Coment from a reader on "The Future of Subic Airport":
I've been reading that, because of adverse economic conditions, airlines around the world have had to ground some of their planes. Has anyone thought of renting airlines space at SBIA to park their unneeded aircraft until the Recession recedes? Rental of space for a few 747s parked on the ramp and on the taxiways on the other side of the runway from Taxiway Charlie could go a long way toward meeting the monthly cost of maintaining the Airport as an airport, and tide us over until a permanent tenant for the Airport can be found. Also, with our inexpensive labor, it would be relatively inexpensive to keep corrosion away from the parked planes with frequent fresh water washdowns.
[The Subic Bulletin] Here are some articles on the subject, we applaud the reader for at very least coming up with a positive suggestion! The only possible downside is that Subic Airport will turn into an aircraft graveyard instead of an aircraft parking lot. We seem to have a two plane start into the graveyard business already, although there seems to be some resuscitation work underway on one of the carcases...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/040909dnbusplaneboneyards.3825de9.html
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/park04209.xml&headline=Aircraft%20Storage%20Forecasts%20Near-Term%20Economy&channel=mro
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