Bomb hoax hits Davao-Cebu flight

Norman V. Mendoza 04/22/2016

The Cebu Pacific flight coming from Davao City arrived safely at the Mactan Cebu International Airport. But the 178 passengers, including crew, wondered why they were surrounded by the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, some policemen,…

Aviation security probes bomb threat

Norman V. Mendoza 04/22/2016

OVER a hundred passengers and crew of a Cebu Pacific flight from Davao City were directed to disembark amid report of a bomb supposedly planted in the aircraft. A SWAT team arrived in the area along with…

PAL diverts Roxas flight to Cebu due to bad weather

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/27/2016

Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR2201 bound for Roxas City in Capiz from Manila was diverted to Mactan Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Wednesday morning due to bad weather. The flight, an Airbus 320 which…

PAL, Cebu Pacific ban hoverboards

12/22/2015

HOVERBOARDS are among the must-have gadgets this Christmas, just make sure to leave them at home before your next flight. Local carriers Cebu Pacific Air and Philippine Airlines announced Monday that they are banning the carriage of…

Sober screening in Mactan

Editorial 11/10/2015

Just as the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) assured the public that there is no tanim-bala (bullet-planting) racket operating within its premises, lo and behold, a Taiwanese man was arrested for illegal possession of firearms last Thursday…

Cebu Pacific adopts ‘Mindanao’

Apple Ta-as 10/18/2015

  Eagles by nature are solitary and fiercely territorial. But 13-year-old captive Philippine eagle Mindanao is quite sociable and is not bothered by visitors to the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) plaza in barangay Malagos, Davao City. His…

Lawyer sues airline for flight delay

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/31/2015

A lawyer from Baybay City in Leyte province is demanding compensation for a flight delay of over six hours in  May. Augustin Alo sued low-cost airline Tiger Airways Philippines after his flight was cancelled and he was…

Cebu Pacific plane from Kalibo allegedly struck by lightning

07/28/2015

KALIBO, Aklan–Just 40 minutes after takeoff from Kalibo International Airport in Aklan at 6:50 a.m., a Cebu Pacific plane bound for Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila experienced light turbulence on Tuesday. The fasten-your-seatbelt sign was turned…

CEB posts passenger growth, eyes US flights

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/16/2015

BUDGET airline Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), which flew its 100 millionth passenger early this year, reported higher passenger volume in the first quarter. The airline carried a total of 4.3 million passengers from January to March, 13…

Cebu Pacific jet forced to return to MCIA

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/28/2015

An Airbus A320 aircraft of Cebu Pacific with 155 passengers and bound for Cagayan de Oro City turned back to the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) 20 minutes after it took off due to technical problems yesterday.…

AirAsia and Cebu Pacific

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/05/2015

Unlike in the so-called “Great Christmapocalypse of 2014” set off by a string of delayed Cebu Pacific flights that caused widespread anger and massive chaos in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Christmas day, the man…

Flights cancelled, ships grounded

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/06/2014

AIRPORT operations remained uninterrupted at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) yesterday despite the cancellation of at least seven Cebu Pacific flights because of threats by typhoon Ruby (international name: Hagupit). The airport website shows that flights…

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