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Airport’s commuter tenants move to containers
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Posted on May 02 2019
The commuter tenants at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport no longer operate out of tents in the commuter parking area, according to Commonwealth Ports Authority executive director Christopher S. Tenorio Tuesday.
He did not elaborate, though, but Saipan Tribune later learned from CPA that commuter tenants—Star Marianas Air, Arctic Circle Air, Vertical Air, and LSG Sky Chefs—are now using containers that CPA had converted into offices. These containers have air-conditioning units. There was no immediate information as to when the tenants moved to the containers.
After Super Typhoon’s devastation last October, the commuter building, which handles inter-island flights between Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, sustained extensive damage. As a result, commuter tenants were forced to operate out of tents in the commuter parking area.
A CPA project status report disclosed that, as of last Wednesday, April 24, the commuter terminal canopy replacement project is on hold until CPA decides on the fate of the commuter terminal.
According to the status report obtained by Saipan Tribune, the canopy replacement project consists of replacing the steel canopy from the commuter terminal to the bus parking lot.
Outside the commuter terminal, the canopy collapsed due to Yutu.
Yutu’s biggest damage at the Saipan airport were the air-conditioning units. The project to replace them is ongoing, according to CPA, with four of the eight units already installed.
According to CPA’s latest status report, the project consists of replacing eight air-conditioning units, including two at the departure terminal, two at the arrival Customs terminal, three at the west corridor, and one at the arrival immigration area.
