a decent Airport, wouldn't have thought it needed upgrading just yet!
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8th September 2014 #4
I noticed new restaurants and a smoking area when I was there in May.
I'm sure the smoking area wasn't there in February but I was rushed because the woman was so slow in the immigration area.
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11th September 2014 #5
No smoking area and café in the NAIA now, according to my mate, who has just returned from PH.
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