Airlines reminded on Boracay post-rehab policy

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) reminded air carriers operating flights in the airports of Kalibo, Caticlan, Roxas, and Iloilo to review their schedules and…

Cathay reports passenger growth, cargo decline for March; HKIA books increases in both

Hong Kong sister airlines Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon registered a combined increase in the number of passengers carried and a drop in cargo…

Vietjet eyes 20 new int’l routes this year

Vietnam-based low-cost airline Vietjet Aviation JS Company announced it will open an additional 20 new international routes in 2019 as part of its three-year…

Challengers to San Miguel’s P736B airport proposal in Bulacan invited

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has started seeking comparative proposals for a Swiss bidding challenge against San Miguel Holdings Corporation’s (SMHC) unsolicited proposal to…

ICAO releases latest air transport stats

World passenger traffic in January 2019 recorded its highest growth since July 2018 but world freight traffic reported negative growth in January this year,…

VN to launch first chopper ride-hailing service

FastGo, Vietnam’s ride-hailing company, has announced its plan to launch the country’s first helicopter ride-hailing service in Hanoi by the end of this month.…

PAL narrows annual loss by 38% as passenger, cargo revenues jump

Philippine Airlines (PAL) ended 2018 with a consolidated total comprehensive loss of P2.8 billion, 38.3% less than its comprehensive loss of P4.6 billion in…

Renovated Marinduque airport reopens after 6 years

The rehabilitation of Marinduque Airport’s passenger terminal building (PTB) and extended runway paved the way for the reopening of the facility, nearly six years…

SG, MY cooperate to ease rows over airspace, port limits

Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to cooperate and put on hold their bickering over the use of airspace, even as they have also implemented…

Almost all regions saw passenger growth moderate in Feb

Global air passenger traffic for February rose 5.3% compared to February 2018, the slowest rate of growth in more than a year but still…

Air freight demand in Feb lowest in past 3 years—IATA

Global air freight demand decreased 4.7% in February 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, the fourth consecutive month of negative year-on-year growth…

Cathay, Lufthansa expand cargo network cooperation

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific’s cargo division and German carrier Lufthansa Cargo have expanded their joint business agreement (JBA) to enable the start of eastbound…

Clark airport handles record 1.2M passengers in Q1

More than 1 million passengers travelled via Clark International Airport (CRK) in the first quarter of 2019, the highest quarterly passenger traffic that the…

Cebu Pacific’s Clark-Narita flights to start in August

Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is set to begin its direct service between Narita, Japan and Clark, Pampanga in August, becoming the first Philippine airline…

Cebu Pacific pioneers direct Manila-Marinduque flight

Through its subsidiary Cebgo, low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has launched a direct flight to Marinduque, making it the only airline operating flights in and…

Global air cargo continues to decline 

Air cargo volumes continued to fall in February 2019, with Asia-Pacific taking the largest beating in the first two months of the year, according…

PAL moves some international flights to NAIA T1

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has transferred some of its flights to Terminal 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to minimize passenger…

Construction of second runway at Clark airport eyed as passenger terminal halfway done

The Philippine government is now looking to begin the planning of the second runway for Clark International Airport (CRK) as construction of the new…

Aboitiz taps Irish firm for Bohol, Laguindingan airports upgrade

Aboitiz Group infrastructure business unit Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc. has teamed up with Irish airport operations company daa International for the future upgrade, expansion, and…

Foreign airlines in PH flew 4.9% more cargo as inbound volume soars

International cargo and mail handled by foreign air carriers operating in the Philippines grew 4.9% to 398.804 million kilograms (kg) in 2018 from 380.344…