Baguio City – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced that the Loakan Airport is ready for the projected resumption of air travel by December 16, 2022.
According to CAAP airport manager Engr. Rosito Tamayo, Jr., the issues and concerns of the 1.68-kilometer long Loakan airport has already been addressed and it is now at 90% completed and it is already deemed ready for the resumption of flights.
“Most of the recommendations of the technical personnel of the Philippine Air Lines who visited the city has been attended and CAAP is working on the installation and re-calibration of the precision accuracy of path lights along the runway to ensure the safety of the aircrafts that are landing and taking off in the airport.”
“Pruning of the trees that serves as potential obstruction to aircrafts that will be flying over, landing and taking off from the airport was already completed by the local government,” Tamayo said.
CAAP is now working out the organization and establishment of an airport emergency group composed of government and private emergency responders to be able to effectively and efficiently respond to emergency situations that may happen in the airport.
The Baguio-Cebu-Baguio flights will be resuming on December 16, 2022 where the frequency of the flights will be four times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
the Cebu-Baguio flight will be leaving the Mactan Cebu International Airport at around 8:50 am and will be arriving at the Loakan airport at around 10:50 am on the said days.
The Baguio-Cebu flight will be leaving the Loakan airport at around 11:10 am and will be arriving at the Mactan Cebu International Airport at around 1 pm.
PAL will be using Q-400 aircrafts with a capacity of more or less 85 passengers to serve the Cebu-Baguio-Cebu flights scheduled four times a week.
