Mactan-Cebu International Airport
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Mactan-Cebu International Airport (IATA airport code: CEB, ICAO airport code: RPVM) is the major airport of the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is located in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, near Cebu City. The airport is also the only international airport in the entire Visayas region.
History
The airport opened in the mid-1960s. It was built to replace Lahug Airport, which could not be expanded due to safety and physical problems. The airport was then expanded in its later years to become the current Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
On December 11, 1994, Philippine Airlines Flight 434 was flying on its second leg of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Mactan-Cebu International Airport - New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) route when a bomb on board exploded, killing a passenger. The airliner was able to make an emergency landing. Authorities later found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb on the airliner to test the bomb for his Project Bojinka plot. His project was discovered in Manila after an apartment fire on the night of January 5 and the morning of January 6, 1995.
Airlines
The following airlines fly to Mactan-Cebu Airport:
- Air Philippines (Bacolod, Davao, General Santos, Iloilo, Manila)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul) starting July 16, 2005
- Asian Spirit (Cagayan de Oro, Caticlan, Dipolog, Manila, Surigao, Tagbilaran, Tandag)
- Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
- Cebu Pacific (Davao, Manila, Seoul, Zamboanga)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kota Kinabalu)
- Mandarin Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai-shek)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila, Seoul, Tokyo-Narita)
- Qatar Airways (Doha via Singapore)
- South East Asian Airlines (Seair) (Bantayan (seasonal), Caticlan, Cotabato, Mambajao, Siargao)
- Silkair (Singapore)
External links
- Mactan-Cebu International Airport (http://www.mactan-cebuairport.com/)