Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, January 12 said another agency, and not the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), should lead the investigation on the New Year’s Day air traffic shutdown. Hontiveros pointed out that the aviation body has backtracked on several statements...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has turned over the management of six airports in Mindanao to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The move was part of the agreement signed last year that led to the creation of the BARMM Ministry of Transportation and...
A "Magna Carta of Air Passengers' Rights" is being sought by the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on the heels of the disastrous Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis. The scene at NAIA on Jan. 2, 2023, a day after the critical system glitch (Noel Pabalate/...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista proved to congressmen Tuesday, Jan. 10 that the agency was taking the issue of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis very seriously. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista (Facebook) This, after Bautista spent six...
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) officials--most notably Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo--ought to go on leave while the jury is still out on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) New Year's day crisis. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (MANILA...
The mass flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Jan. 1 could have been avoided had the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) been ISO-certified. From left to right: DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista, DOTr Undersecretary Roberto Lim, CAAP Director General...
A device worth just P10,000 ended up causing P100 million in damages on New Year’s day when the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was paralyzed by a "trip" within its Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM). (Noel...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) didn't set any timetable for the completion of the "forensic investigation" on the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). NAIA This was...
The Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) conducted an inspection of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) facility on Monday, January 9, 2023, after the breakdown of the latter's Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. The breakdown affected 361 flights and stranded 65,000 passengers...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) advised the public on Monday, Jan. 9 to take necessary precaution regarding the expected unburned debris related to the launch of Long March 7A. Rocket debris believed to be from China’s Long March 5B (CZ-5B) booster rocket were found by fishermen near the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Monday, January 9 pushed for the passage of a bill that seeks to introduce reforms and strengthen the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Angara said the technical glitch that hit the country’s air traffic management system that led to the disruption of all...
Cybercrime experts from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should lend a hand in the House of Representatives' impending investigation on the disastrous power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last week. 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) Thus, said House...