The interline baggage room (IBR) at the Clark International Airport (CRK) was recently inaugurated. The IBR will ensure proper monitoring, receipt, inventory and overall handling of unclaimed baggage; unaccompanied, mishandled and lost and found baggage or articles and secure these until claimed and released to owners. The Clark IBR is only the second such facility in the 17 Bureau of Customs (BOC) collection districts. The first was opened at NAIA in 1991. At the inauguration were (L-R) Airport Operators’ Council Clark Chairman Qatar Airways Station Manager Mohamed Fayas Marzook; BOC-Port of Clark official Atty. Floro Calixihan; Clark Airport Support Services Corporation President Karim Israel; BOC-Port of Clark District Collector Maritess Martin; CIAC Vice-President for Airport Operations Management Group Dan Bautista; Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) Airport Operations Department Manager Hilarion Ritche Nacpil; Customs Officer William Latoza; Philippine Airlines-Clark Station Manager Marlon Calasin; officiating priest; and Cathay Dragon Station Manager Benipayo. Photo courtesy of CIAC-Corporate Communications Office.

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