CAAP Press Release

21 May 2024

Pasay City – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines sets an accelerated timeline for utilizing the P190 million allocated for the rehabilitation of Iloilo International Airport.

The project’s commencement for the civil works has been advanced by two months from its original schedule in November.

Planned initiatives include adding two new escalators while replacing two existing ones, upgrading Flight Information Display Systems, Private Automatic Branch eXchange System, Fire Detection and Alarm systems, gang chairs, and one elevator to improve the Passenger Terminal Building, as well as adding three chillers, totaling P190 million.

The P140.50 million will be dedicated to the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Passenger Terminal Building. Detailed engineering design and project planning will commence on June 15th. Procurement will follow, starting in July, and civil works are slated to begin in September, two months ahead of the original target start month of November.

Moreover, there will be separate procurements for the replacement of one unit of the old chiller and the provision of an additional two-unit chiller, with a budget allocation of 49.8 million. The procurement process for this is scheduled to commence in June 2024.

However, three chillers, already purchased from the Corporate Operating Budget (COB) of 2023, are expected to be delivered this June. These chillers will be installed starting July, replacing three outdated units that have exceeded their service life and are no longer capable of providing the necessary cooling service at the airport, thus contributing to the heat. Meanwhile, the chillers to be purchased from the allocated budget of 190 million will serve as additional units at the airport and will act as alternates for other chillers to prolong their service life.

CAAP has prepared early plans for the Iloilo airport so that once the Department of Transportation signs the Memorandum of Agreement for the P190 million allocated budget and CAAP receives the Certificate of availability of funds, which is required to initiate the process for the program of work and procurement, the project can begin promptly. 

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