Staggered increase for Mactan terminal fee Nov. 1 and Jan. 2015

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/14/2014

Starting Nov. 1, domestic travelers leaving the Mactan Cebu International Airport will pay an additional P20 as passenger service charge (PSC) on top of the current P200. Another P80 will be charged starting Jan. 1 , 2016.…

Archival: Impose terminal fee increase by installment

Doris C. Bongcac 10/09/2014

Should airport authorities decide to approve the proposal to increase passenger terminal fees, it should be implemented by installment rather than impose it outright, a local legislator said. Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival also called on the…

Airport electronic gates up by December

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/08/2014

The new operator of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) terminal said it is investing almost $250,000 to install electronic passport or e-passport gates for Filpino travelers. “We’re hoping that this will all be in place by…

Economic jackpot and the great airport experience

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/06/2014

The GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC) is all set to take over control of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Terminal in three weeks  and from the looks of it, the partnership between the Bangalore-based GMR and Megawide…

Mactan airport brand launching today

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/02/2014

As their first step to aggressively promote Cebu to the global tourism market, new operators of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC), will launch the MCIA as a brand today at the airport’s MIP…

Mayor sues Brit for fencing off airstrip

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as 09/23/2014

Santa Fe Mayor Jose Esgana yesterday filed a complaint against the British national who was arrested for allegedly building a fence around the airport of the municipality. Christopher Paul Alexander, 44, is facing charges for usurpation of…

Airport terminal fees to increase – Public hearing today: P300 fee for domestic, P750 for int’l travelers

Aileen Garcia-Yap 09/11/2014

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority is seeking an increase in terminal fees charged for departing passengers. If approved, the fee will be P300 for domestic travelers or an increase of P100, and P750 for international passengers, up…

Cebu projects worth P39.1B set for completion in 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/29/2014

About P39.1 billion worth of projects were listed for Cebu out of the P246.8 billion identified for implementation in Central Visayas in the next four years by the Regional Development Council (RDC). Infrastructure projects listed in the…

MCIA deal to draw more foreign investments

04/08/2014

The Department of Transportation and Communications said  that the awarding of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) public-private partnership deal was linked to drawing broader foreign investments even as a losing bidder said it was “disappointed” with…

Serge insists Megawide-GMR not the ‘winning bidder’; wants heads to roll at DOTC

Ares P. Gutierrez 04/07/2014

Sen. Sergio Osmeña III is on the war path. After his grumblings against the Megawide-GMR consortium were ignored by Malacañang, the Cebuano senator is firing on all cylinders. After taking the fight for the contract to modernize…

‘We don’t care who wins bid; don’t delay airport project’

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Doris C. Bongcac 03/21/2014

Any further delays in the awarding of the contract for the expansion of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) would hamper  Cebu’s economy and tourism, local business leaders  said yesterday. “To be hostaged by all these issues,…

Mactan airport audit out soon

Norman V. Mendoza 03/21/2014

The secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit through its technical working group on transportation are finalizing the aviation safety evaluation for the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). The evaluation was requested by the Mactan-Cebu International…

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