SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao is urging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) coming home for holidays to take flights between Clark International Airport to the province’s Evelio Javier Airport.
According to Cadiao, Clark-Antique route may offer a less stressful departure and arrival point for all travelers, not just OFWs.
She said that Antiqueños could support the country’s flag carrier by taking the Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight, which could hopefully make a once per day flight to the province by next year if there would be enough passengers.
“There is now a PAL flight thrice a week from Clark to Antique. The flight is every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday,” she noted. “Although the PAL airplane is a bombardier but then it is also safe,” she said.
The governor said that from Clark Airport, there are point-to-point air-conditioned buses that can transport passengers going to Quezon City, or in other parts of Metro Manila.
Cadiao also said the province’s airport runway will be extended from 1,430 meters to 1,800 meters to be able to accommodate jetliners.
“Once the airport runway will be lengthened, we will be able already to accommodate jetliners such as Airbus 320 or 340 which could enable us to have night flights,” she noted.
Cadiao, however, said that the provincial government is still in the process of looking for a relocation site for the illegal settlers in the airport area so that the runway project could start.
PAL’s Q400NG aircraft made its maiden flight from Clark to Antique on Dec. 16, 2018 beginning with only two flights per week, which increased to three flights last April 25. (With a report from PNA/PN)
