Kalibo airport hikes terminal fees for outgoing passengers

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Caticlan Airport is still only open for the smaller SEAIR planes; all other flights are diverted to Kalibo airport. It is not expected, that Caticlan Airport will be back in biz like before this year.

Therefor fee changes could also be interesting for Boracay travellers, because most of them arrive through Kalibo Airport:


Kalibo airport hikes terminal fees for outgoing passengers



The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has implemented the new terminal fees for departing passengers of the Kalibo International Airport effective October 15.
Acting Airport Area Manager Efren Nagrama said the increase of charges is pursuant to Section 1 Part V of the Department Order No. 98-1178 (Revised Schedule of Fees and Charges for Alternate International Airport and National Airports) and Department Order 2008-06 (New Classification of Airports in the Philippines) classifying Kalibo airport as an international gateway of airline passengers.
The new passenger service charge for departing passengers, except for transit passengers and children 2 years old and below is increased from P20 to P40 while passengers departing internationally are charged P500.
The fees have been used for projects that included airport runway extension, expanded terminals and improvements for passenger benefits to ensure compliance to international safety and security requirements.
Kalibo International Airport, the busiest airport in the region, is serving the domestic flights of Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, Zest Air and Cebu Pacific for Manila and Cebu route.
It also caters the regional flights for Incheon, Taiwan, Shanghai and Hangzhou in China of Mandarin Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Philippine Airlines and TransAsia Airways.
The national government is constructing a brand new terminal building to handle more than 400,000 passengers yearly. Once operational in December, the terminal is equipped with customs, immigration and quarantine counters.
A public hearing and consultation for the revision of Section Part V of the Department Order No. 98-1178, Series of 1998 was also held for the proposed increase of passenger service charge for domestic flights from the current P40 to P200 and for international flights from P500 to P750.00.