GenSan International Airport gets P121 million for its modernization
In her Independence Day speech at Koronadal City last Friday, June 12, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo bared her administration’s moves to modernize and improve the General Santos International Airport to the tune of P121 million.
Citing the need to push South Central Mindanao’s tourism destinations, the president remarked that part of her plans to improve on the economy of the country is to invest more on infrastructure, and this is where GenSan International Airport’s rehab comes in.
She further explained that the Department of Transportation and Communications has budgeted P40 million, including the P10 million last year for the rehab of the terminal building facilities of the GenSan International Airport and the construction of its perimeter fence.
For 2010, DOTC officials added P81 million for the provision and rehabilitation of air navigation and air traffic control facilities, improvement of the control tower and fire station buildings, and the construction of an administrative building for the airport which has been classified as a Secondary International Airport.
The GenSan International Airport which was constructed mostly from US Aid Funds amounting to$50 million formally opened on July 6, 1996, making it officially 13 years old next month.
For years, it has been rumored to be used by the United States military to increase their presence in the ASEAN region since it boasts of the 3rd longest runway and the biggest land area in the Philippines today.
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Bariles is Tagalog word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
ayel Says:
Will this also mean more frequent flights in and out of GenSan? Hmm… Wow, good for GenSan and its neighbors…
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Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 7:25 PM
jinky Says:
hopefully hindi lang domestic flights in and out of Gensan. . . may international flights na din
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Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Marco Says:
great news!
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Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 9:22 PM
BrAvO SiX Says:
long awaited rehabilitation and upgrades..
hopefully, they will put air bridges too
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 11:44 PM
mike Says:
nice to hear that gsc airport will be having it rahabilitation.sana naka tube na goin in and out of the plane.its so disgusting pag umuulan kasi basa ka talag umbrella can help but its not enough.tsaka ang c.r pagandahin na.more carousel for the baggages kasi pal and ceb pacific sabay pag morning nagkakagulo sa pagkuha ng mga bagahe.and most of all comfortable pre departure area….too good to be true if this will be kung lahat mabigyang pansin.well its nice to hear though…….
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Toinks Says:
Sana magkaroon na ng evening flights ang mga airlines plying GES-MNL and GES-CEB routes para naman ang mga OFW´s arriving in Manila and Cebu could right away connect on a flight to Gen. Santos on the same day. Most international flights kasi coming from Middle East and Asia are arriving in the afternoon sa Manila and Cebu airports. Calling! Calling!
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 7:31 AM
dimple Says:
good news!
i do agree with mike…
kung may improvement sa lahat ng facilities sana may improvement din sa services… in short may TQS…
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Meg Santos Says:
this is long overdue na.. dapat noon pa yan..at least na ambonan tayo ng graces from malacanang..weve been deprived of hard infra for so long because of reasons only gma can reveal..hahaha…anyway sana tuloy tuloy na ito cos the generals are tax payers too..we deserve our share dont we..what do you think avel???
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 7:10 PM
white knight Says:
Tama gyud si ate meg ug ang uban na commentors diri. its about time & our airport deserve improvement. di lang naman taga gensan ang gumagamit sa airport facilities but from other places too in short the whole socsksargen areas.
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Eleonor Lanfermann Says:
I hope next year tapos na! so sad, everytime to visit gensan intl. airport still the same the comfort room has no water very disgusting talaga! tama talaga si ate meggie!!!
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 10:07 PM
lito Says:
magti-thirteen years na pala ang GSIA…and its just about time it will be “upgraded”.Sana lang this plan will be made into action soon…
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Posted on June 16th, 2009 at 2:10 AM
BrAvO SiX Says:
i agree with TOINKS… most of the international flights arrives in the afternoon or sometimes at night.. seldom lang ang morning arrivals.
hopefully, airline carriers will put up evening flights…anyway, as it was mention in this post the rehabilitation will include the air navigation and air traffic control facilities, the ATC tower and fire station buildings. with these improvements, the airport can handle evening flights na..
Posted on June 16th, 2009 at 2:33 PM
orman Says:
well, it’s about time!
Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 5:15 AM
benjamin conde Says:
wow! ang laki nman! 121million!! hhhmmmmm….?
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 12:33 AM
rrrrr Says:
@benjamin conde parang kulang pa yata yan eh..sana 500million or more pa.anyway at least meron din kung sa wala.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 3:03 AM
Jake Says:
actually GSIA can handle night flights… there are several instances where Cebu Pacific flies in and out of GenSan after sunset because of flight delays.. there’s even a video in youtube of an evening arrival of a Cebu Pacific flight from Manila.
Posted on July 13th, 2009 at 12:37 AM
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Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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Posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 PM