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The airport is located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northeast of Bacolod on a 181-hectare (450-acre) site in Barangay Bagtic, Silay, Negros Occidental. [4] The facility inherited its IATA and ICAO airport codes from Bacolod City Domestic Airport, which it replaced in 2008.
Plans for an international airport in Legazpi started in 1996. [5] In 1997, a study commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) indicated the need for expansion at four airports in the Philippines: namely Legazpi Airport, Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban.
Expansion works for the existing passenger terminal began in 2017 to address congestion in the airport. [8] On March 16, 2018, the expanded passenger terminal was inaugurated. [9] Part of the development project is the construction of the new terminal building and the extension of the runway from 2,100 to 2,500 meters (6,900 to 8,200 ft).
The airport surpassed the Iloilo City Mandurriao Airport in the number of arriving passengers. The former terminal building of the airport. The airport was built by the Lopez family in 1936 to serve the Iloilo–Negros Air Express Company's flights to and from Bacolod, Iloilo and Manila. It was bought by Philippine Airlines after World War II. [1]
Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC), formerly branded as Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (SLI, Tagalog pronunciation: [sulˈpiːʃo]), is a major shipping line in the Philippines. [1] [2] PSACC is one of the largest domestic shipping and container companies in the Philippines in terms of the number of vessels operated and gross tonnage. The ...
Poverty incidence of Negros Occidental 10 20 30 40 2006 28.23 2009 30.41 2012 32.33 2015 32.96 2018 19.38 2021 16.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", the sugar industry is the lifeblood of the economy of Negros Occidental, producing more than half of the country's sugar. There are 15 sugar centrals located throughout the lowland areas the ...
Before HM Transport was formed, a bus company named Laguna Transport Company Inc. or LTCI, a sister company of JAM was established in the early 1980s. It services routes from Santa Cruz, Laguna, to Lawton, Manila, and Cubao, Quezon City, along with other competitors, Kapalaran Bus Lines, also a provincial bus company that is established in the same decade; however, it was phased out in the mid ...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) (PSE: ICT) is a global port management company headquartered in Manila, Philippines. Established in 1916, ICTSI is the Philippines' largest multinational and transnational company, having established operations in both developed and emerging market economies in Asia Pacific, the Americas, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.