Laguindingan: First airport to open under Aquino

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Finally, one airport will open during the 6-year term of President Benigno Aquino III: Laguindingan Airport in Northern Mindanao. He inspected the newly built airport again on Tuesday, June 11, before the June 15 opening. Bigger and in a more geographically safe location, Laguindingan’s operations will replace the decades-long Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City as the gateway to the south. The airport project has been in the works since 1991 and former President Macapagal Arroyo was gung-ho about pushing for it, but it is Aquino who will oversee its opening. The Aquino government has lined up several airport projects to boost tourism and trade.


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