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Upgraded Davao City International Airport is Ready for More Passengers & Bigger Aircraft
by Rita Festin, ADB National Officer

Davao City – With air transportation crucial to economic and social connectivity in the Philippine archipelago, the new $128 million state-of-the-art international airport in this city is a welcome development. It is now fully operational and is raring to take in more passengers and bigger aircraft.

With Asian Development Bank financing, the Davao airport in Mindanao has been upgraded and expanded to provide reliable and safe all-weather operations that meet international standards and remove infrastructure bottlenecks which were constraining the growth of domestic and international air services. It will also enhance Davao’s access to nearby markets and improve the overall economic prospects of the southern Philippines, and could be considered one vital link for the intermodal transport network essential for this area. Read more.

Each thumbnail below links to a larger photograph.

An exterior shot of the Malay architecture-inspired Davao International Airport terminal building.

The upgraded and expanded runway can accommodate wide-bodied aircraft of major airlines, even 747s, and has four boarding bridges.

With its spacious interior, the airport terminal can easily accommodate up to two million passengers a year,

Another angle of the airport terminal interior.

The Air Traffic Control tower is the most advanced in the Philippines today.


The pre-departure lounge

 

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