Tag: Philippine airspace

CAAP says operations in provincial airports back to normal

(Eagle News) — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 3, said operations in the country’s provincial airports are back to normal following the power outage at its Air Traffic Management Center over the weekend. According to CAAP, “recovery flights from diverted and delayed flights” in the affected airports “have been successfully dispatched to their location and mounted by the airlines on case to case basis.” By the affected airports, the CAAP […]

Palace: Thorough probe of Philippine airspace shutdown ongoing

(Eagle News) — The Palace has said a thorough probe of the shutdown of Philippine airspace over the weekend is being conducted by the appropriate agencies. Sunday’s glitch at the Air Traffic Management Center at 9:49 a.m. led to the cancelation, diversion, and delay of almost 300 flights. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said normal operations were restored at 7:45 p.m. CAAP Director General Manuel Tamayo had said the glitch ensued after one […]