Manila-Wuhan flights suspended

Credit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:02:09 +0000

THE Philippines’ Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) suspended the direct flights of two airlines from Manila to Wuhan, the country’s aviation regulator announced on Thursday in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus that has killed at least nine people in the Chinese city and has reached the United States. The Civil Aviation […]

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COA questions CAAP over P500M spent for 10 execs’ life insurance

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 22:00:55 +0000

CAAP steps up security in airports as Holy Week nears

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) for purchasing life insurance plans worth a total of P500 million for 10 of its officials, despite lack of board approval and proper selection criteria. In its annual audit report, the COA said the insurance plans, […]

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Pilot, trainee rescued after training plane crashes in Tarlac

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:37:07 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A pilot and his student trainee were rescued Saturday after their training plane crashed in Comillas, Tarlac.

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Debris of missing plane found but pilot, student still missing

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 08:28:46 +0000

THE wreckage of a trainer aircraft that was reported missing after takeoff at the San Jose Airport last Friday has been found as the wife of its pilot asked for…READ

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Agricultural pilot dies as plane hits power lines in Davao

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 05:30:07 +0000

Agricultural pilot dies as plane hits power lines in Davao

An agricultural pilot died Saturday morning when the aircraft he was flying got entangled in a high tension electrical wirings and crashed in Davao del Norte.

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CAAP to review radio communication in Bulacan chopper crash 

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:39:29 +0000

The CAAP said they would review the radio links between the chopper and the tower before the plane plunged into a fishpond in Bulacan Thursday.

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CAAP steps up security in airports as Holy Week nears

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:13:29 +0000

CAAP steps up security in airports as Holy Week nears

Airports will implement added security measures during the Holy Week, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said.

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Plane from Taiwan stalls at end of Kalibo airport runway

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:15:44 +0000

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An airplane that flew in from Taipei in Taiwan on Wednesday night stalled at the grassy end of a runway in Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo, Aklan, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said.

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Busuanga airport development project breaks ground

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:06:51 +0000

Busuanga airport development project breaks ground

MANILA, Philippines – Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Director General Capt. Jim Sydiongco, together with local officials of Palawan, on Tuesday led he groundbreaking ceremony for the P953.4 million Francisco B. Reyes – Busuanga Airport development project.

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