Caticlan Airport Utility Area (Caticlan)

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The new terminal building will be the “greenest” terminal building in the Philippines. Its large windows will allow the free flow of fresh air throughout the building thereby reducing the need for massive air conditioning.

It will derive part of its electricity from solar panels; will install a rainwater collection system and will have its own wastewater treatment plant.

And, of course, the new Boracay Airport will set records of its own. Once fully operational, it will be able to accommodate some three million Boracay-bound tourists annually or 10 times the capacity of the old airport.

TransAire Development Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and manager of the Boracay Airport project, said the airport will also help bring investments into Aklan.

It sees the Boracay Airport as a catalyst for more investments, jobs and tourism. TransAire also intends to build a port jetty within the complex that will be able to accommodate international cruise liners.

The Boracay Airport is just one in a number of projects comprising SMC’s “grand nation-building agenda.” SMC intends to bid for airport contracts in Palawan, Bohol and Caraga.