Department of
Transportation (DOTr) is doing it one airport at a time.
Tourists spots in
the country to be more accessible to
foreign nationals and for the transpo of much needed goods from different
points of the country it is inevitable that our airports has the capacity to be
operational 24 hours 7 days in a week, and this can only be attained if it can
be operated still at night.
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| Kalibo International Airport(photo credit to owner) |
Making our airports
night-rated capable is a must so that it can serve a lot more passengers.
“Mahalaga
ang night-rated capacity kasi kapag wala nito kapag sunset, yung airport ay
di mo na magagamit. Ginagawa natin ang night-rated
capacity sa mga commercially operational airports ngayon. (Night-rated
capacity is important because without this, our airports can no longer be used
after sunset. We are aiming for commercially operational airports in the
country today to have night-rated capacities),” DOTr Sec. Tugade said.
The government
target under the Duterte administration is to have all 42 airport’s to be
night-rated before President Duterte’s term ends.
Airports in Legazpi,
Roxas, Dumaguete, and Caticlan—were night-rated in 2017.
Tuguegarao Airport
was the lates to be night rated.
Airports in Dipolog,
Cotabato, and Cauayan airports are targeted to be night-rated this year,
according to the Tugade.
The DOTr has
recently appealed to the Senate to restore its budget allotted for night-rating
airports next year.
Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) has granted a budget of PHP76.1 billion for 2019
which will be used for the night-rating
of the airports in Panglao, Cauayan, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Cotabato.
But the original
proposal submitted was P160B.
Based on the DOTr
assestment of cost in the upgrade an airport with night operation capabilities,
governmnent will need atleast P400 million per airport.
Upgrade will
consists of the construction and procurement of navigational facilities and
equipment, as well as extension of runways.
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