Re: MIA Terminal Reassignments

Posted by Solblanc on Mar 23, 2023; 7:09am
URL: http://philippine-aviation-forum.259.s1.nabble.com/Manila-International-Airport-tp106p3968.html

romantic_guy08 wrote

Arianespace wrote

Under the original ratplan they are assigned at T1.
-Philippine Airlines Int.
-Etihad Airways
-Saudia
-Japan Airlines
-Thai Airways

So all airline assignments the same, except CEB domestic which will stay at T3. Also no award of new gates from this reshuffle.

Operating out of two terminals puts PAL at a competitive disadvatage and a bit unfair to them. I wonder if they complained about this plan?

Well, there really is no terminal that can handle all of PAL’s ops. This arrangement is technically better than their current arrangements, with international ops split between two terminals, and a T2 lounge that is always crowded. They missed the boat when they refused to leave T2 for T3 to avoid a split, but they ended up outgrowing T2 anyway.

Arianespace wrote

Talked with some MIAA peeps this pm and they told me the ratplan working group modified the plan made in 2018 due to change of circumstances of airline traffic in 2022. CEB registered 11.5 million pax, which is beyond capacity of T2. Meanwhile PAL group flew only 6 million and APG 3.63 million, which fit them comfortably within T2. According to them removal of ICQ and duty free shops will generate 5 million from the north wing for a total 10 million pax pa. Also, vacated APG gates at T4 will not be awarded to CEB or SRQ. So they say.

So… if they’re not giving the T4 gates or parking bays to CEB, who else will use it?

Although to be fair, the likes of T4 shouldn’t really be handling all of Air Asia’s ops