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Clark Int'l Airport Corp. to bid out P8.5-B food hub contract in early 2026

Clark Int'l Airport Corp. to bid out P8.5-B food hub contract in early 2026

Provided by Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Clark Int'l Airport Corp. to bid out P8.5-B food hub contract
Clark International Airport passenger terminal building



MANILA, Philippines — The Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) is set to launch a public bidding for the construction of its flagship P8.5-billion food hub by the first quarter of next year as it targets to open the first phase of the project in 2027.

CIAC corporate planning manager Melissa Feliciano, on the sidelines of the Philippines Logistics Summit 2025 on Wednesday, said they were working on finalizing the engineering design and bidding documents of the Clark National Food Hub this year.

“We are already working on the design of the facility so that when the funding comes out by January, we’re ready to start the construction of the project,” Feliciano said.

“Hopefully, as early as 2027, you’ll see the first few buildings coming up for the food hub,” she added.
The first phase includes administrative offices, cold storage facilities and trading markets for wholesalers.

The second phase, meanwhile, will take five years of construction thereafter or until 2032. This segment will provide space for food manufacturing and packaging.

The hub is a 62-hectare facility at the Clark civil aviation complex.

“What we’re trying to immediately address would be the food wastage. Currently, we’re [losing] about 50 percent of our produce. It gets lost in transportation,” Feliciano said.

For operations and maintenance, the CIAC official said they would tap a separate entity with expertise in handling a food hub.

Project pipeline


The CIAC inked a technical advisory services agreement with the the Public-Private Partnership Center of Philippines and the Asian Development Bank last year to work on the project feasibility study.

Apart from the food hub, the CIAC pipeline includes the World Convention and Events Hub, New CIAC Headquarters and the Urban Renewal and Heritage Conservation Project.

READ: Mark Villar says major infra projects in Clark ‘engine of growth’ for PH

The Pampanga gateway saw its passenger volume grow by 20 percent to 2.4 million last year, 65 percent of which were accounted for by international travelers.

This year, the airport is seen to fly around 3.3 million to 3.4 million passengers given the anticipated increase in flight activities with the transfer of turboprop operations from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

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