PAL makes milestone polar flight

Inquirer.net 12/19/2017

FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines flew its milestone 1st ultra-long polar flight from Toronto, Canada nonstop to Manila — the first-ever crossing of the Polar region by a Filipino airline. PAL flight PR119 took off from Toronto’s Pearson…

Why Cebu can continue to attract more Asian visitors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/14/2017

DESPITE similarities among countries in the Asean region, a local tourism stakeholder pointed out that the Philippines, particularly Cebu, can still draw more Asian visitors with its diverse and unique product offerings. This comes as Central Visayas,…

Flying etiquette

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 09/08/2017

I’m on seat 9C en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — and I’m fuming mad at this man with his Android phone on his right hand as he is enjoying the time of his…

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…

Motherhood, womanhood

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 05/10/2017

A story of the flight attendant and the doctor Pam Baricuatro was 25 years old when she applied for a flight attendant job at Cathay Pacific. Her story could have been an ordinary one as many Cebuanas,…

More flight routes from Cebu to Australia, Southeast Asia, Europe eyed

Aileen Garcia-Yap 04/10/2017

More Cebu connections Expect an increase in tourist arrivals from Australia, Europe and other Southeast Asian countries in the next two years in Cebu if plans to introduce more routes to these areas will be realized. Andrew…

PAL launches Cebu-Clark route

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2017

National flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Monday, Jan. 30, inaugurated its flight from Cebu to Clark. PAL will serve this route four times weekly – Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday – using the 199-seater Airbus A321. PR837…

Linking Cebu to islands

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/29/2017

More domestic flight routes to and from Cebu good for tourism industry An official of the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) welcomed the opening of new domestic routes from Cebu this year, saying these are…

‘Sila SPO3 Sta. Isabel deserving nga pang-ihawon’

Lloyd Suarez 01/29/2017

Alang nako di na kinahanglang ipaagi sa husgado kining mga salbahis nga mga sakop sa PNP nga mi-kidnap, mipatay ug nangayo pag ranson money sa Korean national nga si Jee Ick Joo. Angay niining mga kanahan, ipaihaw…

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…

Young Teachers’ Boot Camp

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/06/2017

Happy New Year! By the time this column goes to print, I am already at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) waiting for my flight to Manila. I was selected to be one of the 80-plus young…

CAAP probes co-pilot’s death

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/19/2016

The reported death of a co-pilot of a Cebu-bound Cebu Pacific flight from Singapore last Saturday prompted an investigation from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and an appeal from a co-pilot’s friend to the…

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