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…

NAIA T3 power outage: Flights from Cebu affected

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 10 flights at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) have been affected after Terminal 3 the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) suffered power problems on May 1. All affected flights from MCIA…

Incessantly inferior infrastructure

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 04/11/2023

When the government’s premier think tank calls out our infrastructure as inadequate and inferior, our leaders need to sit up and listen. The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has done just that on our transport infrastructure,…

BI arrests Chinese man using fake Mexican passport in NAIA

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 03/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Sunday said it arrested a Chinese national for attempting to depart the country using a fake Mexican passport at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. According…

Duque told: Assess if Cebu’s COVID-19 response can be applied nationwide

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has asked for Health Sec. Francisco Duque III to study how Cebu managed the COVID-19 situation, and see if the island province’s response versus the pandemic can be applied nationwide,…

MCIA to inbound international flights travellers: Coordinate with airlines amid diversion to NAIA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) management is urging all Cebu-bound international passengers to coordinate with their respective flight carriers due to the diversion of flights to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).…

MCIA consortium to take over NAIA rehab

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The consortium running and operating Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) was named to take over the rehabilitation project of the country’s busiest airport. In a report submitted to the local stock exchange on…

Inbound international flights at NAIA to resume on Monday

Jerome Aning - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/10/2020

Starting on Monday, all inbound international chartered and commercial flights will be allowed to land at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on their assigned days. In a notice to airmen (Notam) released on Saturday, the Civil Aviation…

Plane going to Japan bursts into flames at NAIA runway

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 03/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A Lion Air aircraft exploded and caught fire in the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday night. The flight was on its way to Haneda, Japan, it was carrying a…

More Cebu-Manila-Cebu flights cancelled due to Taal eruption

Morexette Marie Erram 01/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The country’s three major airline companies cancelled additional flights as the suspension of runway operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City, Metro Manila has not been lifted yet due…

BI intercepts 2 women in Naia for faking age

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 10/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Agents from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted two women at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia)  Terminal 2 after they were found faking their age. In a statement issued Tuesday, BI Port Operations Division…

‘Chinese nationals’ skipping lines at Naia irks CSC Commissioner Lizada

/INQ.net 05/02/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — Recently, there have been several stories on social media about how foreigners, mostly Chinese, have bossed around Filipinos even inside local establishments. Apparently, even government officials have not been spared from these rude…

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