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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Wednesday, Jan. 16, hailed one of its employees after he returned an envelope containing a “significant amount of dollar bills” that he found while on duty. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal lauded airport janitor Jeffrey Almoguerra, 30, and a father of two, for his honesty when he took the envelope he found at the vicinity of a foreign exchange counter in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has reminded travelers not to bring prohibited items in their luggage, whether this be hand-carried or checked in. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal issued the statement after a Filipino student was intercepted on Jan. 8 by Hong Kong airport authorities for carrying extendable batons in his check-in luggage. Under Hong Kong law, stunning devices that include batons are considered “arms.” “It is wise to check with the […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority on Monday, Dec. 17, announced some flights cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: Cebu Pacific 5J 321 Manila – Legazpi 5J 322 Legazpi – Manila
(Eagle News) — ACTS OFW Party List representative Aniceto “John” Bertiz III has already returned his airport access ID to the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA). A staffmember of Bertiz brought his ID to the MIAA. It was returned voluntarily, according to MIAA, even if the airport authority did not seek its return. Bertiz has been confined in a hospital since Tuesday, Oct. 2, after suffering from chest pains, according to fellow lawmaker, House […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority announced the cancellation of flights due to bad weather brought by “Trami.” Below is a list: PR 423: Tokyo (Haneda)-Manila
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Thursday, Aug. 23, announced the cancellation of several flights due to bad weather. Below is a list: Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 PR 418/419 Manila-Busan-Manila (Philippine Airlines) Terminal 3 5J 828/827 Manila-Osaka-Manila (Cebu Pacific) 5J 5038/5039 Manila-Nagoya-Manila (Cebu Pacific) 5J 188/187 Manila-Incheon-Manila (Cebu Pacific) Later in the day, Cebu Pacific announced the cancellation of additional flights. The airline company said these flights are rescheduled on […]
(Eagle News)–The removal of the Xiamen plane that got stuck in a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway last week cost the Manila International Airport Authority some P15 million. In a television interview on Tuesday, Aug. 21, MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said this was, however, only the initial cost that covered the manpower and the rental for the equipment used to extricate Xiamen Air flight MF8667 from the 06/24 runway. “I met with the Chairman of Xiamen […]
(Eagle News) — The airport official who was earlier tagged in corruption in the Bureau of Customs has resigned from his post. In a statement, the Manila International Airport Authority said Allen Capuyan, its assistant general manager for security and emergency services, stepped down from his post effective March 12, 2018. According to MIAA, Capuyan said in his letter addressed to MIAA general manager Ed Monreal that his resignation was a “career move.” The MIAA said Capuyan […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday terminated its contract with its ground handler following a luggage theft incident that saw an Overseas Filipino Worker losing over P82,000 worth of his belongings. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal ordered MIASCOR Groundhandling Corp. to leave the airport premises in 60 days. The directive was contained in a notice dated January 19, and addressed to MIASCOR president Fidel Herman Reyes. On Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte himself ordered the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Airlines on Thursday said it would “continue to cooperate with any and all agencies to resolve” issues in relation to what the government said were its unpaid navigational charges. In a statement, PAL said the “issue…involves complex legal issues which PAL has been trying to thresh out with the (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) for years.” PAL said it was CAAP which, in August 2016, “sent letters to the company […]
(Eagle News) — Good news for Overseas Filipino Workers. Several agencies and an organization are set to sign an agreement that will allow for the removal of a fee imposed on Filipinos working abroad. The memorandum of agreement that will allow for the removal of the Php550 airport terminal fee will be signed by the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), and the Susan Ople […]
(Eagle News) — The official twitter account of Saudia Airlines said that there was just a “false alarm for hijacking for SV flight 872” from Jeddah to Manila. Initially, the plane was isolated at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after airport personnel received a distress call that the plane was “under threat.” Immediately, the plane was subjected to standard procedures for possible hijacking upon touchdown at around 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 20. “We […]
