Originally Posted by
cartman7110
Personally while T1 is old, i would still prefer it over T3. T1 is short walk from gate to baggage to exit. And the hawkers, (from taxi to maybe even DVDs? hehe) are not found at the arrival section. Exiting T3 feels like going through a wet market.
Sorry if this is an off topic - but what is the current mindset regarding MNL as an airport?
Will the setup be a two airport scenario Manila is to Clark just like Hanada is to Narita? I understand that a "mega consortium" which includes now Changi is looking are renovating MNL (i can't imagine how much more with space and a two runway being the issue) while Clark just recently got sent out for a formal bid instead of a unsolicited bid / swiss challenge by 5J's mother company the Gokongwei group?
Will it be a three airport setup scenario as i believe San Miguel is still pursuing Bulacan? or will it simply take over MNL? Ramon Ang i understand is very very close to Duterte.
Any thoughts?
Well the politics of this decision is so muddled that one can only really guess... one party says this and another party says something else within the same government. The speaker of the house is threatening to cancel 5J's franchise if it doesn't move flights to CRK to relieve the congestion in MNL (doubt it will actually happen since this will earn the ire of the traveling 'masa'). I can only imagine the inconvenience this will cause 5J passengers who hold connecting flights (mostly OFWs) to provinces if suddenly they have an unexpected airport transfer .
I don't really look into the politics of the PH so I can't give an accurate prediction of how this unpredictable government will act, but personally I think MNL has reached it's limit because of poor future planning and corruption. There simply isn't the space to expand without significant costs and displacement within the area.