CLARK FREEPORT — Clark International Airport Corp. officer-in-charge Darwin Cunanan disclosed on Tuesday that the key to the development of the Clark International Airport is the cooperation between the agency and the private consortium Luzon International Premier Airport Development Corp.
He added that the collaboration between CIAC and LIPAD would further improve the said airport as the working partnership at present between LIPAD and CIAC is premised on how best to go with the development plans.
"This is not only for the international airport but for the prime government land area that are suitable for commercial and economic development," Cunanan said.
The CIAC is a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and is mandated to manage and develop 1,608 hectares of remaining land at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex.
The Department of Transportation, on the other hand, is the agency which exercises policy and operational supervision over Clark International Airport.
LIPAD is composed of Filinvest Development Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc., Changi Airports Philippines Pte. Ltd. and the Philippine Airport Ground Support Solutions Inc.
Clark Development Corp. former president and current chief executive officer of LIPAD Noel Manankil said that the Clark airport was privatized in 2019 under a 25-year concession agreement between the BCDA and LIPAD.
"But close coordination between the CIAC and the airport operator is now starting to be in place, and we are now focusing on airport-related concerns such as safety and security of the riding public," Cunanan said.