{"id":194175,"date":"2018-12-16T04:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T09:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=194175"},"modified":"2018-12-16T04:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T09:51:18","slug":"newly-improved-antique-airport-starts-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/16\/newly-improved-antique-airport-starts-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly-improved Antique Airport starts operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_194183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194183\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-194183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/48356800_1261969363942197_859117978891845632_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The project will also include the construction of an admin building, powerhouse, staff house, perimeter and security fence, and a new apron and taxiway, according to CAAP. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTrPH\/photos\/pcb.1261969690608831\/1261969360608864\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTrPH\/\">Department of Transportation\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The newly-improved Antique Airport started its operations on Dec. 16, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The runway and terminal facilities have been improved at a budget of PHP40 million,&#8221; CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n<p>He added that as of now, only the Philippine Airlines (PAL) offers the Antique route.<\/p>\n<p>PAL&#8217;s flight PR 2205 took off from Clark International Airport and landed the Antique Airport on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Before this inaugural flight, CAAP has completed the construction of a canopy, the repainting of the runway apron markers, ramp markers, runway 36 and 18, and stop-way markers. Tall trees obstructing the airport\u2019s flight path have also been cut off.<\/p>\n<p>CAAP noted that the runway has also been extended to 1.4 kilometers to help make it more viable for commercial aircraft landing and takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apolonio said the airport will have a new terminal building, and this project was bid out for PHP343 million.<\/p>\n<p>The project will also include the construction of an admin building, powerhouse, staff house, perimeter and security fence, and a new apron and taxiway, according to CAAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The newly-improved Antique Airport started its operations on Dec. 16, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":194183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-cristina-arayata","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}