Mactan-Cebu airport set to roll out BGC-style digital ads executions

Pia Piquero 11/22/2024

CEBU, Philippines—Travelers passing through Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will soon be greeted by cutting-edge digital ads similar to those lighting up Bonifacio Global City (BGC), a central business district in Taguig, Metro Manila. This innovation is part…

Camotes Airport project gets P120M for terminal building – Frasco

CDN Digital 11/02/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Camotes Domestic Airport project received an additional allocation of P120 million this year for the construction of an airport terminal. Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco made the announcement in a social…

DOTr taps Korean firms for New Dumaguete Airport’s design deal

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad - @inquirerdotnet 10/28/2024

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is advancing the New Dumaguete Development Airport project by selecting three Korean firms to design the new airport, aimed at accommodating more passengers. DOTr has invited Yooshin Engineering Corp., Keun Jeong Architects…

Privatization of Davao International Airport now underway

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 10/14/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Following the privatization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said on Monday that the privatization for Davao International Airport is now underway. Bautista confirmed this in an interview…

BI stops illegal recruitment victim at Mactan Cebu airport

Zacarian Sarao 04/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday said it intercepted the alleged illegal recruitment of a woman at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). According to the BI in a statement, its immigration protection and…

The kinds of travelers you meet in a Philippine airport

Immae Lachica 03/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The airport sees the happiest hellos and the saddest goodbyes as they would say. True enough, the happiest hellos are when you finally get to reunite with the people you love and miss and…

Transport chief: No Naia terminal fee hike until significant upgrades

Zacarian Sarao 03/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines—Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista announced on Monday that passenger service charges, or terminal fees, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) will remain unchanged until improvements are observed. Bautista estimates that it may take one…

SMC-led group to pay gov’t P30B upfront for Naia deal

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 03/18/2024

SMC SAP & Co. Consortium will pay the government P30 billion upfront when signing the P170.6 billion Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) rehabilitation contract at Malacañang Palace on Monday, March 18. This payment is a portion of…

Japan plane crash: Runway safety concerns in focus 

01/03/2024

PARIS—Japanese investigators are preparing to probe the collision of two airplanes at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh warnings about runway safety. All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 escaped after a…

Bohol : Plans to convert old Tagbilaran airport into an IT Park pushed

Doris C. Bongcac 12/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Bohol Provincial Government is pursuing its plan to convert the old airport in Tagbilaran City into an IT Park that will especially accommodate BPO locators. In a social media post on Thursday,…

General Santos Airport sustains hairline cracks after Sarangani quake

Luisa Cabato 11/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines —“Hairline cracks” were found on the terminal building of the General Santos Airport after the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Sarangani, Davao Oriental, on Friday afternoon. “Hairline cracks were noted on some of the airport’s columns. The…

Mactan airport welcomes 4.8 million passengers in 1st half of 2023

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The country’s second busiest airport has accommodated close to 5 million passengers in the first half of 2023, signaling the return of its pre-pandemic operations after three years in lockdown. Passenger volume at…

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