An airport worker walks in front of the posters announcing the new terminal at Caticlan Airport worth a total investment of 2.5 billion pesos.

The poster advertising the launching of the development upgrade project of Caticaln Airport in Malay , Aklan.

The passenger terminal in the poster looks ultra modern with beautiful high windows. Boracay will surely reach 1 million yearly arrivals with this new airport project .

Here’s some good news for travellers heading to Boracay . Over the next seven  years Caticlan Airport will  have a major upgrade with runway lengthening(from the present 950 meters by 30 meters to 2100 meters by 40 meters ),   a brand new passenger terminal ,a vehicular parking lot,a fire station , and installation of fencing and navigational aids.The lengthening of the runway will allow for bigger aircraft like an Airbus or Boeing brand of planes.

The President of the Philippines ,Gloria Arroyo , led the ground breaking last month for the  new ultra modern airport at Caticlan Airport in Malay ,Aklan .This new airport development  project of the Philippine Government  is worth an astounding 2.5 billion peso , and is expected to bring bigger jet aircraft , and potentially one million visitors to Boracay every year .I guess the next question is can Boracay infrastructure  handle one million visitors. Only time will tell .

The new airport is a joint  project of the Department of Transportation and Communications,the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines , and the Caticlan International Airport Development Corporation (CIADC).The CIADC is owned and operated by George Yang ,Rafael Puno, Lino Barte and just recently the San Miguel Holdings Corp . has bought a majority stake in the CIADC. Yes , San Miguel Beer is diversifying into infrastructure projects to help develop the Philippines. 

 By the pictures above the new Caticlan airport is going to be an ultra modern ,   high tech airport , giving the travellers a wonderful  travel experience .The better travel experience , the better word of mouth advertising for Boracay  , which means  more tourists will come  to the island in the future .I really look forward to the future airport opening in Caticlan so Boracay tourism can reach it’s full potential . I ’m  also going to like travelling in a jet  to Manila .

Yours truly,

John Munro