From December 21, 2012 Airline passengers may have more rights. The Air Passenger Bill of Rights, which aims to protect travelers from what are perceived to be abusive practices by local and foreign airlines...
Despite of the non moving CAAP, two airlines in the Philippines are making forward steps. It is not very probable that the Category 2 status imposed by FAA in 2008 and the EU blacklist and...
This weekend two times information leaked into public space: Aviation safety is paramount The Business Mirror wrote: Don’t look now, but if you’re an airline passenger who arrived from abroad last Thursday from morning...
Colorum ? Colorum is a very Pinoy word. We were told that “colorum,” is a corrupted version of the Latin phrase “saecula saeculorum” that appears usually in the ending part of a liturgical prayer. “Per omnia...
NAIA, Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, very often gets a bad press. But the guys at the airport try to do a good job. And sometimes they even are successful. We arrived last Saturday...
PAL (Philippine Airlines) has moved parts of their operation from NAIA terminal 2 to NAIA terminal 3. PAL had for years been the only and exclusive user of NAIA terminal 2, the Centennial Terminal. 3...
A big cleanup in the Philippine sky is happening these days. Zest Air: After the non starting international flights early this year, the company seems to be in big financial troubles. Insiders speak of...
On May 30, MidSea-Express (MSE) announced the cancellation of all flights from June 1 to June 4 because of operational reasons – what ever this might mean. See also here On June 4 MSE...
Midsea-Express cancels all flights from June 1 to June 4. Until April this year, Midsea-Express announced their maintenance schedules 3 to 4 weeks before the service interruption. So one could either book an earlier...
Yesterday night at 22:53 a NOTAM from NAIA made many pilots shake their head: B0904/12 NOTAMN Q) RPHI/QNMAS/IV/BO /AE/000/999/1431N12101E025 A) RPLL B) 1205302300 C) 1205310800 E) MANILA DVOR/DME MIA 113.8MHZ/CH85X, DME PART U/S. CREATED:...
The Philippines House of Representatives has approved, at a third and final reading, a bill which seeks to “rationalize” the taxes on international air carriers, to boost tourism and enable the country to honour...
MIAA, the Manila International Airport Authority distributed lost luggage with expired retention time. Fire victims of Islang Puting Bato in Tondo, Manila line up to receive donations from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) at...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Tourism (DOT), and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) have come up with guidelines on budget airlines fare promos amid mounting complaints from passengers against poor...
Tensions between the Philippines and China were re-ignited last month when the Philippine Navy tried to prevent Chinese fishing vessels from fishing in the Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc). China thereafter...
Recently two airline related short messages astonished us: The following NOTAM was circulated for Tacloban Airport (TAC / RPVA): B0675/12 NOTAMN Q) RPHI/QLAAW/IV/NBO/A /000/999/1114N12502E005 A) RPVA B) 1205040838 C) PERM E) SALS RWY36 DECOMMISSIONED....
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has circulated the second draft of Economic Regulation No. 7 concerning “Boarding Priority and Compensation for Denied Boarding, Delayed and Cancelled Flights” for comments. Airlines should refund...
Over years I had railed against this silly terminal fee in the Philippines. Anywhere in the world all the airport taxes are included in the flight-ticket – but not in the Philippines. You had...
Yesterday we wrote about the air-traffic congestion in manila’s NAIA airport (see here). This morning we got another complaint: Hi There, Kindly assist. Our Cebu Pacific Flight 5J – 392 domestic flight CGY-MNL was delayed...
Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas was right when he blamed over the weekend the tight scheduling of airlines as cause for delays in passenger flights currently experienced by NAIA passengers. Roxas claimed that the normal...
Two dry NOTAMs informed pilots yesterday about an incident in ILO/RPVI (IloIlo International Airport). The first NOTAM says that the Precision Approach Path Indicator on Runway 02 has resumed service and that the same...
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