Plane fares poised to rise in Sept on higher fuel costs

Tyrone Jasper Piad 08/18/2023

MANILA  – Airline passengers will see a spike in their fares next month as the regulator approved a higher fuel surcharge after three months of no adjustments. In an advisory, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) announced that…

The saga of the missing luggage

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/22/2022

One of the greatest fear of any traveller is finding out after a long day of travel that his bags didn’t make it in his airport of destination. The dilemma with missing luggage was depicted in Steven…

US airline apologizes after worker laughs at 5-year-old girl’s unique name

Inquirer.net 11/30/2018

A United States airline issued an apology after a gate agent was accused this month of making fun of a 5-year-old’s unique name. Tracy Redford and her 5-year-old daughter Abcde (pronounced Ab-si-dee), were about to board their…

Biz heads: Cebu to take a hit from higher airline ticket costs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/18/2018

AIRLINES’ REIMPOSITION OF FUEL SURCHARGE Local tour and travel operators are wary over the recent decision of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to reimpose the fuel surcharge by airlines on plane tickets due to increasing prices of…

With T2 opening, airline sees Cebu as major expansion hub

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/19/2018

Cebu will be the center of plans for expansion for low-cost airline, AirAsia Philippines, especially with the opening of Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2 next month. Captain Dexter Comendador, AirAsia Philippines CEO, said in an interview…

Airline moves to cash in on growing demand to travel

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/13/2017

  SILKAIR’S THRUST A REGIONAL airline is exploring opportunities brought about by the growing demand of the local business and leisure travel market. Jake Jeow, SilkAir Philippines manager, said that they particularly noticed a healthy demand among…

AirAsia is world’s best low-cost airline

Inquirer.net 06/21/2017

PARIS, France — Malaysia’s AirAsia Group was named the world’s best low-cost airline during the so-called Oscars of the aviation industry on Tuesday. This was the ninth year in a row that AirAsia has bagged this recognition…

CAB ordered to look into Cebu Pacific flight incident at NAIA tarmac; airline issues apology

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/17/2017

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered an investigation into an incident shown on a video uploaded on Facebook of passengers in panic, who were trying to force airline personnel to let them deplane from a Cebu…

More direct Cebu–China flights in 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/18/2017

Tourism and business opportunities await Cebu as more direct flights are launched from China to the southern Philippine province in 2017. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in a statement quoting Xiamen Air Travel general manager Deng…

Cebu Pacific opens 3 more flight routes from Cebu to Eastern, Western Visayas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

Budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) is poised to strengthen its presence in the Eastern and Western Visayas regions as it launched three more flights going to and from Cebu to these regions. On Saturday, Nov. 19, the…

Cebu Pacific plane aborts takeoff after wheel caught fire

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/26/2016

One of Cebu Pacific’s (CEB) propeller-type planes caught fire after aborting take off at 6:10 pm Monday. Lawyer JR Mantaring, CEB vice president for corporate affairs, said in an advisory that flight DG6577 Cebu-Tacloban aborted take off…

EgyptAir plane carrying 66 passengers crashes

05/20/2016

Cairo — An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early yesterday morning, Egyptian aviation officials said. EgyptAir Flight 804 was lost from radar at 2:45…

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