Manila NAIA T2 to Cagayan De Oro
Alright folks, let's continue from my last post. That was long ha?!
Here we go...
Let's skip the check-in seremonyas. It is still the same for PAL at T2. Nothing much has changed there! We ended that last story talking about the smoking area of T2.
Yep, that is inside PAL's NAIA Terminal 2 Domestic Wing Mabuhay Lounge. Just two people, so I took the opportunity to snap a photo. H'wag sana magalit ang mga yan!
I took the pic to 'capture as remembrance', how that end of the lounge looks now. If you can't see clearly, it's still 'glass encased'. That, was the lounge's smoking room.
The "gas chamber" as my non-smoking friends called it. Importantly, history na yan! No more hithit sessions hahaha! Ayaw ni Digong, e di hwag. Masunurin akong bata!
The blogger mind said try to sample everything, but the stomach said utang na loob, di lang gulong ng kotse ang sumasabog! Ganun ang scene! So.., that was all I picked.
My intention was to sample everything hehehe. I don't know if it's just me, I feel that MNL T2 Mabuhay Lounge always has the most in terms of eatables and drinkables.
But I had so much at the breakfast buffet of HIE, e hindi naman ako nag-aalmusal! I am not good at describing foods anyway. All I know is to say "I like" and "I don't like"!
And if it's Mabuhay Lounge, so far, I Like them all. [dahil sa lugaw yan hahaha!]
That, if you have 3 connecting flights within the day, PAL may only issue 2 boarding passes in their "check-thru" (through-check-in) system - the check-in agent told me.
That's the most that their computers can do. Sige, if that is the case, let it be - since as if anyone can do anything 'no? There aren't many weird travelers like me anyway!
Do you ever fly 3 flights in a day? It happens. I just did it again today.
Yes, I flew 3 connected flights today: 1) MNL-CGY, 2) CGY-CEB, 3) CEB-CRK
It happens, to me at least! Some of you might call it weird, but yes, it does happen!
Paminsan-minsan lang naman. There are times a few (weird) people like me, need to do it. Ah let us not anymore delve into details, basta, there are times we have to!
This was the same as my Panglao experience in that TAG-DVO-CEB-TAC trip about 2 weeks ago. But I'm not complaining. No issue. Experts call that system limitation!
System what? Ah, in layman's terms, that means people succumb to what the dumb machine can only do! Meaning? We just follow what our computers want, instead of the other way around. That, is a global phenomenon, mind you! Digital Subjugation!
O ano, harsh ba ang "digital subjugation"? Parang The Matrix o Terminator series ba ang arrive? Sige let us then call it Technological Servitude. Mga alila ng PC hahaha!
Anyway, whatever is happening, or whatever will happen to mankind in the future...
Let's go back to my flight na 'no?!
Okay, but first, let's talk why Check-Through or Through-Check-In is convenient:
1) Seat Selection - being given a boarding pass for your second flight, while you are checking-in for just the first, is an advantage. You are getting seats ahead of others.
2) No more lining up to check-in for your second flight - all you have to do is find the gate for your second flight, at that second airport. More time to roam, shop and eat!
3) Claim your checked-in bags only at your final destination - isn't that convenience?
But of course, there are important things to note about that convenience. Such as:
4) It's only available if both 'delivering' and 'receiving' flights are on the same airline. For how can the delivering flight issue a boarding pass on your receiving flight kung hindi naman pala kanila yun. Kalaban pa usually! Kaya kung PAL ka, i-all the way na!
5) Be sure you won't need anything in your checked-in baggage at the transit airport since you won't see it (unless na lang offloaded ka)! It is already tagged all the way!
6) In the near future, this check-thru facility (at least that part on seats and boarding passes) may actually become unnecessary. Why? Eh, we can do "web-check-in" na.
Anyway again...
PAL check-thru is only for 2 boarding passes. Ayaw computer nila magluwa ng 3!
Back to that elevator picture above, that is the way to/from PAL's Mabuhay Lounge - which you would notice, is at level 2 of the building. Ka-level pala ng arrival hall yan!
Passengers can only enter or exit at the 3rd level, which is the pre-departure holding area. Plus, on 2nd level, there is nothing but the lounge door and stairs with a guard.
Something happened. I was reading my phone messages as I entered that elevator. I think I didn't press the ⓶ on that panel. Maybe my fingers 'strayed' into ⓵, without me noticing. Because when it opened... OMG I was already on the tarmac na, haha!
Of course I pressed ⓶ and immediately closed the elevator so I could go back up to the lounge. That area is 'restricted' or 'off limits to passengers'. Bakit ako nandoon?!
Not that it's anything serious, but as a frequent traveler, I am always mindful to keep away from situations where those notorious airport people can extort money from me!
If a security officer saw me down there, they could've accosted me with why are you here, bawal yan, we can arrest you, malaki ang fine nyan! You know what's next, right?
But that was a rare situation. In my years of using the lounge, that elevator does not usually go to ground floor no matter how you press pound or pummel the ⓵ button.
So what happened? How come it went to ground level when it should not? Ahh, your inquisitive Pinoy Traveler "investigated", and found the real reason. Security lapse/s!
Hey, it's not as if I launched a senate inquiry to investigate. Nagtanong-tanong lang!
Ganito: that elevator pala, via its operator's panel (hidden locked buttons), is always set to travel between 2nd and 3rd floors only - but at times set to go to ground level.
What are those times? When lounge supplies are replenished; when guards enter or exit their post at the 2F door (or, when they feel like it)! They alter the panel settings to include GF, but, are supposed to put it back to "run between 3rd & 2nd floors only".
Obviously, at the time I used that elevator, somebody forgot to return those settings back to how they should be. Eh I was not looking and hastily pressed the ⓵ button.
Ayun, I accidentally went to an off-limits zone! Nice experience anyway. I saw a way out during emergencies; or a route for moving PWDs, even VIPs, within the building.
Tara boarding na!
Okay, so me and fellow passengers went up to find Gate 12 (via that same elevator we discussed above), when our time to board was announced. And then, I saw this:
Talagang piniktyuran, hindi pinalampas! Well, that is my way of taking notes, so you my dear readers, know as many things about traveling in our lupang hinirang as I do!
That is one of the Laptop Charging Stations at T2 domestic wing. I think there are 3 or more. That's the leftmost. Beyond the glass wall is already T2 international wing.
What have I noted at that corner anyway? Hmm, I'm sure you're wondering like I did when I first saw it... why does it have to be that tall a table just to plug your laptops?
Ayan tuloy, look at those people, they're sitting awkwarly on those barstools. Di ba?!
As many designers say, always consider form or function. Maganda nga tingnan, if it is not in use. But hardly is it comfortable and convenient - even for taller foreigners.
In fact, if that table really needs to be towering for whatever dumb reason, I'd rather not have those 'high chairs' at all. Everyone just stand - like that man at left is doing.
Pag nalaglag pa iyang si misis na yan... 'ta, patay kang bata ka!
Ganun na nga, I reached Gate 12 and OMG what a long line of passengers.
My initial reaction was why am I already here? Hmm, the lovely Mabuhay Girls aren't probably anymore trained on PAL's VIP/CIP boarding order protocols - unlike before.
Me ganun pala? Oh yes, meron! Sige sige, one of these days, I'll make kwento about my 'childhood memories' of the VIP & CIP lounges of yesteryears! They were grand!
Basta, to make it short, if you were staying at any of those lounges, you were only to be boarded when others (mostly economy passengers) have already been boarded.
Actually, during their 'pre-boarding announcements' they usually say something like Business or Mabuhay Club passengers may board at their own convenience. Will you?
Many such passengers do not like making singit since the tubes are narrow anyway. It just makes them look bad na feeling entitled, even if in this case, they are indeed!
That was the reason why Business Class and Club Members were boarded last.
That means, after your boarding pass is checked and torn by ground stewardess at Gate 12 (which is at 3F), you go walking down the stairs all the way to ground level.
Ah, good that we talked about that elevator earlier above. If you are one who finds it hard descending stairs, don't be ashamed and hesitate to tell the ground staff. They will probably ask you to "ride" on a wheelchair and whisk you down via that elevator!
Oh, whether on a wheelchair or walking just fine, if luck is not on your side, you may reach the tarmac-level door to see that the bus is already full! You wait for the next!
Hahaha, it really happens pag malas ka, like it did to me during this trip. Well, I was happy to have experienced it. This was my first time boarding via a Bus Gate at T2.
There are 4 or 5 seats down there - at least! You can grab one while waiting, hehe!
The big thing at right is a 'covered' or 'canopied' airstairs (because some don't have any cover or canpoy, as you will have seen many times, like when presidents arrive).
It may have other names, depending on the airline, airport or part of the world. Just the same, they sound same, such as "boarding stairs", "passenger stairs" and so on.
To the left from the airstairs on foreground is a pushcart, same as those at extreme left of the photo. At the belly of the plane, you should see a "conveyor" with canopy.
Here's another shot with a lot of those baggage pushcarts surrounding the plane.
If you're a frequent flyer, you would readily notice, that those hardy carts are already worn, yet are still a kickin'! Walang depre-"depreciated state" sa atin. Go lang ng GO!
They don't have a retirement age. As long as still usable - according to the 'feelings' of the loaders & drivers - use lang ng use, kahit forever & ever! Parang pag-ibig, 'no?
Walang hanggan ay hahamakin, pagkat walang katapusan kitang hihilahin hehehe!
And here's the tail end of the plane where a pushcartful of bags were being loaded.
And there is the small-but-powerful Baggage Tow Tug waiting for the pushcart to be emptied, so it can whisk it away! Of course, there is another canopied conveyor belt still busy loading baggage (and probably cargoes too) to the aft belly of that plane.
Can you see those equipment I've been mentioning? Aw, do you even still remember we named them before? You shoud not forget, as I might give you a quiz later hehe!
Anyway..,
Then our bus skirted around the buntot of the plane. Therefore this was 'our flight'.
Hey do you see the orange cones on the pavement? Do you know what they are for?
That's the nearest-to-the-plane that vehicles (like our bus) and even people can pass - unless they're directly servicing that plane. What is it to us mere passengers? Ah, if you want to do your walang kamatayang pektyur-pektyur, stay away, until that barrier.
Note: buses don't directly service an aircraft. They serve us passengers. Ganun yun!
Look at that bus ahead of us where passengers are already disembarking from it, to board the airbus. Its position tells us, that it passed outside of the imaginary barrier.
Here's another shot, as my bus awaited for its turn to empty us out unto that plane.
I took that pic from the bus window. You can imagine the directional position of my bus, right? Yeah, our bus was facing left, waiting to turn right, after the Safety Cone.
Notice the 3 safety cones. Obvious to me, which part of the plane they are trying to protect. Can you see it? Yes, they declare that the pakpak of the plane, is 'off-limits'!
That is why, I am sure you have experienced this: minsan itinataboy tayo nung mga blue-guard pag nag-pektyur-pektyur sa ilalim ng pakpak na yan o malapit sa engine.
Korek?
Why is that part of the plane off-limits anyway? Aw, any commercial airpcraft's 'skin' is made of very soft materials. Soft as in suntukin mo, babakat agad ang kamo mo!
And the wing parts are always the fuel tank too! Eh kung natusok yan ng selfie stick mo, o tumilapon ang talepano mo papunta doon? Naku, wala na, goodbye flight na!
As for the engine... nasubukan mo na bang mag-itsa ng tinidor sa electric fan? Don't you even try! Eh yang makina ng plane, sa laki at lakas nyan kung ikaw ang higupin?
Paktaylo! Gusto mo maging ground meat? Hiyay!
That's the reason why there's a guard between the door of the bus and the airstairs. To make sure that tayong mga pasaway (yes include me hehehe), do not go astray!
Oh, speaking of airstairs, I just noticed that in PAL MNL, almost all such equipment have canopies (bubong) to shield us from sun and rain. In the provinces, bibihira pa!
Maybe pag naluma na sila, ipapadala na sa probinsya. Hand-me-down ba!
That is JOCASP. No, it's not a person's name hehe. That means Joint Oil Companies Aviation Fuel Storage Plant or JOCASP for short! Imbakan ng nagtitinda ng "jet fuel".
I could see a logo of Caltex in that picture. But it's not just one company. I heard it's all of them in there ("joint"), but I don't know (yet) how they "disjoint" products hehe!
That's a practical thing to do - make the airplane fuel be available and ready, nearest to where they're needed - at the airport or runway vicinity itself. Common sense 'no!
AvGas is refined gasoline, more used by the tiny planes - yun me mga spark plug pa ang makina hehe. Jet A, Jet A-1 or even Jet B are kerosene-based (gaas lang pala!)
So, JOCASP is a depot for commercial airline fuels. Iba pa yung sa mga fighter jets!
Those parking areas that are away from the airport building (that's why you need to ride a bus) are called "Remote Parking Bays", but airlines don't anymore tell us their numbers. They only tell us the gate numbers in the terminal where we should board.
But I knew and I still know now, that this plane was at Remote Parking Bay 26 of T2. How'd I know that? Ayun sa pader o, sa me chicken wire, nakasulat sa yellow board!
I just remembered, that the above photo, is actually the flip-side of this.
Pero alam nyo ba? (dahil di ko alam!) From observing during my many flights, I have a feeling that it's MNL T2, not T3, that has the most number of remote parking bays.
They are just not obvious, as those are seldom used by PAL to board us passengers (di ba nga, I said this was my first time to board at T2's Gate 12?). Samantala, sa T3, etong Cebu Pacific, big or small, gusto yata lahat ng plane nila nasa remote parking!
I think there are about 12 to even 15 remote parking bays at T2. While at T3, I guess maybe just 10 or 11. Hey at T1, there's none! All planes there use a gate. While at T4 all the 10 aircraft parking slots are remote! Ano ngayon? Wala lang. Just telling you!
The plane's engine noise was drowning everything, so I could not hear what he and the stewardess were talking about. I wasn't sure if they had a legitimate passenger concern, o nagma-maritess o kumustahan lang. They slowed our boarding for a bit.
That is a good note to consider for the rest of us Pinoy Travelers... during boarding, keep moving up until you reach your seat, then sit properly and fasten your seatbelt!
Hindi kasi itinuturo ang mga ganyan sa elementary school, or kinder man lang!
Oh, do you wonder how I get exact timings and how I remember them? Technology!
Thanks to the advent of cellular phone technology. Specifically, the phone's camera. It helps me a lot when traveling. Like in the above photo, I clicked aiming at nothing!
When the aircraft jolted a bit and moved backwards, I knew it was pushing back. So I clicked, knowing my phone's camera would record the time in its exif data. 1202H!
Gone are the days when I'd still ask what time it was (as I don't wear wristwatches), then pull out my notebook and pen, just to be able to log my exact departure time/s!
Convenient? Ha! For me who grew up with Kodak, Fuji, even Agfa; 12, 24 or 36 shots (you know what they are heheh), the handy cellphone (smart phone naman) is bliss!
Ay, this kind of metadata (exif) can even tell locations when properly configured.
And so, my flight started inching southwards on the taxi way, going to Runway 06.
If you were on a public road, which airline and airport people call "landside", the ICT is that long building between T1 and T2. You are looking at it now from the "airside".
Here's a cute maze: if ICT is between T1 & T2, where's the Domestic Cargo Terminal?
Da! Mabuang ta pangita kay mura'g wa ra ba! There was, but now "it's complicated"!
Thanks or no-thanks to the 'proliferation' of so many air terminals in one airport, the authorities only thought about us passengers (did they?) and forgot about cargoes!
Here's a look back at history (ayan nostalgia nanaman)...
There was only 1 international passenger terminal (now T1); 1 domestic passenger terminal (now T4); 1 international cargo terminal (now still the ICT) and 1 domestic cargo terminal (section beside T4 arrival area, still domestic cargo of Cebu Pacific).
Life was simple and easy then. Everyone knew where to pick-up their lechon during the christmas holidays! Everyone also knew where to pick their boxes from abroad.
And then there became T2 and T3. The ICT is not anymore "international" since PAL domestic cargoes are also there. Sama-sama na. The sign says PAL Cargo Center.
The old Domestic Cargo Terminal is still used as such by Cebu Pacific. But they are also at the ICT. A staff told me: kung magpapadala, sa domestic ka pumunta, kung kukuha, sa ICT ang releasing. Now if it's AirAsia, doon bago mag-domestic! Hasula!
Ay ay, let's just say cargo terminals in Manila are still a work in discord. Kahit naman passenger terminals di ba? Lipatan ng lipata, depende kung sino'ng MIAA Manager.
Oops, back to my flight, okay?!
Oh the goody oldy MIA or Manila International Airport with IATA Airport Code: MNL.
That, is what I remember as the 'international airport' of Manila when I was a young and restless brat! I'm not too old yet, to have caught sight of its precessor in action.
Aw my dad and an aunt told me years ago: before MIA was built, international flights also emanated from what became the Manila Domestic Airport - that, is now our T4.
Hmm, that would be interesting to see photos and/or videos of international flights from what is now T4 'no?! But I don't know where to find those - if at all there is any!
I'm not even sure if video recorders were already available in those times hehe!
Oi, as a passenger, I actually like Terminal 1. You don't have to walk very far, even to the farthest gate. That's because the building was not designed as a long rectangle.
It's like the 'letter Y' if viewed from above. I remember, airport and airline folks called the two 'fingers' as 'satellites'. Each of those had (I think) 5 or even 6 boarding gates.
Planes are not standing side by side like at other terminals. They are like huddled in some kind of a 'round table'. So, passengers do not have to walk far to reach them.
Hmm, wait teka.. speaking of airplanes, didn't they say that PAL international flights (and some domestic) are at T2? Then what are those 2 big PAL planes doing at T1?
Yup, that's two of them. One is on the left edge of this photo, the other is at the right edge of the previous picture. Ah these terminal assignments at NAIA.., makalilipung!
That only reminds us mere passengers, to always read the terminal assignments of our flights indicated in our tickets. Also tell your drivers, since those keep changing.
Pupusta ako... in the future, those assignments will still change many MANY times!
Oist, flex ko lang [para sa mga tanders, that means magpapasikat lang ako!], I can still name those airlines - just by looking at their planes' logos and liveries! Yes, kaya ko!
Left to right: Philippine Airlines (IATA Code: PR), Korean Airlines (KE), Eva Air (BR), CSAir or China Southern Airlines (CZ), Gulf Air (GF) and another PAL plane. Hobby!
Okay enough na!
Well, this is MNL, the busiest airport in the country with only two runways that cross each other pa hehe! This place is busiest at noon, though surprisingly, not this time!
There were only 3 landing flights we had to give way to, before we could take off.
I shot short clips of those landing flights. I'll place them here soon.
Let's talk about "runway traffic" at MNL for a little bit more.
In my observation, the times from 5AM to 7AM, and from 12NN to 2PM are busiest. These are the periods of the day, where we see lots of airplanes lining up to takeoff.
Not all bad. For the children like me (walang kokontra), it is a wonderful time to see planes moving slowly around. But for the busy people, that's a 'bothersome period'!
Those times (waiting to takeoff) are better than say, 4PM to 6PM where your fight is trying to land at MNL. Those are the times where your plane just keep going around and around, above Metro Manila, waiting for their turn to land. Sightseeing! Joyride!
Eh kung maubusan ng gas yan? O di kaya nagkukukulog at nagkikikidlat? Or BOTH! Ayiyiii! Don't worry.., ang sabi ko nga... "there is no way but down"! Mas masaya yan!
Joking aside, that's the reason why landing planes are priority over those taking off!
Anyway, after that plane landed, it became our turn to takeoff. You'll have heard that when my plane's engines sounded accelerating, on the last part of that video above.
That was exactly 28 minutes just 'joyriding' on about a kilometer of taxiway, from T2 Remote Parking Bay 26, until takeoff at Runway 06. That was too slow, but I loved it!
It was nostalgia once again. After a long time I saw the memories of my past flights raining on me again. The JOCASP.., ICT.., old MIA (T1).., all from a slow, airside view!
Wonderful. Too wonderful that I instantly started scribbling all I could on my Note 5, so that... I totally forgot all about taking pics or videos of the actual takeoff hahaha!
Anyway again (ang dami kong anyway 'no?), flight was uneventful anyway I kept on jotting down these memories (all you have already read above), until these came...
The Chicken & Cheese Roll went straight to my backpack, even if it was lunchtime. I have had too much food (at the hotel and at the lounge). Baka sumabog na tiyan ko!
As for the brewed coffee w/ two sachets of creamer and two sachets of sugar, they ended their 'service' as you see it in the photo. I love smelling coffee, not drinking it!
I don't know.., I guess we all have our own individual kaweirdohan!
I say that because... we Pinoys have this habit of passing those things (as a sign of courtesy and/or helpfulness), but they're trained to pick those direct from our trays.
Pasa ng pasa, natatapon tuloy! The better way is to just leave everything on your tray table and let them pick those. They'll ask for your help anyway, IF they can't reach it.
I know, that to many of us, it might seem arrogant or feeling entitled to not pass your pinagkainan to the nagliligpit, especially if it is an amiable F/A or a papa material F/S!
But the more things change hands, on a fast-moving aircraft, the more prone we are to accidents. So if you must pass your trash to the crew, tell them me laman pa yan.
Of course, kasama na dyan yung ipapasa ang basura, para masagi lang ang kamay ni beautiful stewardess! Hay lolo, me mga apo ka na 'tado ka! Inumin mo Losartan mo!
Okay now.., there's a trend started by budget airlines, where cabin crews walk with a big trash bag. Shoot that basura! Oops me laman pa, mainit na kape? Sige, iitsa mo!
Tingnan natin ano'ng mangyayari hahaha!
Oh I should say 'we descended towards the airport', because that place in the picture is (I think) already part of the town of Laguindingan. I think that's Brgy. Mauswagon.
And... touchdown at Runway 09 of CGY - Cagayan De Oro Laguindingan Airport!
Hey, while I already described some details about this airport some time ago, it may not be too bad to repeat the confusing facts - to those who haven't yet gone this far.
The airport is usually called Laguindingan [la-guin-di-ngan] with guin pronounced as you would say Guinea or Guiness; and di is as you would utter it in diva. Easy, di va?!
Now, the 3-letter airline code for Cagayan De Oro City is CGY, even if residents there call their city CDO (for Cagayan De Oro), and, even if this airport is actually about 46 kilometers away, in the town of Laguindingan, which, is not part of Cagayan De Oro!
Ano Mana Matin, ibabalhin mo liwat an TAC Airport ngada ha iyo? Kay sige gad, but chances are, it will still be coded TAC as in TAC-LO-BAN Airport la gihap. Diri Palo!
Hint: since airport and airline codes are decided-and-agreed-upon internationally by convention, i.e., IATA, ICAO, etc., it can be easier to build the biggest new airport you can dream of (and where) than have a city destination's 3-letter IATA code changed.
That said, for example magpapagawa ka ng bagong airport at runway sa Palo, as a replacement to the current TAC airport for whatever valid reason you think you have?
Aw, physical construction may take years. But changing that 3-letter Airport Code of TAC into something else will take even longer - if at all still possible, in your lifetime!
That's because the whole airline industry on earth will need to make those changes. Not only reservation systems but even ground handling and navigation systems will make the corresponding changes. It's not just a mere memo. It's one major change.
Training documents & systems, books, references will all have to be changed. It can even involve non-airline entities like the search engines, so that when you search for flights to Tacloban, wherever you are on earth, what comes out is an airport in Palo.
That is why, when Lumbia was closed and Laguindingan was opened 46 kilometers away, CGY remained as this new airport's 3-letter IATA destination code. Wai hasol!
And where is this airport? Ah eh, eto na po, teka lang, you're so atat naman!
Here we were about to stop (block-on) at our designated arrival parking slot. Yehey!
Delayed more than an hour. ETA was 1235H, ATA was 1344H. Oks lang, me oras pa!
Wait lang.., before we proceed to my arrival and transit aktibidades, let's talk a while about something I saw from my window. Yun o, sina red at yellow budget airplanes!
Most notable are: that their airstairs are not the type that are permanently attached to trucks, plus, both do not have canopies like we saw above on PAL. That's normal.
Maybe I should say common instead of normal. Because, especially at almost all of our provincial airports, airliners still use the old di-tulak and di-hila (yes, mano-mano) style of airstairs. They haven't gotten to upgrading equipment (if at all they plan to)!
And just nearby, I even saw these equipment standing-by, but related to this topic!
How lucky of me! I was just trying to capture the front airstairs of the AirAsia plane.
But I didn't know (until just now), I also caught that yellow "air ramp" in my pic! Eto:
Those are actually 3 different equipment related to our topic! First is the air ramp of Cebu Pacific (which we already discussed - maybe 4 years ago). Do you remember?
Beside it (or should say behind it?) is a PAL airstairs fitted with a canpoy and carried by its own truck. Further behind is a payatot, mano-mano airstairs of CebuPacificAir.
Those are the 3 common types of boarding equipment without aerobridge, mismo!
Anyway again, and finally, I walked with other passengers to Laguindingan Airport's arrival area. But I didn't go all the way out as I did last time - as I was just transiting.
Let's talk about that, next!
Table of Contents
My Notes this time are on:- Mabuhay Lounge Smoking Room
- Mabuhay Lounge Food
- Check-thru (Through Ceck-in)
- Elevator Incident and Discoveries
- Laptop Stations at NAIA T2
- Boarding of Lounge Passengers
- Bus Gate at NAIA T2
- Equipment Around An Airplane
- The Orange Safety Cones
- JOCASP: sino sya?
- About Airplane Fuel
- NAIA Remote Parking Bays
- Boarding Courtesy
- My Easy Way To Record Time
- Manila's Cargo Termnals
- Manila International Airport (T1)
- Runway Traffic
- Disposing Trash Inflight
- Laguidingan Is Not CDO
- Why Airport Names Aren't Accurate
- The Airstairs Topic Again
Here we go...
Let's skip the check-in seremonyas. It is still the same for PAL at T2. Nothing much has changed there! We ended that last story talking about the smoking area of T2.
Mabuhay Lounge Smoking Room
So, let's take it from there, with this, the innermost portion of T2 Mabuhay Lounge:
I took the pic to 'capture as remembrance', how that end of the lounge looks now. If you can't see clearly, it's still 'glass encased'. That, was the lounge's smoking room.
The "gas chamber" as my non-smoking friends called it. Importantly, history na yan! No more hithit sessions hahaha! Ayaw ni Digong, e di hwag. Masunurin akong bata!
Mabuhay Lounge Food
After that pic above, I focused my attention on the arroz caldo, coke, and these:
My intention was to sample everything hehehe. I don't know if it's just me, I feel that MNL T2 Mabuhay Lounge always has the most in terms of eatables and drinkables.
But I had so much at the breakfast buffet of HIE, e hindi naman ako nag-aalmusal! I am not good at describing foods anyway. All I know is to say "I like" and "I don't like"!
And if it's Mabuhay Lounge, so far, I Like them all. [dahil sa lugaw yan hahaha!]
Check-thru (Through Ceck-in)
Fastforward to boarding... hey btw, today I got to 'confirm' a previous 'new learning'!
That's the most that their computers can do. Sige, if that is the case, let it be - since as if anyone can do anything 'no? There aren't many weird travelers like me anyway!
Do you ever fly 3 flights in a day? It happens. I just did it again today.
Yes, I flew 3 connected flights today: 1) MNL-CGY, 2) CGY-CEB, 3) CEB-CRK
Paminsan-minsan lang naman. There are times a few (weird) people like me, need to do it. Ah let us not anymore delve into details, basta, there are times we have to!
This was the same as my Panglao experience in that TAG-DVO-CEB-TAC trip about 2 weeks ago. But I'm not complaining. No issue. Experts call that system limitation!
System what? Ah, in layman's terms, that means people succumb to what the dumb machine can only do! Meaning? We just follow what our computers want, instead of the other way around. That, is a global phenomenon, mind you! Digital Subjugation!
O ano, harsh ba ang "digital subjugation"? Parang The Matrix o Terminator series ba ang arrive? Sige let us then call it Technological Servitude. Mga alila ng PC hahaha!
Anyway, whatever is happening, or whatever will happen to mankind in the future...
Let's go back to my flight na 'no?!
Okay, but first, let's talk why Check-Through or Through-Check-In is convenient:
1) Seat Selection - being given a boarding pass for your second flight, while you are checking-in for just the first, is an advantage. You are getting seats ahead of others.
2) No more lining up to check-in for your second flight - all you have to do is find the gate for your second flight, at that second airport. More time to roam, shop and eat!
3) Claim your checked-in bags only at your final destination - isn't that convenience?
But of course, there are important things to note about that convenience. Such as:
4) It's only available if both 'delivering' and 'receiving' flights are on the same airline. For how can the delivering flight issue a boarding pass on your receiving flight kung hindi naman pala kanila yun. Kalaban pa usually! Kaya kung PAL ka, i-all the way na!
5) Be sure you won't need anything in your checked-in baggage at the transit airport since you won't see it (unless na lang offloaded ka)! It is already tagged all the way!
6) In the near future, this check-thru facility (at least that part on seats and boarding passes) may actually become unnecessary. Why? Eh, we can do "web-check-in" na.
Anyway again...
PAL check-thru is only for 2 boarding passes. Ayaw computer nila magluwa ng 3!
Elevator Incident and Discoveries
Elevator incident and discoveries!Back to that elevator picture above, that is the way to/from PAL's Mabuhay Lounge - which you would notice, is at level 2 of the building. Ka-level pala ng arrival hall yan!
Passengers can only enter or exit at the 3rd level, which is the pre-departure holding area. Plus, on 2nd level, there is nothing but the lounge door and stairs with a guard.
Something happened. I was reading my phone messages as I entered that elevator. I think I didn't press the ⓶ on that panel. Maybe my fingers 'strayed' into ⓵, without me noticing. Because when it opened... OMG I was already on the tarmac na, haha!
Of course I pressed ⓶ and immediately closed the elevator so I could go back up to the lounge. That area is 'restricted' or 'off limits to passengers'. Bakit ako nandoon?!
Not that it's anything serious, but as a frequent traveler, I am always mindful to keep away from situations where those notorious airport people can extort money from me!
If a security officer saw me down there, they could've accosted me with why are you here, bawal yan, we can arrest you, malaki ang fine nyan! You know what's next, right?
But that was a rare situation. In my years of using the lounge, that elevator does not usually go to ground floor no matter how you press pound or pummel the ⓵ button.
So what happened? How come it went to ground level when it should not? Ahh, your inquisitive Pinoy Traveler "investigated", and found the real reason. Security lapse/s!
Hey, it's not as if I launched a senate inquiry to investigate. Nagtanong-tanong lang!
Ganito: that elevator pala, via its operator's panel (hidden locked buttons), is always set to travel between 2nd and 3rd floors only - but at times set to go to ground level.
What are those times? When lounge supplies are replenished; when guards enter or exit their post at the 2F door (or, when they feel like it)! They alter the panel settings to include GF, but, are supposed to put it back to "run between 3rd & 2nd floors only".
Obviously, at the time I used that elevator, somebody forgot to return those settings back to how they should be. Eh I was not looking and hastily pressed the ⓵ button.
Ayun, I accidentally went to an off-limits zone! Nice experience anyway. I saw a way out during emergencies; or a route for moving PWDs, even VIPs, within the building.
Tara boarding na!
Laptop Stations at NAIA T2
Laptop StationOkay, so me and fellow passengers went up to find Gate 12 (via that same elevator we discussed above), when our time to board was announced. And then, I saw this:
That is one of the Laptop Charging Stations at T2 domestic wing. I think there are 3 or more. That's the leftmost. Beyond the glass wall is already T2 international wing.
What have I noted at that corner anyway? Hmm, I'm sure you're wondering like I did when I first saw it... why does it have to be that tall a table just to plug your laptops?
Ayan tuloy, look at those people, they're sitting awkwarly on those barstools. Di ba?!
As many designers say, always consider form or function. Maganda nga tingnan, if it is not in use. But hardly is it comfortable and convenient - even for taller foreigners.
In fact, if that table really needs to be towering for whatever dumb reason, I'd rather not have those 'high chairs' at all. Everyone just stand - like that man at left is doing.
Pag nalaglag pa iyang si misis na yan... 'ta, patay kang bata ka!
Boarding of Lounge Passengers
Mabuhay Club Members now join the long lines during boarding!Ganun na nga, I reached Gate 12 and OMG what a long line of passengers.
Me ganun pala? Oh yes, meron! Sige sige, one of these days, I'll make kwento about my 'childhood memories' of the VIP & CIP lounges of yesteryears! They were grand!
Basta, to make it short, if you were staying at any of those lounges, you were only to be boarded when others (mostly economy passengers) have already been boarded.
Actually, during their 'pre-boarding announcements' they usually say something like Business or Mabuhay Club passengers may board at their own convenience. Will you?
Many such passengers do not like making singit since the tubes are narrow anyway. It just makes them look bad na feeling entitled, even if in this case, they are indeed!
That was the reason why Business Class and Club Members were boarded last.
Bus Gate at NAIA T2
Aha! But Gate 12 has no tube (aerobridge). It is what they call a "Bus Gate"!
Ah, good that we talked about that elevator earlier above. If you are one who finds it hard descending stairs, don't be ashamed and hesitate to tell the ground staff. They will probably ask you to "ride" on a wheelchair and whisk you down via that elevator!
Oh, whether on a wheelchair or walking just fine, if luck is not on your side, you may reach the tarmac-level door to see that the bus is already full! You wait for the next!
Hahaha, it really happens pag malas ka, like it did to me during this trip. Well, I was happy to have experienced it. This was my first time boarding via a Bus Gate at T2.
There are 4 or 5 seats down there - at least! You can grab one while waiting, hehe!
Equipment Around An Airplane
So anyway... we finally got on the last bus. I took pics of things to identify for you!
It may have other names, depending on the airline, airport or part of the world. Just the same, they sound same, such as "boarding stairs", "passenger stairs" and so on.
To the left from the airstairs on foreground is a pushcart, same as those at extreme left of the photo. At the belly of the plane, you should see a "conveyor" with canopy.
Here's another shot with a lot of those baggage pushcarts surrounding the plane.
They don't have a retirement age. As long as still usable - according to the 'feelings' of the loaders & drivers - use lang ng use, kahit forever & ever! Parang pag-ibig, 'no?
Walang hanggan ay hahamakin, pagkat walang katapusan kitang hihilahin hehehe!
And here's the tail end of the plane where a pushcartful of bags were being loaded.
Can you see those equipment I've been mentioning? Aw, do you even still remember we named them before? You shoud not forget, as I might give you a quiz later hehe!
Anyway..,
Then our bus skirted around the buntot of the plane. Therefore this was 'our flight'.
The Orange Safety Cones
At airports, those are called Safety Cones, Barrier Cones or just Cones. They mainly serve as perimeter markers to set, limit, secure the surroundings of an AOG (aircraft on ground). The imaginary lines between those cones become the imaginary fence.That's the nearest-to-the-plane that vehicles (like our bus) and even people can pass - unless they're directly servicing that plane. What is it to us mere passengers? Ah, if you want to do your walang kamatayang pektyur-pektyur, stay away, until that barrier.
Note: buses don't directly service an aircraft. They serve us passengers. Ganun yun!
Here's another shot, as my bus awaited for its turn to empty us out unto that plane.
Notice the 3 safety cones. Obvious to me, which part of the plane they are trying to protect. Can you see it? Yes, they declare that the pakpak of the plane, is 'off-limits'!
That is why, I am sure you have experienced this: minsan itinataboy tayo nung mga blue-guard pag nag-pektyur-pektyur sa ilalim ng pakpak na yan o malapit sa engine.
Korek?
Why is that part of the plane off-limits anyway? Aw, any commercial airpcraft's 'skin' is made of very soft materials. Soft as in suntukin mo, babakat agad ang kamo mo!
And the wing parts are always the fuel tank too! Eh kung natusok yan ng selfie stick mo, o tumilapon ang talepano mo papunta doon? Naku, wala na, goodbye flight na!
As for the engine... nasubukan mo na bang mag-itsa ng tinidor sa electric fan? Don't you even try! Eh yang makina ng plane, sa laki at lakas nyan kung ikaw ang higupin?
Paktaylo! Gusto mo maging ground meat? Hiyay!
That's the reason why there's a guard between the door of the bus and the airstairs. To make sure that tayong mga pasaway (yes include me hehehe), do not go astray!
Oh, speaking of airstairs, I just noticed that in PAL MNL, almost all such equipment have canopies (bubong) to shield us from sun and rain. In the provinces, bibihira pa!
Maybe pag naluma na sila, ipapadala na sa probinsya. Hand-me-down ba!
JOCASP: sino sya?
Oh see the picture above again. Do you recognize the big round tanks at the back?That is JOCASP. No, it's not a person's name hehe. That means Joint Oil Companies Aviation Fuel Storage Plant or JOCASP for short! Imbakan ng nagtitinda ng "jet fuel".
That's a practical thing to do - make the airplane fuel be available and ready, nearest to where they're needed - at the airport or runway vicinity itself. Common sense 'no!
About Airplane Fuel
You may hear some airline or airport people refer to the fuel at JOCASP as "AvGas". That means Aviation Gasoline. Well, maybe they also have that. But what JOCASP keep there for the commercial airlines are (petroleum-based) Jet A-1 fuels. Iba yon.AvGas is refined gasoline, more used by the tiny planes - yun me mga spark plug pa ang makina hehe. Jet A, Jet A-1 or even Jet B are kerosene-based (gaas lang pala!)
So, JOCASP is a depot for commercial airline fuels. Iba pa yung sa mga fighter jets!
NAIA Remote Parking Bays
Now.., why was my plane going to Cagayan De Oro parked at that "gasoline station" hahaha! Di ba delikado yan? I don't know (yet). But the "Parking Bay" where the PAL Airbus was assigned to board us, is actually behind a concrete fence from JOCASP.Those parking areas that are away from the airport building (that's why you need to ride a bus) are called "Remote Parking Bays", but airlines don't anymore tell us their numbers. They only tell us the gate numbers in the terminal where we should board.
But I knew and I still know now, that this plane was at Remote Parking Bay 26 of T2. How'd I know that? Ayun sa pader o, sa me chicken wire, nakasulat sa yellow board!
I just remembered, that the above photo, is actually the flip-side of this.
Pero alam nyo ba? (dahil di ko alam!) From observing during my many flights, I have a feeling that it's MNL T2, not T3, that has the most number of remote parking bays.
They are just not obvious, as those are seldom used by PAL to board us passengers (di ba nga, I said this was my first time to board at T2's Gate 12?). Samantala, sa T3, etong Cebu Pacific, big or small, gusto yata lahat ng plane nila nasa remote parking!
I think there are about 12 to even 15 remote parking bays at T2. While at T3, I guess maybe just 10 or 11. Hey at T1, there's none! All planes there use a gate. While at T4 all the 10 aircraft parking slots are remote! Ano ngayon? Wala lang. Just telling you!
Boarding Courtesy
Okay, I boarded. Aw hindi pa pala, nakaharang sa pinto etong si Manong whoever!
That is a good note to consider for the rest of us Pinoy Travelers... during boarding, keep moving up until you reach your seat, then sit properly and fasten your seatbelt!
Hindi kasi itinuturo ang mga ganyan sa elementary school, or kinder man lang!
My Easy Way To Record Time
Haay, pushback at 1202H. So, flight was delayed for 52mins, since ETD was 1110H.
Thanks to the advent of cellular phone technology. Specifically, the phone's camera. It helps me a lot when traveling. Like in the above photo, I clicked aiming at nothing!
When the aircraft jolted a bit and moved backwards, I knew it was pushing back. So I clicked, knowing my phone's camera would record the time in its exif data. 1202H!
Gone are the days when I'd still ask what time it was (as I don't wear wristwatches), then pull out my notebook and pen, just to be able to log my exact departure time/s!
Convenient? Ha! For me who grew up with Kodak, Fuji, even Agfa; 12, 24 or 36 shots (you know what they are heheh), the handy cellphone (smart phone naman) is bliss!
Ay, this kind of metadata (exif) can even tell locations when properly configured.
And so, my flight started inching southwards on the taxi way, going to Runway 06.
Manila's Cargo Termnals
Lucky I was on the right-side window. I saw the ICT or International Cargo Terminal.
Here's a cute maze: if ICT is between T1 & T2, where's the Domestic Cargo Terminal?
Da! Mabuang ta pangita kay mura'g wa ra ba! There was, but now "it's complicated"!
Thanks or no-thanks to the 'proliferation' of so many air terminals in one airport, the authorities only thought about us passengers (did they?) and forgot about cargoes!
Here's a look back at history (ayan nostalgia nanaman)...
There was only 1 international passenger terminal (now T1); 1 domestic passenger terminal (now T4); 1 international cargo terminal (now still the ICT) and 1 domestic cargo terminal (section beside T4 arrival area, still domestic cargo of Cebu Pacific).
Life was simple and easy then. Everyone knew where to pick-up their lechon during the christmas holidays! Everyone also knew where to pick their boxes from abroad.
And then there became T2 and T3. The ICT is not anymore "international" since PAL domestic cargoes are also there. Sama-sama na. The sign says PAL Cargo Center.
The old Domestic Cargo Terminal is still used as such by Cebu Pacific. But they are also at the ICT. A staff told me: kung magpapadala, sa domestic ka pumunta, kung kukuha, sa ICT ang releasing. Now if it's AirAsia, doon bago mag-domestic! Hasula!
Ay ay, let's just say cargo terminals in Manila are still a work in discord. Kahit naman passenger terminals di ba? Lipatan ng lipata, depende kung sino'ng MIAA Manager.
Oops, back to my flight, okay?!
Manila International Airport (T1)
Past the ICT, we continued taxiing southwards, NAIA Terminal 1 came into view.
That, is what I remember as the 'international airport' of Manila when I was a young and restless brat! I'm not too old yet, to have caught sight of its precessor in action.
Aw my dad and an aunt told me years ago: before MIA was built, international flights also emanated from what became the Manila Domestic Airport - that, is now our T4.
Hmm, that would be interesting to see photos and/or videos of international flights from what is now T4 'no?! But I don't know where to find those - if at all there is any!
I'm not even sure if video recorders were already available in those times hehe!
Oi, as a passenger, I actually like Terminal 1. You don't have to walk very far, even to the farthest gate. That's because the building was not designed as a long rectangle.
It's like the 'letter Y' if viewed from above. I remember, airport and airline folks called the two 'fingers' as 'satellites'. Each of those had (I think) 5 or even 6 boarding gates.
Planes are not standing side by side like at other terminals. They are like huddled in some kind of a 'round table'. So, passengers do not have to walk far to reach them.
Hmm, wait teka.. speaking of airplanes, didn't they say that PAL international flights (and some domestic) are at T2? Then what are those 2 big PAL planes doing at T1?
That only reminds us mere passengers, to always read the terminal assignments of our flights indicated in our tickets. Also tell your drivers, since those keep changing.
Pupusta ako... in the future, those assignments will still change many MANY times!
Oist, flex ko lang [para sa mga tanders, that means magpapasikat lang ako!], I can still name those airlines - just by looking at their planes' logos and liveries! Yes, kaya ko!
Left to right: Philippine Airlines (IATA Code: PR), Korean Airlines (KE), Eva Air (BR), CSAir or China Southern Airlines (CZ), Gulf Air (GF) and another PAL plane. Hobby!
Okay enough na!
Runway Traffic
My flight was finally ready for take off at Runway 06, but we had to wait (as usual)!
There were only 3 landing flights we had to give way to, before we could take off.
I shot short clips of those landing flights. I'll place them here soon.
Let's talk about "runway traffic" at MNL for a little bit more.
In my observation, the times from 5AM to 7AM, and from 12NN to 2PM are busiest. These are the periods of the day, where we see lots of airplanes lining up to takeoff.
Not all bad. For the children like me (walang kokontra), it is a wonderful time to see planes moving slowly around. But for the busy people, that's a 'bothersome period'!
Those times (waiting to takeoff) are better than say, 4PM to 6PM where your fight is trying to land at MNL. Those are the times where your plane just keep going around and around, above Metro Manila, waiting for their turn to land. Sightseeing! Joyride!
Joking aside, that's the reason why landing planes are priority over those taking off!
Anyway, after that plane landed, it became our turn to takeoff. You'll have heard that when my plane's engines sounded accelerating, on the last part of that video above.
That was exactly 28 minutes just 'joyriding' on about a kilometer of taxiway, from T2 Remote Parking Bay 26, until takeoff at Runway 06. That was too slow, but I loved it!
It was nostalgia once again. After a long time I saw the memories of my past flights raining on me again. The JOCASP.., ICT.., old MIA (T1).., all from a slow, airside view!
Wonderful. Too wonderful that I instantly started scribbling all I could on my Note 5, so that... I totally forgot all about taking pics or videos of the actual takeoff hahaha!
Anyway again (ang dami kong anyway 'no?), flight was uneventful anyway I kept on jotting down these memories (all you have already read above), until these came...
As for the brewed coffee w/ two sachets of creamer and two sachets of sugar, they ended their 'service' as you see it in the photo. I love smelling coffee, not drinking it!
I don't know.., I guess we all have our own individual kaweirdohan!
Disposing Trash Inflight
By the way, I have a tip to those like me who don't finish their inflight drinks whether hot or cold: when cabin crews come to collect trash, tell them there's still remaining liquid or at least make it obvious to them to avoid spills on you or other passengers!I say that because... we Pinoys have this habit of passing those things (as a sign of courtesy and/or helpfulness), but they're trained to pick those direct from our trays.
Pasa ng pasa, natatapon tuloy! The better way is to just leave everything on your tray table and let them pick those. They'll ask for your help anyway, IF they can't reach it.
I know, that to many of us, it might seem arrogant or feeling entitled to not pass your pinagkainan to the nagliligpit, especially if it is an amiable F/A or a papa material F/S!
But the more things change hands, on a fast-moving aircraft, the more prone we are to accidents. So if you must pass your trash to the crew, tell them me laman pa yan.
Of course, kasama na dyan yung ipapasa ang basura, para masagi lang ang kamay ni beautiful stewardess! Hay lolo, me mga apo ka na 'tado ka! Inumin mo Losartan mo!
Okay now.., there's a trend started by budget airlines, where cabin crews walk with a big trash bag. Shoot that basura! Oops me laman pa, mainit na kape? Sige, iitsa mo!
Tingnan natin ano'ng mangyayari hahaha!
Laguidingan Is Not CDO
Anyway, a little more than an hour of flying, we descended towards Laguindingan.
And... touchdown at Runway 09 of CGY - Cagayan De Oro Laguindingan Airport!
The airport is usually called Laguindingan [la-guin-di-ngan] with guin pronounced as you would say Guinea or Guiness; and di is as you would utter it in diva. Easy, di va?!
Now, the 3-letter airline code for Cagayan De Oro City is CGY, even if residents there call their city CDO (for Cagayan De Oro), and, even if this airport is actually about 46 kilometers away, in the town of Laguindingan, which, is not part of Cagayan De Oro!
Why Airport Names Aren't Accurate
Hah! As I said before, it's just like CEB that's not in Cebu City but in Lapulapu City, or BCD not in Bacolod but Silay, ILO not in Iloilo but Cabatuan, DGT not in Dumaguete but Sibulan, MNL not in Manila but even part Pasay and part Parañaque. Live with it!Ano Mana Matin, ibabalhin mo liwat an TAC Airport ngada ha iyo? Kay sige gad, but chances are, it will still be coded TAC as in TAC-LO-BAN Airport la gihap. Diri Palo!
Hint: since airport and airline codes are decided-and-agreed-upon internationally by convention, i.e., IATA, ICAO, etc., it can be easier to build the biggest new airport you can dream of (and where) than have a city destination's 3-letter IATA code changed.
That said, for example magpapagawa ka ng bagong airport at runway sa Palo, as a replacement to the current TAC airport for whatever valid reason you think you have?
Aw, physical construction may take years. But changing that 3-letter Airport Code of TAC into something else will take even longer - if at all still possible, in your lifetime!
That's because the whole airline industry on earth will need to make those changes. Not only reservation systems but even ground handling and navigation systems will make the corresponding changes. It's not just a mere memo. It's one major change.
Training documents & systems, books, references will all have to be changed. It can even involve non-airline entities like the search engines, so that when you search for flights to Tacloban, wherever you are on earth, what comes out is an airport in Palo.
That is why, when Lumbia was closed and Laguindingan was opened 46 kilometers away, CGY remained as this new airport's 3-letter IATA destination code. Wai hasol!
And where is this airport? Ah eh, eto na po, teka lang, you're so atat naman!
Here we were about to stop (block-on) at our designated arrival parking slot. Yehey!
Wait lang.., before we proceed to my arrival and transit aktibidades, let's talk a while about something I saw from my window. Yun o, sina red at yellow budget airplanes!
The Airstairs Topic Again
Because we earlier talked about "airstairs" (above), I took this picture for illustrative comparative purposes. Very timely that the rear sections of both planes were open.Most notable are: that their airstairs are not the type that are permanently attached to trucks, plus, both do not have canopies like we saw above on PAL. That's normal.
Maybe I should say common instead of normal. Because, especially at almost all of our provincial airports, airliners still use the old di-tulak and di-hila (yes, mano-mano) style of airstairs. They haven't gotten to upgrading equipment (if at all they plan to)!
And just nearby, I even saw these equipment standing-by, but related to this topic!
But I didn't know (until just now), I also caught that yellow "air ramp" in my pic! Eto:
Beside it (or should say behind it?) is a PAL airstairs fitted with a canpoy and carried by its own truck. Further behind is a payatot, mano-mano airstairs of CebuPacificAir.
Those are the 3 common types of boarding equipment without aerobridge, mismo!
Anyway again, and finally, I walked with other passengers to Laguindingan Airport's arrival area. But I didn't go all the way out as I did last time - as I was just transiting.
Let's talk about that, next!
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