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TAGBILARAN, Bohol, Philippines—The Philippine government is studying whether to expand the existing Tagbilaran airport or push through with the proposed international airport on resort island of Panglao, President Benigno Aquino told reporters here.
Aquino made the remarks following a briefing on the proposal to build an airport on Panglao island to accommodate more tourists.
Aquino said the existing Tagbilaran airport, with its 1.7-kilometer runway, only needs an additional several hundreds of meters of runway to accommodate large aircraft.
“The bottom line is how can we hasten, with the structure already in place, to improve the economy (of Bohol),” Aquino said.
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