The government is going all out on the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through agreements with a local alliance promoting the decarbonization of the aviation sector, as it looks to position the country as a hub for renewable fuel. The Board of Investments (BOI) said in a statement...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has temporarily suspended operations at General Santos International Airport after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani, followed by a tsunami warning issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The...
Budget carrier AirAsia Philippines has settled its outstanding financial obligations with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), averting a potential suspension of its domestic operations. CAAP confirmed in a statement that AirAsia Philippines paid off its remaining obligations on...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has issued a June 6 deadline for the local unit of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Bhd. to settle its outstanding financial obligations or face a potential suspension of its domestic flight operations. The regulator described the payment...
Passenger traffic in airports operated by the government plunged by 14.5 percent to just over 25 million in 2025 compared to the previous year amid a decline in aircraft movement, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). CAAP data showed that passenger volume across...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), through the Philippine Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center (PARCC), conducted the Philippine Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) 2026 at Dolomite Beach, Manila Bay, on Friday, May 15. The exercise simulated an aircraft ditching incident in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old man was stopped from boarding a flight at Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 11, after airport authorities found suspected drug paraphernalia in his luggage during routine screening. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the...
All 175 passengers, including three infants, disembarked safely after PAL Express flight GAP 2544, operating from Dumaguete to Manila, was diverted to Iloilo International Airport on Sunday afternoon, April 19, due to a pressurization problem mid-flight, the Civil Aviation Authority of the...
Former House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero recently made his history by receiving an honorary Army Aviation Service Insignia. Romero, a Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-rated helicopter pilot and three-term congessman under 1-Pacman Party-list, is the first recipient of the insignia...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said it is awaiting a report from its search and rescue team, as operations continue for the pilot and lone passenger aboard a Cessna aircraft that reportedly crashed in a mountainous area of Dinagat Islands. CAAP spokesman Eric Apolonio said...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has placed all 42 regional airports under its management on heightened alert for the Holy Week travel period as the agency prepares for a nearly nine percent surge in passenger traffic. In a statement, CAAP said it expects passenger volume for...
An official of the Puerto Princesa International Airport in Palawan was gunned down on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The victim was identified as acting manager Joanna Jonson-Infante. Investigation said the victim was walking on Bayview Road in Barangay San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City at about 5:30 p.m....
