OnMyWay Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 PAL just announced service Cebu to Baguio. I never thought Baguio would have commercial service again. I'll have to be more careful when driving across the runway. Going to Baguio this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, OnMyWay said: PAL just announced service Cebu to Baguio. I never thought Baguio would have commercial service again. They must believe that tourists will use the route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted October 26, 2022 Author Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, GeoffH said: They must believe that tourists will use the route? I don't understand why. The brand new airport at Clark is barely used. PAL has one flight a day from Clark, to Cebu. Whatever the reason, they closed that airport because of a few crashes. It is high up, sloping and subject to fog and bad weather. This picture is from 2015. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebie Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 I used to fly Manila to Baguio a lot... well what I mean is I used to get to the airport for the 6am flight only to find very regularly that the flight was cancelled, wherein I'd call the gf and advise I was once again on Victory or Rabbit bus. Got cancelled more than it flew. Was wonderfully dramatic when it actually did fly, but last time I was in Baguio kids were playing on what was the runway. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted October 26, 2022 Author Posted October 26, 2022 I just chatted with my BIL and he said they have built a new control tower, but he does not know if anything has been done with the terminal. Side note, he said they got quite a jolt from the Abra earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Freebie said: I used to get to the airport for the 6am flight only to find very regularly that the flight was cancelled, wherein I'd call the gf and advise I was once again on Victory or Rabbit bus. I once considered moving to Baguio. The climate is more "Canadian", they say. But as you pointed out, the flights were cancelled so frequently that I decided it was not the place for me. Good thing because the schedule was eventually eliminated. I used to wonder why they cannot do instrument landings as current technology must surely be good enough by now, then I saw the result of Korean Air in Mactan during bad weather. I won't be taking the chance of flying to Baguio now. But it is interesting that PAL would try it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted October 27, 2022 Author Posted October 27, 2022 Here are a couple of articles with interesting information: https://www.msn.com/en-ph/travel/news/baguio-eyes-reopening-of-loakan-airport-by-december/ar-AA11aCAA https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/13/baguio-citys-loakan-airport-up-for-rehabilitation-possible-reopening/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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