Flights resume as Bali’s volcano-hit airport gets back to business

AFP 11/30/2017

  Thousands of foreign tourists were leaving Bali by plane Thursday following a nearly three-day airport shutdown sparked by a rumbling volcano on the Indonesian holiday island. The alert level on Mount Agung remains at maximum, but…

Stakeholders urged to take advantage of MCIA best airport tag

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/18/2017

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport’s (MCIA) recent recognition as among the 25 best airports in Asia can be used as a marketing push to attract more airline operators and tourists alike, the region’s top tourism official said. Joshur…

Mactan Cebu airport rises to 13th in best Asian airports

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/18/2017

  The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) was named 13th best airport in Asia by airport guides and review website Sleeping in Airports this year, up one notch from 14th place in 2016. MCIA, the country’s second busiest…

MCIA to open two new routes to China this month

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/17/2017

GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC), the private operator of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA),  announced on Tuesday that it is opening two new routes to China this month. The operator will also introduce two new Chinese airlines…

Guam tourism sees silver lining in Pyongyang’s threats

AFP 08/11/2017

  Tourism-dependent Guam is looking to cash in on its new-found fame as a North Korean missile target, tapping an unlikely promotional opportunity to attract visitors to the idyllic island and prove that all publicity is good…

Airport runway closed for 6 hours today; flights affected

Agnes Alpuerto 08/10/2017

Some flights will be canceled today as the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) temporarily closes its runways to give way to preliminary works of the second phase of the runway rehabilitation. The runway will be closed for six…

Twenty flights cancelled as Mactan airport starts runway repairs

Futch Inso 07/21/2017

  MORE than 20 domestic and international flights were cancelled while 27 others were delayed after the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) started the repairs on the airport’s runway yesterday from 2:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The…

‘Probe airport execs for P590M lot buy’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/11/2017

GRAFT COMPLAINT FILED AT OMBUD Businessman and whistleblower Crisologo Saavedra filed another round of complaints against several former and current officials of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), along with seven private individuals, accusing them of…

Davide backs 2nd runway for Mactan-Cebu airport

Morexette Erram 07/05/2017

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday declared his support for the construction of a second runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport even as the airport authority is still studying the unsolicited proposal from GMR–Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation…

300-ha. reclamation project part of airport expansion bid

Irene Sino-Cruz 06/29/2017

GMR MEGAWIDE’S P208B UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL If the GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC) gets the government’s approval, it will implement a 300-hectare reclamation project in Mactan Channel for the expansion of the Mactan Cebu International Airport. The…

Memories of Mactan Airport

Jobers R. Bersales 06/21/2017

The recent offer of the GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC) to submit an unsolicited bid of P200 billion for a second runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport brings to mind my first experience landing at what was…

Plane clips truck at LA airport, 8 injured

AP 05/22/2017

LOS ANGELES — Eight people were injured Saturday after an Aeromexico passenger jet clipped a supply truck shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. The Boeing 737 was taxiing to an arrival gate and…

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