The government is set to release its decision on the ₱31.55-billion unsolicited proposal of Uy-led ComClark Network and Technology Corp. to operate the country’s air navigation facilities next month, a top executive said. ComClark Chief Operating Officer Benedicto Bulatao said the company’s...
New Naia Infra Corp. (NNIC) has issued formal notices to the owners of 27 aircraft that are left abandoned in the general aviation area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), citing efficiency and safety concerns. In a statement, NNIC said it is in coordination with the Civil Aviation...
Passengers traveling this summer will spend more for plane tickets after an increase in the passenger service charge (PSC) for airports managed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Under Memorandum Circular No. 019-2025 signed on April 14, CAAP announced that the PSC...
The long-awaited direct flights between India and the Philippines could soon become a reality as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) holds a dialogue with Air India to discuss the alluring potential. In a statement, CAAP shared that its officials met with executives of India’s...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has expressed concern over the lack of anti-drone technology at airports and other critical government establishments in the country. Sen. Raffy Tulfo airs his concern over the vulnerability of the country’s airports and military installations to drone attacks....
Senator Raffy Tulfo strongly opposed the proposal to privatize, in any capacity, the operations of the Philippines’ Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system (CNS/ATM) through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public...
Senator Raffy Tulfo met with various heads of government agencies online amid the Senate work suspension to ensure public safety amid the inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday, September 2. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Services immediately warned the...
The camp of dismissed mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping should show actual proof she has not left the Philippines, two senators said on Tuesday, August 20. Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros said the Senate is simply doing its lawful job when it issued the arrest order...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has scored the delay in the construction of the P316.4 million Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower building of the Clark International Airpot (CIA) in Pampanga. In its audit report, COA said that the construction of the ATC buildng was only 60.90 percent complete as of...
Only 16 of the 219 aviation industry operators, who were identified as critically impacted business owners in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, got financial assistance from the P300 million allotted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and received P52.8 million in “excess...
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is holding a technical mission in the country on Air Traffic Management (ATM), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) disclosed on Monday, July 17. CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo said the training sessions will...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has commended one of its employees at the Bacolod-Silay Airport for returning a wallet containing P25,000 worth of cash in peso and US dollar denominations. Bacolod-Silay Airport Acting Manager Roel Q. Aranzado said Rick John D. Conlu found...