Re: MIA Terminal Reassignments

Posted by Solblanc on
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romantic_guy08 wrote

Arianespace wrote

Misquote from Bryan probably. Air Asia stays at T4. T2 wiil be PAL and CEB. Saw the rat plan myself so must be a misquote.

Heard interview of Cesar Chiong with Ted Failon, and he did mention that CEB will stay in T3 since their operarion is too big, so only AirAsia will transfer to T2. If thats the case, wouldn't that make T2 under utilised?

Here's the interview of MIAA GM Chiong...

https://youtu.be/SW4t07T3bYA

You mean utilized? All of PAL’s domestic ops are bursting at the seams in T2 and they really could use the entire space to themselves purely for domestic. That would have happened if they were allowed to build their proposed facility on Nayong Pilipino for their international ops.

Although T4 may become underutilized, in theory, those parking spaces can become extra remote stands for T3, allowing for more space for the international airlines moving to T3.

In any case, I’m sure that the taking down of the immigration counters and the like will take some time and there might be some lag between T2 optimization and other carriers moving in.

Keeping my fingers crossed that the new mabuhay lounge will keep up with the joneses. Consolidation at T1 should in theory make PAL a half-decent international transit airport. It won’t be as expansive as what our neighbors have, but it’ll at least be modestly efficient with more shops, more facilities, and a better lounge.