Final Flight is Waived off by Mayor of Bacolod City
The Mayor of Bacolod City and other residents waived off the last flight to leave the existing City airport bound for Manila, PR 136 Philippine Airlines taxi's out to the runway for the last time, from today, all flights inbound for Bacolod City now will divert to the new Bacolod/Silay International Airport which is situated out towards Silay City.
This is good news for those of us who are connected with Negros Occidental, and good for those of us who have made the city our home.
I am quite proud that my wife and I now have an international airport to fly into when we go home to the house, its about 30 minutes from where we live.
The Philippine government has released the Bacolod City International airport and Ilo Ilo City international airports to the worlds carriers as a direct route hub, so that airlines coming from the ASEAN cities may now start to schedule direct flights to these 2 new airports.
This may in the future be a great thing for us, because we always have to fly to Manila to catch a local fight down to the provinces, what we are hoping is that in the future, we will be able to completely bypass the capital and fly direct from the middle east for direct from Hong Kong, to Bacolod City.
I am paticularly excited to land in the new airport in July, and be greeted by my driver, and be collected in my own SUV, this will I believe be the start of many such trips over the next 10 years, leading to my retirement, I think having an international standard airport is a great step forward for the province, and Bacolod City, where property prices are set to soar.
It is good news.
? ... see my thread on Naia terminal 3: 
no comments! Good luck there Peter... don't forget your helmet!
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When I was in Davao I read something in the newspaper about there being no direct flights from Australia to Davao..aparantley our Aussie friends have been complaining about it for a long time now, I thought Davao would have lot's of Aussie tourist's..there was a handful..I thought those Aussies would go anywhere for a cheap beer?
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