Airline delays and cancellations are bad. Ahead of the holiday weekend, they’re getting worse

06/29/2023

Travelers are getting hit with delays at U.S. airports again Wednesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to…

An island known by two names: Malapascua to tourists, Logon to locals

Doris C. Bongcac 06/11/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Malapascua Island is a popular diving destination in Cebu that is now famous among local and foreign tourists. And while tourists refer to the island as Malapascua, locals continue to call their home,…

PAL reduces business seats, ditches premium economy

Miguel R. Camus 02/19/2022

Taipan Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines (PAL) will jettison premium economy and reduce business class seats under a new strategy aimed at increasing its viability. This will allow PAL to squeeze in more economy seating, helping the flag…

Cebu Pacific requires preboarding antigen tests for HK-bound passengers

Miguel Camus 09/18/2021

Cebu Pacific, the country’s largest budget carrier, is now requiring passengers bound for Hong Kong to take an antigen test inside the airport before flying in a bid to strengthen screening efforts against COVID-19. This comes on…

Bantayan Island Airport ‘on track’ for 2020 completion

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Improvements made in the Bantayan Island Airport are set to be finished by December 2020, local officials here have announced. The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), in a statement on Sunday, October…

Mactan airport traffic ‘slightly improving’ but double-digit decline still seen

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Statistics on passenger and air traffic in Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) may have slightly improved since June but it is still a huge drop compared to those posted in 2019. From January…

Lucio Tan advances to PAL hits P17.7B amid mounting losses due to COVID-19

Miguel R. Camus - Reporter / @miguelrcamusINQ 08/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Taipan Lucio Tan continued to pump billions of pesos into Philippine Airlines (PAL), helping keep the flag carrier afloat as losses in the first semester of the year topped P20 billion due to the…

Cebu Pacific cuts more jobs

Miguel Camus - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Pacific, the country’s biggest budget airline, is implementing a second wave of job cuts as it fights to survive the new coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. An Inquirer source said the…

Virus blow to Philippine aviation felt hard on the ground

Miguel Camus - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Don Martin Atilano, 28, was determined to pursue a career in aviation. But color vision deficiency limited his chances of becoming a pilot or a flight attendant, so he settled for the next best…

AirAsia Philippines to lay off 260 workers

Miguel Camus - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/07/2020

Budget carrier AirAsia Philippines will lay off hundreds of workers by the end of the month amid the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Inquirer learned that AirAsia Philippines, part of Malaysia-based AirAsia Group, has decided to…

PAL losses widened to P9.4B in 1st quarter

Miguel Camus - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/06/2020

The listed operator of Philippine Airlines (PAL) posted a P9.4-billion loss in the first quarter of 2020, reflecting the stagge­ring impact the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has unleashed on the aviation sector. Taipan Lucio Tan’s PAL…

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