Senator Joseph Victor ”JV” Ejercito on Thursday, January 5 expressed his disappointment at the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines’ (CAAP) failure to back up the air traffic management system (ATMS) of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) despite being granted sufficient...
The Committee on Transportation in the House of Representatives will conduct an briefing on the disastrous New Year power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) next week. The scene at NAIA on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, or a day after the power outage that affected over 300 flights....
The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) clarified on Thursday, Jan. 5, that the advisory supposedly coming from the United States Department of Homeland Security that warns Americans of the inadequate security at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was old and was already addressed....
If the disastrous New Year flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) showed anything, it's that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had been wearing too many hats. The scene at NAIA on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, or a day after the power outage that affected...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has ruled out cyber attack on the technical glitch that hit the air traffic management system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that affected around 65,000 domestic and international flight passengers on Jan. 1. In a statement,...
The Senate public services committee chaired by Senator Grace Poe intends to conduct a hearing on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) systems glitch on January 12. Poe said her committee could conduct hearings even during the current Christmas break of the Senate and the House of...
The government has decided to upgrade existing facilities and replace affected equipment as the "immediate course of action" after its Air Traffic Management (ATM) system broke down on New Year's Day, affecting some 361 flights and stranding 65,000 passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International...
The Communication, Navigation and Surveillance for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) system at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was disabled by a power outage at around 9:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, triggering the cancellation of some 300 flights affecting around 56,000...
Flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have resumed normal operations Tuesday, Jan. 3, two days after the New Year’s Day technical glitch at the Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) disabled flights to and from the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, January 3 expressed belief that the power systems failure that hit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on New Year’s Day is but a wake up call to the country’s airport and transportation managers on the need to review and polish the air traffic...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Tuesday, Jan. 3, all the personnel of the police's Aviation Security Group (AvSeGroup) to assist all the passengers who remain stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, Azurin said...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has recommended to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. the installation of another back-up system for the air traffic management system of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Bautista said he mentioned the...