Mandurriao Airport
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| Mandurriao Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ILO - ICAO: RPVI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | public | ||
| Operator | Air Transportation Office | ||
| Serves | Iloilo City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 27 ft (8 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 02/20 | 6,890 | 2,100 | Asphalt |
Mandurriao Airport (IATA: ILO, ICAO: RPVI) serves Iloilo City and the province of Iloilo. It is the busiest domestic airport in the country (with international airports included, this airport is the fourth-busiest). Major Philippine airlines have an average of four flights daily from Manila to this airport, which takes its name from its location in Iloilo City's Mandurriao district.
Construction of a new international airport to serve the developing area is currently underway in the town of Santa Barbara. The current airport is dilapidated with limited terminal facilities and is not capable of any further expansion.
All flights will operate out of the new airport. The new airport has already been completed. The ATO has already prepared the flight paths that commercial aircraft will use while awaiting their turn to land. The first official flight is expected on 12 March 2007 with Pres. Arroyo as the main guest aboard.
Privatization
Under Executive Order 282, an Asset Disposition Program was created to study the method of privatization of the property. Executive Order 360 devolved the chairmanship of this program to the Department of Finance.
The Old Iloilo Airport property in Manduriao has been scheduled for privatization by first half of 2007. The city government views the successful privatization of this property as key to the revitalization of Iloilo.
[edit] Airlines
The following airlines fly to Mandurriao Airport:
- Air Philippines (Cebu, Manila)
- Cebu Pacific (Cebu, Manila)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
[edit] Former airlines
- Grand Air International
- South East Asian Airlines
