UN NOUVEL AÉROPORT ... POUR MANILLE !
L’aéroport
de Manille est devenu trop petit !
En l’absence
de remise du projet d’Ayala Corporation, c’est le projet du Jica qui devrait
être retenu. A savoir l’utilisation, après transformation, de l’ancien aéroport
militaire américain de Sangley point.
Ce sera en fait comme ajouter une troisième piste au Ninoy Aquino International Airport, les deux aéroports seront alors gérés par le même contrôle du fait de leur proximité l’un de l’autre.
La piste principale du NAIA étant elle orientée 060 / 240º.
JULY
10
THE PHILIPPINES is looking at using a former US navy base as an
alternative to Manila’s dilapidated main international airport, after San
Miguel Corp. refused to submit a formal proposal for a $10-billion gateway it
had planned to build.
San Miguel submitted a “list of suggestions but not an unsolicited
proposal” which is required by law for private sector-initiated projects,
Transportation Assistant Secretary Jaime Raphael Feliciano told Reuters on
Wednesday.
This was confirmed by San Miguel President Ramon Ang late Wednesday.
“We don’t want to, because that’s unfair [to other prospective
bidders],” Mr. Ang said, when asked if the company had submitted an unsolicited
proposal.
Instead of asking San Miguel to submit an “unsolicited” proposal, the
government should hold a public bidding to be fair to other investors who may
also be interested in undertaking the project, he said.
The Transportation department has repeatedly asked San Miguel, the most
diversified Philippine conglomerate, to submit an “unsolicited” proposal for
its planned airport, which would be subject to state scrutiny and open to
competition.
In March, San Miguel had presented plans to build a new $10-billion
international airport in Manila, including four runways and an elevated toll
road to connect the airport to the Makati financial district, as well as
reclaiming more land.
San Miguel later said it was willing to take on other top conglomerates
as partners, like SM Investments Corp. and Ayala Corp.
Mr. Feliciano said in the absence of a formal proposal from San Miguel,
the government had asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to
conduct a full-fledged study into the feasibility of converting a former US
navy base at Sangley Point in southwestern Cavite province into an alternative
to the congested and ageing Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
“JICA has proposed... Sangley as the location for the new primary
gateway after considering other options which it found less ideal,” Mr.
Feliciano said in an e-mail response to Reuters.
“To determine, however, the viability of this project, a full
feasibility study must be conducted.”
A full feasibility study on an airport at Sangley will include a review
of financing options, including public-private partnership scheme, inexpensive
development assistance loans or the state budget, Mr. Feliciano said.
An airport at Sangley formed part of a slew of infrastructure projects
proposed by JICA to the Philippine government.
July 13
The Department of Transportation and Communication on Sunday said that
the next main airport will be at Sangley Point in Cavite City as recommended by
the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
In a statement, Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio "Jun"
Abaya said that the new airport will operate under an "integrated
airspace" with the same air traffic control as the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport until 2025.
"JICA’s recommendation means that, in effect, the new Sangley
airport will be NAIA’s ‘third runway’ until greater expansion can be made in
the long-term," the former Cavite representative said.
Sangley Point in Cavite City is a former US Naval Station. It is now
under the control of the Philippine Navy and the Philippine Air Force.
Instead of building a $10-billion four-runway airport, Abaya said the
government plans to initially construct only one or two runways to upgrade
Sangley Point's airport so the new airport can be used sooner.
Closing down NAIA is still an option, the Transportation secretary said,
adding that they have until 2025 to decide on the matter. Sangley Point is
expected to have been upgraded to a four-runway airport.
Meanwhile, Abaya said that it has yet to present it final airport
strategy to President Benigno Aquino III, adding they are "still
open" to other proposals.
“We are pursuing JICA’s recommendations since its study has been
officially authorized by the DOTC for several years," he said.
The Transportation separtment is set to conclude its own feasibility
study regarding the new international Sangley airport next year, he noted.
Abaya added that they have to formally accept a proposal from San Miguel
Corporation.
“In the meantime, we will continue upgrading NAIA and encouraging the
rapid growth of Clark International Airport, which we still see developing into
a major international gateway in the long-term, alongside our plans for NAIA
and Sangley,” he said.
In 2011, JICA identified eight potential sites as an alternative to
NAIA. These were Angat-Pandi-Bustos; Obando; North Manila Bay; Central Manila
Bay; Sangley Point; San Nicholas Shoals; West Laguna Lake; and Rizal-Talim
Island. JICA ranked each site based on criteria such as catchment area,
navigation risk, natural hazard risk, and accessibility.
Last month, JICA presented the results of its study that showed that
Sangley Point is the most feasible location for an international airport that
will replace NAIA.
July 30
Sangley Point and Clark
International Airport can help solve the country's airport problems if utilized
properly, according to experts.
Sangley, a former US naval base in Cavite, is being eyed to replace the
congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in 10 years because of its
proximity to Metro Manila.
Shizuo Iwata, project manager at the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), said that among eight candidate locations for the new airport,
Sangley Point was the most favorable site.
In its assessment of the sites, JICA found that Sangley Point is the
best choice in terms of accessibility, catchment and urban development.
"By opening a new airport in Sangley, we can have a large potential
for urban development," he said at the MAP general meeting on Thursday.
Iwata said Sangley can be the solution to the country's airport woes
both in the short- and long-term.
He said Sangley can used as a third runway and share the functions of
NAIA as early as 2017.
Sangley can also use the same air traffic control as NAIA and can be
accessed through high speed boats and improved roads.
Currently, NAIA only has two runways, which has resulted to flight
delays.
NAIA terminal 1 has been tagged as the "world's worst airport"
due to its congestion and poorly maintained facilities.
Further studies are needed, but Iwata said that if indeed Sangley is
chosen as the new NAIA, the 33-year-old NAIA can be shut down by 2025.
Iwata estimates the development of Sangley to cost around $11 billion.
"It is expensive, but financially and economically viable," he
said, adding that the government can raise about $2-$3 billion from the sale of
the old NAIA.
Avelino Zapanta, president and chief executive of Southeast Asian
Airlines International Inc., also suggested that Sangley can help in the
decongestion of NAIA in the short-term through the transfer of general
aviation.
Cargo planes and other private aircraft are also taking up space at the
NAIA.
Zapanta believes that government will have to step in for the transfer
of these planes.
"We have encountered lack of political will on the part of
government because general aviation is primarily involving the rich and famous
of the country. We can't just demolish their hangars at NAIA," he said at
the same forum.
Clark airport
Clark, on the other hand, can be used as a low cost carrier hub to
decongest NAIA.
Iwata believes that Clark and NAIA, which are located 100 kilometers
apart, should work as a dual airport because it caters to different markets.
"Clark will serve for the Central and Northern Luzon while NAIA
will serve for the main metropolitan area," he said.
Zapanta, meanwhile, suggests that NAIA should be solely used as a
domestic hub while Clark is used as an international hub.
Zapanta, however, opposed plans to close down NAIA in the future because
of its prime location.
"We believe that we cannot close NAIA even in the future in order
to make money because the origin and the destination traffic of NAIA is in
Manila," he said, noting that transporting passengers from Clark to Manila
"will create a bigger problem."
Five international airlines are transferring to the NAIA-3 starting
August, which will help decongest NAIA-1.
As of 2012, passenger demand at the NAIA catchment area stood at 32
million, but it is expected to rise to 38 million in 2015, according to the
JICA study.
By 2025, it is projected to reach 60 million.
The capacity of NAIA is estimated to be approximately 35 million
passengers per year.
August 3
The Department of Transportation and Communications will seek
Malacañang’s approval for a crucial airport strategy before the end of the
year, given that the country’s primary gateway, the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport, is set to reach full capacity by 2015, a decade before a potential
replacement airport in Sangley Point, Cavite, is finished.
Those projections, contained in an infrastructure roadmap for Metro
Manila prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and the
National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), would serve as the main
basis for the presentation, DOTC spokesperson Michael Sagcal said in an
interview Monday. He said the presentation could be done in the latter part of
2014.
The department is in the process of establishing that Sangley is the
final site for the new airport and Transportation Secretary Joseph Abaya said
Monday that a feasibility study was being undertaken.
“We still need presidential approval for that,” he added in a text
message.
The new Sangley airport, estimated by Jica to have a development cost of
P435.9 billion, is deemed crucial in meeting the capital region’s passenger
demand, seen to more than triple to 101.4 million in 2040 from 31.9 million in
2012, according to the roadmap.
The Sangley International Airport would be able to handle about 55
million passengers a year when it opens in 2025, which together with the
existing Naia would be enough to meet the area’s estimated demand of 59.1
million, Jica said. The Sangley facility could eventually be expanded to handle
130 million passengers annually by 2050, it said.
As noted, the crucial decisions need to come within 2014, given that the
existing Naia is nearing its estimated maximum capacity of 35 million
passengers a year, seen to be breached in 2015.
“As a rule of thumb, Naia would totally be capacity-saturated in 2015
and not be able to cater for the increasing passenger demand anymore,” it said.
This means a shorter-term fix is also required. Jica said one solution
was to extend the existing Sangley runway at an estimated cost of P4 billion,
which would allow the facility to act as a supplemental “third runway” to the
existing Naia.
This project, assuming approvals are obtained this year, could be open
by 2017, Jica said.
The roadmap also contained suggestions for supplemental infrastructure
like expressways and bridges and possible railway expansion projects that would
link the planned international airport in Sangley.
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