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Direct flights between San Fernando,Korean airports to begin May 8
Author: BCDA
Posted: April 15, 2009 | Category: Freeport And Ecozones
Barely two months after resuming commercial operations, the expanded San Fernando Airport in Poro Point, La Union, marks its first milestone by opening air link with the Cheongju International Airport in South Korea.
Direct flights between the two airports are set to commence on May 8, with an initial passenger traffic volume of some 20,000 Korean tourists, mostly students, their parents and other family members wanting to explore La Union, Baguio City and Benguet province.
Ranking officials of Poro Point Management Corp. (PPMC), a subsidiary of the state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), made this announcement upon arrival from their recent visit to Chungcheongbuk-do province in South Korea.
The delegation, headed by PPMC executive vice president and chief operating officer Anthony C. Manguiat, came back last April 2 from a “highly fruitful” visit to South Korea.
The BCDA, which spearheaded the expansion and upgrading of the San Fernando Airport facilities, expected substantial increases in tourist arrivals and investments in Northern Philippines.
The direct flights between the two airports are also expected to increase the stream of tourists to La Union and other northern provinces.
The group met with their Korean counterparts headed by Jang Soon Ja, director of the Korean Airports Corp., as well as with tourism and aviation officials of Chungcheongbuk-do.
Poro Point’s development alongside San Fernando Airport’s expansion, are part of BCDA’s sustained conversion program where former U.S. bases are transformed into centers of socio-economic development.
Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong) is a province in the centre of South Korea, and was formed in 1896 from the northeastern half of the former Chungcheong province. Its provincial capital is Cheongju.
The main attractions in the province are Mount Songni (1,058 m) in the Sobaek Mountains and its national park. Beopjusa, the site of one of the oldest temples of Korea, is located in this national park, as in Guinsa, the headquarters of the Cheontae sect. There is another park around Mount Worak.
