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The second hangar is in addition to its first hangar for the
Airbus 319 and 320 series aircraft that was constructed
in November 2008. The project is a joint venture with
Cebu Pacific Air. The first hangar, costing an estimated
Php800 million, started operations in July 2009 and has
provided MRO services to Cebu Pacific fleet of Airbus
aircraft.
Based in Singapore, SIAEC is a leading aircraft MRO
company providing total maintenance solutions to the
aircraft of the world. SIAEC, together with its 24 joint
ventures and subsidiaries across nine countries, formed
the SIAEC Group.
The SIAEC Group provides extensive MRO of aircraft
for more than 85 international airlines worldwide.
With certifications from more than 20 airworthiness
authorities, SIAEC’s six hangars and 22 in-house
workshops in Singapore provide complete MRO
services in airframe, component, engine, aircraft
conversions, and modifications to major airlines from
four continents.
SIAEC also provides support services at the Changi
International Airport in Singapore as well as line
m a i n t e n a n c e
support services to
countries such as
Australia, United
States, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Vietnam
and the Philippines.
Service at the DMIA
has also been upped
after passenger
facilitation processes
Continuous expansion at DMIA is were found at par
rendered to accommodate more and with worldwide
more passengers each year.
industrial and
commercial management system standards and
certified International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) 9001:2008 compliant.
The certification was given by TÜV RHEINLAND
Philippines Inc., a global leader in the certification of
management systems with 490 offices in 61 countries,
during awarding ceremonies held at the Mimosa
Convention Center in March last year.
The certification came after a year of activities that
involve an assessment of CIAC’s compliance to
general documentation requirements, management
commitment, customer focus, quality policy and
planning and adherence of CIAC, airlines and other
national agencies operating at the DMIA to the Service
Level Agreements and Service Excellence Standards
entered into by CIAC authorities with officials of these
agencies and airlines.
Darwin L. Cunanan, CIAC Corporate Planning Manager
and ISO Quality Management Representative, said
the conformity audit and assessment conducted by
TÜV RHEINLAND revealed CIAC measures up to the
quality management system standards in the field of
International Passenger Facilitation at the DMIA based
on specifications of ISO 9001:2008.
Romeo N. Dyoco Jr., CIAC Vice-President for
Operations and Business Development and ISO
General Manager, said the scope of ISO 9001:2008
involves Passenger Facilitation to deliver better quality
service to international travelers and passengers at the
DMIA which is bustling with international and domestic
flights provided by international and local air carriers.
Mid last year, the DMIA Terminal 1 Building Expansion
Project was also inaugurated by former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo in June, a project that increased
the passenger volume of the Clark airport to Php2.5
million annually.
Developed at a cost of Php308.8 million, the expanded
terminal is expected to boost the operations of the
airport as well as attract more foreign and local airlines
to the DMIA. The newly-expanded DMIA Terminal-1
features two passenger boarding bridges to provide
convenience to passengers as well as improvements
that include Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS);
closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs); public television;
background music and a public address system; X-ray
machines; and, elevators and escalators.
Another noteworthy development for the Clark
Freeport Zone as a whole is the development of a
tertiary hospital that will provide medical and health
care services after President led the time capsulelaying
for the development of The Medical City (TMC)
at the Global Gateway Logistics City (GGLC) in the
Clark Freeport Zone.
The Medical City Philippines is a tertiary health care
organization with a medical staff of 1,100 physicians
and 2,200 support personnel serving 40,000 in-patients
and 400,000 out-patients annually.
The Medical City Strategic Services Group Head
Margaret Bengzon said TMC Clark will serve as the
company’s flagship center for the Central and Northern
Luzon region. Bengzon said the hospital, which will be
fully-operational by 2013, addresses TMC’s expansion
strategies outside the Metro Manila area.
GGLC is a 177-hectare tract of land in Clark that is
being developed for a mixed use logistics center. It will
feature, among others, an aero park and a logistics
park. It will cost $1 billion and is being developed by
the Peregrine Development International firm with
funding from the Kuwait Gulf and Link (KGL) Investment
Company.
Passenger services have also been given a boost
following the operation of the DMIA Shuttle Service,
an added convenience to passengers provided by
jeepneys that ferry passengers from the DMIA to the
Dau Bus Terminal outside of the Clark Freeport Zone
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