Next to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is the next busiest.
Louie B. Ferrer, president of contractor GMR Megawide, said in an interview with Business Mirror yesterday that the huge new terminal will be completed by June.
Construction of the new terminal began in December 2015.
“As of February, the construction of the new terminal is at 96 percent completion and we are all excited to count the days until we open terminal 2 to the traveling public,” he said.
The new terminal adds 65,500 square meters to the airport and will offer new retail and food options for passengers.
According to Megawide, the architecture is resort-themed based on Cebu’s island heritage. The expansion will allow the airport to accommodate 12.5 million passengers a year.
The report in Business Mirror said that this is only the first of three phases to improve the airport over the next 50 years.
These include constructing a third terminal, adding parallel runways, and the rehabilitation of existing facilities to allow the airport to eventually accommodate 50 million passengers a year.
Take a look at the construction progress below:
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