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Saturday, June 24, 2006
Mactan airport official optimistic of hitting 3M passengers target
International conventions in Cebu make airport authorities optimistic that they will hit the three- million target for international, domestic and general aviation passengers this year.
General aviation passengers refer to those in chartered flights.
Airport General Manager Adelberto F. Yap said that last year, a total of 2,810,349 passengers used the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
In the first five months of 2006, MCIAA recorded 1.3 million passengers.
Yap is confident that the number will increase toward the end of the year because of scheduled international gatherings.
Among the gatherings scheduled to be held in Cebu are conferences by the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (Apec), the Association of Inter-Parliamentary Organization (Aipo), Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (Asean) ministers and the Asian Business Association Council (Abac).
Surpass
“Our projection for 2006 is 2.8 million but I am sure we can surpass this because of the coming events,” Yap said.
Abac President Roberto Romulo, accompanied by presidential daughter Luli Arroyo, recently visited Pan Arts in Mandaue City, which will be one of the industries to be visited by wives of the estimated 400 ABAC members who will attend their conference at Shangri-La’s MActan Island Resort in September this year.
The Aipo headed by House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. will also hold its summit at the Shangri-la Mactan Resort Hotel on Sept. 10 to 15. The summit is expected to be attended by some 300 legislator-members throughout Asia and the Pacific.
Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco, who will go to the United States next month to invite the US House Speaker, said they will discuss the extradition of drug traffickers and the campaign against the trafficking of women and children.
Chartered flights
International arrivals in 2005 totaled 333,347. In 2004, this was only 288,049. The target last year was only 302,451.
The 2004 arrivals of domestic passengers is 1,076,040. The figure rose to 1,104,572 last year.
Chartered flights, meanwhile, totaled 15,122 passengers in 2005 compared to 9,924 in 2004. It surpassed the target of 10,420.
But the arrivals of international cargoes decreased in 2005 with a total of 17,349 metric tons. In 2004, this was 19,766 metric tons.
The arrivals of domestic cargoes also decreased, with only 34,849 metric tons compared to the 37,988 metric tons in 2004. (EOB)
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