20 August 2018
NAIA Reopens 06-24
18 August 2018
BREAKING: NAIA runway reopens, flights scheduled this afternoon to push through https://t.co/J9LYlPTwKp pic.twitter.com/nbIzO8n8h7— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) August 18, 2018
Xiamen Air Overruns MNL Amids Heavy Downpour
Forced Airport Closure
17 August 2018
MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said the plane attempted to land twice. On the second try, the plane lost contact with the NAIA airport tower.
Runway to open at 4am Saturday after retrieval of aircraft on runway. Runway 13-31 remained open but affected all widebody flights that uses the main runway.
17 August 2018
@11:30 MNL runway 06/24 is now open
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| @10am. Runway, lights, and markings is currently being repaired and will be done before 12nn |
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| @5pm Saturday. |
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| @4am Saturday. Closure extended until 1pm. |
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| tv footage@8:00pm NAIA main runway will remain closed until 5 a.m. on Saturday as MIAA struggles to remove the 737 plane that skidded off the runway. Two retrieval plans with the assistance of LTP failed. So they are bringing two cranes to lift the plane off the ground. |
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| @4:00pm |
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| Sometime around 3:30pm and the aircraft is still there |
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| @1:30PM, the aircraft is still sitting at the side of the runway. Delay retrievals associated with weather conditions. |
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| Right engine some 200 meters away |
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| Left landing gear some 300 meters from fuselage |
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| Perspective of the crash site |
Xiamen Airlines B737-800 (B-5498) crashed landed in Manila International Airport after landing in heavy downpour last night and rolled longer than usual on runway 24 six minutes before midnight. There is no ILS on runway 24 and landing is purely visual at minimum. Flight #MF8667 with 165 passengers and crew came from Xiamen. No injuries reported. Plane is declared write-off.
MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said the plane attempted to land twice. On the second try, the plane lost contact with the NAIA airport tower.
Runway to open at 4am Saturday after retrieval of aircraft on runway. Runway 13-31 remained open but affected all widebody flights that uses the main runway.
🇵🇭 Un Boeing 737-800 de la compagnie chinoise Xiamen Airlines se pose en urgence et fait une violente sortie de piste à l'aéroport de Manille.— air plus news (@airplusnews) August 16, 2018
Le Boeing a perdu un réacteur lors de sa sortie de piste.
Plus d’infos à venir. #MF8667 pic.twitter.com/uAItTpAVaz
PR1 First To Fly Israel
15 August 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Israel, the first Philippine President to do so, from Sept. 2 to 5. He will be brought by Philippine Airlines latest jet, the Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
Malacañang on Tuesday confirmed that the President had accepted the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a press briefing, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the trip to Israel would be followed by a visit to Jordan, though no details of the Jordan trip were made available.
CEB Finally Fly MEL
14 August 2018
Cebu Pacific now flies Melbourne direct from Manila 3x weekly.
Melbourne is Cebu Pacific's second Australian destination after Sydney.
Four years after its launch, the Philippines' largest carrier has beaten other airlines and now flies the most number of passengers between Manila and Sydney, officials said.
Cebu Pacific also flies the most cargo in the Manila to Sydney route, said its vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.
Cebu Pacific now flies Melbourne direct from Manila 3x weekly.
Melbourne is Cebu Pacific's second Australian destination after Sydney.
Four years after its launch, the Philippines' largest carrier has beaten other airlines and now flies the most number of passengers between Manila and Sydney, officials said.
Cebu Pacific also flies the most cargo in the Manila to Sydney route, said its vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.
Touchdown, Melbourne!— Cebu Pacific Air (@CebuPacificAir) August 14, 2018
PAL Forces Dumaguete Airport Closure
14 August 2018
Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR2541 (RP-C8396) suffered multiple tire blowout damaging the left main gear shortly after landing at Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport early morning Tuesday, causing closure of the airport's runway 09.
All 113 adults and 2 infants onboard together with its 6 flight crew were deplaned safely, CAAP said in a statement.
At least six flights were affected with the runway closure. Dumaguete airport is expected to open tomorrow.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR2541 (RP-C8396) suffered multiple tire blowout damaging the left main gear shortly after landing at Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport early morning Tuesday, causing closure of the airport's runway 09.
All 113 adults and 2 infants onboard together with its 6 flight crew were deplaned safely, CAAP said in a statement.
At least six flights were affected with the runway closure. Dumaguete airport is expected to open tomorrow.
CEB Adds 10 A321Neo In 2019
6 August 2018
Low Cost Carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) will add Ten (10) A321Neo aircraft beginning next year as it grows fleet and expands capacity to existing route network served by 180-seater A320-200.
CEB will have 230 seats on its A321Neo in all economy configuration for destinations to Korea, Japan and China out of its seven hubs in the Philippines.
The carrier has five A321ceos it received from March, and it will have seven frames by September for capacity growth, before its first Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered A321neo is delivered in November.
The airline said most of its A321Neo flights will be departing out of Manila and Cebu for longer international destinations as it grows capacity in the congested airport. CEB no longer has slots for new flights out of Manila.
Meanwhile, its A321ceos will be relegated to fly domestic,also to grow capacity in replacement of regular A320 services that seats 180 passengers in airports of Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, and General Santos. It will also fly to Hong Kong, Taipei and Shanghai, which is within the 2 hour flying range.
Cebu Pacific has 32 A321neos on order, scheduled to be delivered through to 2022.
Also at the same time, CEB would also acquire 5 new Airbus A320neo jets to to support its fleet expansion through an Operating Lease Agreement with Dublin-based Avolon Aerospace.
Deliveries will start in the first half of 2019 and is expected to be completed the same year. Cebu Pacific said it was adding an average of 9 new aircraft per year until 2022.
CEB will have 230 seats on its A321Neo in all economy configuration for destinations to Korea, Japan and China out of its seven hubs in the Philippines.
The carrier has five A321ceos it received from March, and it will have seven frames by September for capacity growth, before its first Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered A321neo is delivered in November.
The airline said most of its A321Neo flights will be departing out of Manila and Cebu for longer international destinations as it grows capacity in the congested airport. CEB no longer has slots for new flights out of Manila.
Meanwhile, its A321ceos will be relegated to fly domestic,also to grow capacity in replacement of regular A320 services that seats 180 passengers in airports of Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, and General Santos. It will also fly to Hong Kong, Taipei and Shanghai, which is within the 2 hour flying range.
Cebu Pacific has 32 A321neos on order, scheduled to be delivered through to 2022.
Also at the same time, CEB would also acquire 5 new Airbus A320neo jets to to support its fleet expansion through an Operating Lease Agreement with Dublin-based Avolon Aerospace.
Deliveries will start in the first half of 2019 and is expected to be completed the same year. Cebu Pacific said it was adding an average of 9 new aircraft per year until 2022.
First Asian Carrier To Cross Pacific
1 August 2018
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| Philippine Airlines became the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean when it flew its Douglas DC-4 plane from Nielson Airport in Makati to Oakland airport in California, USA on July 31 carrying 40 American servicemen heading back home. |