he Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority has proposed to reduce the landing and take-off fees as incentives to bring more airlines to the country’s second busiest airport, which is being expanded by a consortium led by Megawide ConstructiWon Corp. Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority general manager Nigel Paul Villarete said in a text message the objective of the proposed incentive plan for landing and take-off fees was to attract more airlines. MCIAA proposed to offer rebates of 30 percent to 75 percent on landing and take-off charges for long-haul international routes and 30 percent to 65 percent for short to medium-haul routes, depending on the frequency of flights per week. The agency also proposed rebates of 25 percent to 65 percent on landing and take-off fees for domestic routes, depending on the number of flights a week. “The incentive plan is a route development and marketing tool to spur up the routes and frequencies or increase capacities at MCIA,” Villarete said. Data from MCIAA showed the number of domestic and international aircraft that landed in and took off from the country’s second busiest airport dropped 13 percent to 56,281 in 2014 from 64.945 in 2013. Passenger volume at MCIA also fell 2.1 percent to 6.8 million last year from 6.9 million in 2013. Continue reading... I'm wondering if the drop in passengers might have something to do with the quality of the city itself and not the price of tickets. I think the money would be better spent on cleaning up the city (from the trash that lines the streets and the massive corruption).
