History of Clark Airport

• Clark International Airport (CIA) is located near Angeles City in the Philippines, 85 km northwest of the capital Manila.
• It is part of the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ).
• It was formerly known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), and was developed on the site of an old US Clark Airbase, closed in 1991 following a volcano eruption.
• Two years later, the CIA was opened. 
• Since then, a number of improvements have taken place, from road infrastructure around the airport completed in 2008 to two terminal expansions. 
• There is a master plan in place to make the important a major infrastructure able to handle between 10 and 15 million passengers annually.
• In August 2019, a private consortium was put in charge of the airport's management.

Policy framework put in place

• To solve airport management issues, a private consortium was tasked with managing the airport's activities, including its expansion plans.
• The consortium will be responsible for managing the terminal, developing the airport's commercial assets, and develop the new terminal.
• Prior to this, a master plan was approved in 2003 by the Airport's board to expand the airport to full potential.
• It included a terminal expansion conducted between 2006 and 2008 that cost $2.8 million and further extensions followed in 2010 and 2013. 
• The latest expansion plan proposed in 2014 involved the construction of a brand new low-cost carrier terminal (LCC) able to handle between 10 and 15 million passengers at a cost of $243 million.
• This project is planned to be completed by 2020. 

How did it compete with other airports in the Phillipines

• Clark Airport has served 2.1 million passengers during the first half of 2019. This represents a 63% increase over the same period of 2018 and the highest ever mid-year number recorded in the airport’s 24-year history.
• The airport accommodates around 11,500 passengers daily passengers and 673 weekly flights.

Growth in usage and revenue from other areas (duty-free perhaps?)

• The new expansion project for Clark Airport should contribute by 2025 to increase domestic and international tourism by 3.7 percent and tourism expenditure by 2 percent.