Airlines remit P260M in unused terminal fees for refund to international passengers

Airlines operating at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have remitted P259.355 million in unused terminal fees to NAIA operator Manila International Airport Authority…

Customs seizes P133M in illegal drugs at NAIA, Clark airport 

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted 17.96 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and 1.03 kilos of marijuana estimated to be worth P133.6 million…

New airline terminal assignments at NAIA not yet final, says DOTr

The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that there is no final decision yet on the new terminal assignment of airlines at the Ninoy…

Airlines have new NAIA terminal assignments starting Aug 31

Effective August 31, new terminal assignments for airlines at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be implemented. In an advisory posted by the…

BOC, PDEA arrests yield P20M shabu

A joint operation of the Bureau of Customs, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group on April…

Aboitiz makes P148B proposal to rehabilitate, operate 4 regional airports

The infrastructure business unit of the Aboitiz Group—Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC)—has submitted a P148-billion unsolicited proposal to upgrade, expand, operate, and maintain four major Philippine…

Misdeclared beauty products worth P8.65M seized by BOC-NAIA

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) recently seized beauty products valued at P8.65 million misdeclared as personal effects. BOC-NAIA district collector…

House Speaker sets 45-day deadline for airlines to shift domestic flights to Clark

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez wants Philippine airlines to transfer their domestic flights to Clark International Airport (CRK) within 45 days to decongest Ninoy Aquino…

Megawide, SSS eye joint proposal for NAIA overhaul

Megawide Construction Corporation and state-run Social Security System (SSS) are planning to jointly submit an unsolicited proposal to rehabilitate and operate the Philippines’ main…

CCBI questions ‘improperly imposed’ customs penalties on shipments

The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is requesting the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to revisit actions taken by assessment…

P57.5M worth of shabu declared as toys found at NAIA

Two shipments containing 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) worth P57.5 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on separate occasions at…

NAIA exits top 20 worst airports list

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is no longer among the top 20 worst airports in the world as well as in Asia, according to…

Undeclared medical devices valued at P2.5M seized at NAIA

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently intercepted P2.5 million worth of misdeclared hypothermia medical devices at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.…

BOC installing 19 new x-ray units at NAIA

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is installing an additional 19 brand-new x-ray machines at three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)…

Mount more flights via Clark, airlines urged

Business leaders in Pampanga have urged airlines to mount additional domestic and international flights at Clark International Airport in a bid to lure more…

Manually processed PH airport transit declarations now require e2m lodgement

Manually processed transit declarations at all airports of entry in the Philippines must now be lodged in the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) electronic-to-mobile (E2m)…

PAL Middle East flights now in Terminal 1

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is transferring its flights covering the Middle East to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 from Terminal 2 effective July…

DOTr eyes NAIA terminals 2 and 4 for pure domestic operations

The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) is planning to reconfigure the terminals at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to improve the hub’s operations…

Complying with PH Customs’ Airfreight “e-Manifest Switch-on”

We are sharing the latest advisories issued by Cargo Data Exchange Center, Inc (CDEC) to help stakeholders comply with the advance e-manifest submission and…

Customs addresses issues around e2m downtime

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that the recent two-day downtime of its electronic-to-mobile (E2M) system was caused by a technical malfunction and…