Pilots making a landing on the new Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental after it opens in April will have to rely on the skills they learned over years as the new facility still has no air navigation systems and support facilities to guide them, officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines told reporters here Tuesday.
After more than five years, local airlines may soon be allowed once again to fly to Europe and expand operations in the United States after the government successfully passed a safety audit by the world’s aviation regulatory body.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said Wednesday it has allocated P100 million for the installation of closed-circuit television cameras in the immigration areas of eight alternative international airports in the country.
President Benigno Aquino is confident that with the accession of Transport Secretary Joseph Abaya, the country’s aviation industry will be able to fully comply with international air safety standards and expand airline operations in the United States.
The Philippines’ aviation industry may have to wait a little longer before the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restores the country’s Category 1 status, a rating that would certify that it had fully complied with international air safety standards.
For the first time President Benigno Aquino enunciated on Tuesday the new slogan meant to attract foreign tourists to the country.
Several domestic and international flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have been delayed due to defective equipment used by air traffic controllers, according to an official of the Manila International Airport Authority.
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine Airlines flight bound for Hong Kong had to turn and make an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Friday morning because of a problem with its landing gear. According to the Manila International Airport Authority media affairs division, PR 300 was in the air when its pilot contacted [...]
The ground crew union of Philippine Airlines (PAL) urged the Tourism Congress on Saturday to look into passenger safety issues at the national flag carrier after it laid off 2,600 workers from its call center reservation, catering and ground handling service departments.
An international migrants’ rights group urged overseas Filipino workers on Saturday to boycott Philippine Airlines and support its ground crew union in its ongoing dispute with the airline’s management.
An inter-agency task force headed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has been formed to beef up government efforts to control the entry and exit of illegal drugs through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Two Chinese tourists were arrested after one of them held by the collar the husband of President Benigno Aquino’s eldest sister, Maria Elena “Balsy” Aquino-Cruz, aboard a Cebu Pacific flight to Cebu Saturday morning.
