Background
Aviation, aeronautics is a United States Dollars Three Trillion (US$3,000,000,000,000) per annum industry[1], to which the Philippine aviation sector contributes only less than a fraction of one percent (1%) – and equivalent to 0.051% only the country – Republic of the Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product.
The entire Asian Region commands a thirty two percent (32%) share of these US$5 Trillion revenues. The question is whether, the Philippines, from hereon until 2030, can dramatically change its standing in the ratings of travel destinations and number of transiting passengers, as well as in revenues per mile of air traffic.
Obviously, something needs to be done and there is a real need to seriously attend to the concerns and problems inherent to as well as presently besetting air transport in the country.
The expertise and the infrastructure are already there and the needed links that can be brought into the equation are waiting to be made, cemented and made profit of. These just need to be started and made wholly productive and profitable to the Philippines.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) was privatized due in part to the master development plan to develop a privatized Air Traffic Services system in the Philippines and that included throwing the entire weight of the old Air Transportation Office (ATO) – representing the regulatory authority in civil aviation in the country – into the picture.
For that reason alone, CAAP became a privatized entity. However the objectives and goals forecast in such an event still need to be realized:
The entire Asian Region commands a thirty two percent (32%) share of these US$5 Trillion revenues. The question is whether, the Philippines, from hereon until 2030, can dramatically change its standing in the ratings of travel destinations and number of transiting passengers, as well as in revenues per mile of air traffic.
Obviously, something needs to be done and there is a real need to seriously attend to the concerns and problems inherent to as well as presently besetting air transport in the country.
The expertise and the infrastructure are already there and the needed links that can be brought into the equation are waiting to be made, cemented and made profit of. These just need to be started and made wholly productive and profitable to the Philippines.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) was privatized due in part to the master development plan to develop a privatized Air Traffic Services system in the Philippines and that included throwing the entire weight of the old Air Transportation Office (ATO) – representing the regulatory authority in civil aviation in the country – into the picture.
For that reason alone, CAAP became a privatized entity. However the objectives and goals forecast in such an event still need to be realized:
- Full Modernization of Civil Aviation monitoring systems equipment
- Place Philippine Civil Aviation systems at least at par with those of China, Malaysia that in 1990s have only recently begun their own modernization
- Extensively increase muscle through revenue generated from modernized system
- Increase safety in Philippine Civil Aviation
- Engage in campaigns in cooperation with other state civil aviation authorities for air transport safety, increased travel demand to the Philippines through forming of alliances between Philippine air sector and foreign aviation groups – among many others[2]
Pros and Cons of Eastern Visayas Airport Expansion
After November 2013 many sectors strongly revived the argument that the country needed to seriously consider expanding its airport capacity in the south east that was directly hit by a devastating catastrophe and may be subjected once more to similar tragedy in the future.
After November 2013 many sectors strongly revived the argument that the country needed to seriously consider expanding its airport capacity in the south east that was directly hit by a devastating catastrophe and may be subjected once more to similar tragedy in the future.
Figure 1. Map of Existing Eastern Visayas Airport Terminals
