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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

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BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

143

HOUSE BILL NO.

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).

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,


It is 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.

RAUL V. éL MARS


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House sino. 143

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) WITH ITS CONCOMITANT
ACCESS TAXIWAYS AND RAPID 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, Province of Cebu.

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,

navigational/landing equipment, and other appurtenances as may be necessary for


the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Transportation and Communications shall include in
the Department's programs the procurement, construction, operationalization and
maintenance of the second runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved.