Aviation fuel surcharge in PH jettisoned

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has lifted the authority of airlines to impose a fuel surcharge on domestic and international cargoes, noting it is…

CAB set to remove PH airline fuel surcharge this year

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) plans to scrap the fuel surcharge on domestic and international flights this year to lower the cost of passenger fare…

Philippines gets Category 1 upgrade from US FAA

  The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally restored the Category 1 rating of the Philippines, paving the way for Philippine flag carriers…

PH intl’l air forwarders see 25% uptick in 2013 volume

Nippon Express tops the list once again International air freight forwarders operating in the Philippines saw volume of air cargo handled grow 25.06% to…

PH domestic air cargo movers register 13% volume growth in 2013

Cargo volume handled by domestic airfreight forwarders in the Philippines rose 13.37% to 56.223 million kilograms in 2013 from 49.594 million kg in 2012,…

PH, Singapore sign new air agreement

THE Philippines and Singapore have agreed to expand fifth-freedom traffic rights of their airlines flying between both countries. Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) director Carmelo…

Airlines press for basing fuel surcharge on volume weight in PH

THE Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) will hold a Jan 28 public hearing on the petition of several airlines to impose a cargo fuel…

PH domestic air cargo volumes reach 33.6M kilos in Jan-Sept

PHILIPPINE air cargo volume handled by domestic airfreight forwarders for the first nine months of the year reached 33.664 million kilograms, with LBC Express,…

PH domestic air freight volume up 8% in first nine months

DOMESTIC air cargo volume in the Philippines grew 8.03% for the first nine months of the year to 158.56 million kilograms from 146.77 million…

PH international air cargo volume up 2.13% in first half

INTERNATIONAL airfreight shipments in the Philippines reached 139.362 million kilograms (kg) in the first half of the year, an increase of 2.13% from last…

PH int’l air cargo, mail traffic in H1 hits 139M kg

INTERNATIONAL air cargo and mail volume transported by 33 airlines to and from the Philippines in the first half of this year reached 139.24…

PH business group hits ‘policy instability’ in FedEx case

  EMBATTLED Federal Express Pacific Inc. has gained support from an influential Philippine business group, following the Court of Appeals’ voiding one of the…

MASWings seeks permit to open PH routes

MALAYSIA Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary, MASwings Sdn. Bhd., is asking permission to fly to the Philippines, data from the Civil Aeronautics Board said. The…

PH international airfreight shipments hit 47.728 million kg in Q1

Total inbound and outbound Philippine shipments handled by airfreight forwarders reached 47.728 million kilograms for the first quarter of the year, with 18.1% or…

PH international air cargo traffic down 5.7% in 2012

The Philippines’ air cargo traffic serviced by international airfreight forwarders shrank 5.7% last year to 243.85 million kilograms from 258.59 million kg in 2011,…

PH international airfreight volume hits 205.2M kg in Jan-Sept

The Philippines’ import and export airfreight volume reached 205.243 million kilograms in the first nine months of 2012, with consolidations accounting for 44% or…

PH domestic cargo volume up 16%

Philippine domestic cargo volume jumped 16% in the first three quarters of the year, with budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) handling the bulk of…

PH domestic airfreight volume hits 6 million kg in Q1

Total domestic airfreight volume in the Philippines reached 6.013 million kilograms for the first quarter, according to a report from the Civil Aeronautics Board…