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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo.__1089
Introduced by: REP. RAUL V. DEL MAR

EXPLANATORY NOTE,

The Mactan (Cebu) International Airport is located in Mactan Island, Lapu-
Lapu City, Province of Cebu. The airport is about 600 kilometers of the Ninoy Aquino
(Manila) International Airport (NAIA) and serves as the southern hub of the air
transportation system of the Philippines. It is a vital international gateway to the
country's economic prosperity.

It started operations in the mid 1960's as the replacement of the Lahug
Airport, which was situated within Cebu City and had no more room for expansion
due to safety and physical constraints. It was then expanded and further developed
to truly deserve to its name — Mactan (Cebu) International Airport. Due to the steady
increase of traffic and passenger volume and the introduction of wider bodied aircraft
coupled with the emergence of modern aviation technology, some airport facilities
have become obsolete and inadequate. This gave rise to the conception and
materialization of the Mactan (Cebu) International Airport Development Project
(MIADP), completed in 1995.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) was created through
Republic Act 6958, approved on July 31, 1990. The MICAA is a government-owned
and controlled corporation and is an attached agency to the Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC). The Authority shall principally
undertake the economic, efficient and effective control, management and supervision
of the Mactan (Cebu) International Airport, and other airports that maybe established
in the future.

MCIA has gone a long way since the time the MCIAA was created in 1990 up
to the present. In 1991, the airport handled a total of 1,459,669 passenger
movements and 23,281 aircraft movements. Last year (2012), the passenger
movements throughout reached 6,771,318 with 58,888 aircraft movements. As of
October 2010, MCIA has 419 departing domestic flights per week and 69 departing
international flights per week, up to 140 aircraft movements per day (KOICA Pre-
FS/MP 2011).

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MCIA is serving one of the fastest growing metropolis in the country. Metro
Cebu is considered the second largest urban center of the Philippines and one which
is internationally known and recognized. Cebu is a top tourism destination for the
Philippines and is also the home to a very brisk BPO Industry. According to the
Department of Tourism (DOT), in 2012, Cebu has received 2.2 Million guest arrivals.
In a study, “Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations Report for 2013," released January
17, 2013, by Tholons, a global advisory firm for information technology (IT), Cebu
was ranked in eighth place worldwide, The remarkable dominant attractiveness of
Cebu and Central Visayas resulted in the consistent strong growth of passenger
movements at MCIA in the last three years: 15% for 2010 and 2011, and 9% for
2012. The sharp increases of both passenger movements and aircraft movements
has resulted in heavier utilization of the airports single runway, making it the second
busiest in the country.

One rule of thumb is that a Single-Runway can cater to passenger traffic of
around 15 Million passengers per year, This maximum is possible especially if the
flights can be evenly smothered out over the 24-hour period in a day. Considering all
the flight movements — domestic and international commercial flights, together with
General Aviation and Military aircraft movements, it can be seen that the Runway
Capacity at MCIA may only be sufficient till 2024.

Another benchmark provided in the IATA Airport Development Reference
Manual mentions that a realistic capacity of a single runway is approximately
202,000 aircraft movements annually, on the assumption of a 16 hour operations and
also considering that aircraft movements are spread across the operational hours.
Considering this criteria, and assuming that aircraft movements at MCIA would be
spread across operational hours in future, runway capacity will be reached by the
year 2024,

Itis noted, however, that aircraft movements are generally not spread out over
the entire day, considering the differing demand across the different routes and the
fact that routes are approved by another agency, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
In reality, the existing MCIA runway is expected to breach it's capacity much earlier
than 2024

With due consideration for the pre-investment and pre-construction activities
necessary in government projects such as this, it is very important and prudent to
already establish the necessity and the project development process right now.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

UL V. DEL MAR

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HousE BILL No. 1080
Introduced by: REP. RAUL V, DEL MAR

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND
RUNWAY AT THE MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCIA,
ICAO:RPVM, IATA:CEB), WITH ITS CONCOMITANT ACCESS TAXIWAYS AND
RAPOD EXIT TAXIWAYS (RET), RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS, AND
NAVIGATIONAL/LANDING EQUIPMENT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREOF

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established and constructed, under the
supervision of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC),
through the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), the second
aerodrome runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA, ICAO:RPVM,
IATA: CEB), located in the City of Lapu-Lapu

SEC. 2. The DOTC, in coordination with the MCIAA, shall finance and
conduct the Feasibility Studies and the formulation of the Detailed Engineering
Designs, Standards, and Specifications of the proposed runway as well as the
concomitant access taxiways and rapid exit taxiways (RET), runway lighting
systems, and navigational/landing equipment, and other appurtenances as maybe
necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.


SEC. 3. The Secretary of Transportation and Communications shall include in
the Department's program the funding requirements for the procurement and
construction of the said runway facilities and other airfield facilities in an amount
deemed appropriate for its operationalization and maintenance.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved