{"id":35718,"date":"2018-11-27T10:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2018-11-27T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T03:53:56","slug":"panglao-international-airport-in-bohol-finally-opens-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/11\/27\/panglao-international-airport-in-bohol-finally-opens-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Panglao International Airport in Bohol Finally Opens Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Transportation (DOTr)\u00a0and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) are now set to inaugurate the country’s\u00a0\u201cGreen Gateway to the World\u201d today\u00a0November 27, <\/b>with the\u00a0<\/b>much-awaited opening of the\u00a0<\/span>Panglao International Airport in Bohol<\/b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte, along with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, CAAP Director General Capt. Jim Sydiongco. Bohol Governor Chatto, Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Sec. Ernesto Pernia are expected to attend the inauguration.<\/p>\n

The New Bohol International Airport or <\/strong><\/span>Panglao International Airport<\/strong> is one of the featured projects of the Duterte Administration\u2019s Build, Build, Build program. Located in the island of Panglao, Bohol Province<\/strong>, the airport\u2019s construction started last June 22, 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also read:<\/span><\/i> Panglao airport in Bohol to be the first eco-airport in PH<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"The New Bohol International Airport or Panglao International Airport<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As the country\u2019s first eco-airport, it aims to have high standards in green and sustainable structures, primarily using a natural ventilation, solar roof panels covering the energy requirement of one-third of the airport\u2019s passenger terminal building (PTB), and a motion sensor lighting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Exciting Things To Do in Bohol This Summer<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Panglao Airport’s new check-in counters<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Security gates of the Pangalo International Airport<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Php 7.8 billion-project is planned to serve at least two million passengers a year, twice the capacity of the Tagbilaran Airport that it will be replacing once completed.\u00a0It can handle up to seven aircraft, including large international flight planes, at the same time. The airport also has a 13,884 sqm area for the PTB, three boarding bridges, and a baggage handling system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also read: Bohol, Philippines<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Top view of the Panglao International Airport runway<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Also read: <\/i>List of Airports in the Philippines<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

International flights will be catered by the airport starting\u00a0November 28<\/strong>.\u00a0It is expected that Panglao International Airport will boost the tourist\u00a0growth and trade in Bohol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, this project\u2019s goal is to enhance the operations’ efficiency, safety, and security, improve customer amenities, and expand the networking and marketing of Panglao International Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sources: <\/span><\/i>Department of Transportation<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Philippine News Agency<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Build | Philippine Infrastructure Transparency Portal<\/span><\/i><\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Images courtesy of\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Department of Transportation<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) are now set to inaugurate the country’s \u201cGreen Gateway to the World\u201d today November 27, with the much-awaited opening of the Panglao International Airport in Bohol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[685,460,272,7245,879,7244],"class_list":["post-35718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-airport","tag-bohol","tag-dotr","tag-eco-airport","tag-international-airport","tag-panglao-international-airport"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/Panglao-International-Airport-DOTr_1-e1540351682994.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35718"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37038,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions\/37038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}