Stuck on the island !
Two days ago I wrote about the “one or two aircraft airlines“. When their bird is due for an A,B or C check, then you stick on your vacation island with a ticket and...
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Pilots suspended and Airline to review practices
You surely remember the runway excursion that happened on June 2 in Davao. 3 weeks later the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has suspended the pilot and co-pilot of Cebu Pacific Air and...
One aircraft or two aircraft ?
The Philippine’s skies are again proliferating. Two days ago another new (hmm, old) airline started for its inaugural flight from Manila to Tablas (Romblon) – Fil-Asian Airways. We are still updating and adapting our...
Laguindingan airport: Taxi drivers fully on “pakyaw”!
Air Passengers Tips From/To Laguindingan Airport By Michael Ray-TG We are budgeting our travel expenses, not everyone can afford to ride a taxi going to Laguindingan Airport. These metered taxis have flag down rate...
Laguindingan airport not so bad, but …
Laguindingan Airport didn’t do so bad in the first days. Most of the flights had been on time. We promised to keep an eye on the flights and their timeliness at the new Laguindingan...
New long-time tourist visa available
Foreigners intending to stay longer in the country may now avail of a six-month, long-stay tourist visa that will be launched next week by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). 14 June 2013 BI Commissioner...
Laguindingan Airport: D-1
Tomorrow morning start the operations on Laguindingan Airport between the cities Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. Yesterday the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB) regional director tried to calm the fears of passengers in a press...
Oh no – not again Cebu Pacific!
A Cebu Pacific Airbus A319-100, registration RP-C3197 performing flight 5J-448 from Iloilo to Manila with 95 passengers, landed on Manila’s runway 24 at about 16:12 (PST) in heavy rain but temporarily veered off the...
Boracay: Puka Shell Beach decline has begun
10 days ago we wrote: CNN may contribute to Boracay’s Decline. There had always been an escape: Puka Shell Beach in the north of the island. This retreat is now menaced. We did not think that it...
Laguindingan Airport: We’ll have an eye on the performance
We wrote earlier today: Cagayan de Oro Airport moves this Saturday We do not believe that the 4 airlines Cebu Pacific, PAL Express, Philippine Airlines, and Zest Air will be able to keep their schedules....
Cagayan de Oro Airport moves this Saturday
The launch of operations in Laguindingan Airport was pushed back from April 30 after the airlines requested that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines postpone the transfer in order to not inconvenience peak season...
Clip Air ? A potential solution for the Philippines transportation
Claudio Leonardi and his team at EPFL are doing an “Impact Analysis of a Flexible Air Transportation System”. The Clip-Air project envisions an airplane consisting of a single flying wing onto which capsules carrying...
Good News from the Philippines Sky
1 – A dream became true About four weeks ago Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced that they will increase the number of flights from Cebu to Camiguin. CEB started these flights on April 15, 2013...
Milky Island – Camiguin
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin, June 7 (PIA) — Farmers as well as children will soon benefit from a new dairy farm, expected to open this month in the province of Camiguin. The first on the island...
Philippines back to Category 1
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the USA will lift upwards the aviation rating of the country following successful audit from Geneva based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Photo courtesy of CAAP In a...
Nice to look at, lovely to hold …
Nice to look at, lovely to hold, but if you break it, consider it sold. At Cebu pacific Air they should remember this often seen warning in porcelain shops. Actually it reads a bit different at Cebu Pacific...
Davao runway to be cleared tonight
The joint recovery team (Cebu Pacific Air & CAAP) could not get the Airbus A320 off the runway before 3 p.m. this afternoon. This deadline had been imposed by CAAP this morning. But the...
Runway Excursion of a Cebu Pacific A-320 in Davao
Yesterday evening an A-320 of Cebu Pacific Air ran out of the runway in Davao in a heavy downpour. Fortunately nobody got injured. Difficult job for the emergency response team in the dark. On the...
CNN may contribute to Boracay’s Decline
Boracay is overcrowded – this is a fact especially during the peak season. But there had always been an escape: Puka Shell Beach in the north of the island. This retreat is now menaced....
Not only in the air
The Philippines have once been a technologically rather advanced country with well trained people. But then education got neglected and funds flowed in the wrong pockets. The results are known: Air Transportation: – FAA...
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