Philippines To Expand Four Domestic Airports
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has issued requests for bids for initial works related to future expansion of four domestic airports in the Philippines. The four contracts, each for one of the domestic airports, is listed as…
Philippine Airlines Expanding Services In Mindanao Region
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is launching scheduled flights next month between Cotabato and Tawi-Tawi, pioneering a connecting flight within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The flag carrier says a statement it is in the midst of expanding air…
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Appoints New Management For Engineering And Maintenance
Cebu Pacific Air has appointed Shevantha Weerasekera (Shev), who was previously SriLankan Airlines’ head of engineering and maintenance, as senior advisor for engineering and fleet management with a remit to grow the airline’s maintenance organization. Shev, who replaces Ian Wolfe,…
Philippine’s PAL Express Dash 8 Suffers Technical Issues With Smoke In Cabin
A Philippine Airlines (PAL) Express De Haviland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400 had smoke in the cabin during take-off from Manila yesterday and safely returned to the airport immediately. PAL confirms that the aircraft was carrying 82 passengers and four…
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Discloses Fleet Replacement Plans
The Philippines’ largest airline Cebu Pacific Air is taking delivery of new Airbus aircraft to replace its earlier generation Airbus aircraft, and is also expanding its fleet size over the next five years. Lance Gokongwei, Cebu Pacific chief executive officer,…
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Boosting Capacity On Some ATR Routes Using A320s
Cebu Pacific Air has now restored its domestic passenger capacity to pre-COVID levels and is increasing capacity even further by putting Airbus A320s on some routes traditionally served by its ATR fleet. “[Cebu Pacific] has now restored 100% of its…
