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| Naia-3: Domestic use first |
| Monday, 09 June 2008 13:31 | |||
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General manager Alfonso Cusi said operations would start late this year or early 2009 but no details of the inauguration were given. He said Naia-3 will have three clients—Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines—for their domestic routes. He said the plan was welcomed by three other firms; Asian Spirit and SEAIR have yet to submit confirmation to join the list. “The newly renovated old Manila domestic airport will continue its operations while T3 is being used as a domestic airport,” said Cusi, who was expecting the facility to wrap up the works. The problem of the long-delayed opening had to do with the construction, he added. The government has warned Takenaka Corp. that another company would be hired for the repair and completion of the terminal which was estimated to be 90 percent done. Takenaka signed a contract in June 2005 with the authority to finish the terminal after the government took over the project from contractor Philippine International Air Terminals Co., a Philippine-German consortium whose build-operate-transfer contract was voided by the Supreme Court. The government was ordered to pay P3 billion. Another hurdle was a legal battle for control of Naia-3 among the government, Piatco and Asia’s Emerging Dragon Corp., original proponent of the airport project.
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