VP De Castro to grace opening of new Bacolod-Silay airport on January 1
The New Bacolod- Silay Airport will officially open on January 18 at 3:30 p.m. with Vice President Noli De Castro as main guest.
This was confirmed by DOTC Airport Project Director Edgar Mangalili who said the much-awaited inauguration, ribbon-cutting, and unveiling of marker would also be attended by Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza and Pampanga's 2nd District Rep. Mikey Arroyo, Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura, JBIC Representative Hiroshi Togo and Negros Congressmen including the Lone District of Bacolod City.
The present airport (Bacolod Airport) will be closed after the last scheduled flight on January 17 to pave the way for the first historic commercial landing of local airlines at the new airport coming from Manila with the following schedule: Cebu Pacific 5:10 am; Philippine Airlines 6:40 am; Air Philippines 7:20 am.
Government agencies concerned with the Local Government Units here are currently working to install the lighting system along the road leading to the airport site and to put- up an affordable shuttle system to ply the approximately 20-kilometer travel from Bacolod City that may take an hour ride during peak time.
The P5.6-billion airport, located at Brgy. Bagtic, Silay City, is of international standard and is built to cater to the domestic travels of increasing number of air passengers and cargo traffic in Negros Occidental and its influence areas to boost economic development in the Visayas region and improve transportation safety, DOTC said. (PIA-LOL/EAD)