Clark Airport – the “better” alternative

A few denizens know about the interesting international (and domestic) trips (read: affordable and pleasant) that some airlines in Clark airport provide. OK, maybe a lot of people know about them BUT they either think it’s too far from Manila or that the planes are simply life-threatening.

Well, here are a few myth busters:

1. The Clark International Airport (also known as: Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) is actually just one hour and a half (subject to traffic conditions) away from Metro Manila. Surely, a lot of people don’t know this: In the next 10 years, it will be the premier gateway of the Philippines to the rest of the world. To know more about the developments in Clark, check out the official website at:

http://www.clarkairport.com/frame.php


2. Airlines that operate in Clark are actually safe and pleasurable. Tiger Airways offer friendly and agreeable flights (not to mention, cheap!) to Macau, Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), and Singapore almost daily.

Visit their site at:
http://www.tigerairways.com/home/index.php

3. If you are not convinced and still thinks that low-cost airlines are too fantastic to believe, know that this is a world-wide phenomena. Check out the business model here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-cost_carrier

Proceed by knowing more about these airlines here:

• http://www.tigerairways.com/about/company-overview.php

• http://www.airasia.com/

• http://us.flyasiana.com/


4. Even Cebu Pacific offers domestic flights to and from the Clark Airport now.

For detailed flight information, visit: http://www.clarkairport.com/frame.php

Let me just get some facts straight: Clark airport or the government did not pay nuni to write this blog. Tiger Airways or other airlines operating from Clark did not give nuni money to patronize them either (though nuni really hopes that they will!=P).

Why is nuni writing this then? Because nuni (and her friend, nunu) wants to promote an alternative (a better one) to people who want to travel outside the Philippines but don’t have enough budget to do so.

There is so much to see and learn out there. It is time for Filipinos to explore South East Asia and the world. It is also time for people outside the Philippines to see and experience the beauty and diversity of the Filipino nation.

As someone famous once said: “Traveling is like reading a book. And those who do not travel read only a page.”


NEXT: Some things to consider before flying from Clark Airport (transport, taxes, etc.)…