23 May 2020
The Department of Transportation (DoTr) will implement a one-year moratorium on take-off, landing, and parking fees of local airlines to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the aviation industry and its stakeholders, according to its Transport Secretary.
“We are continuously coordinating with airline companies so that we can come up with programs to configure even the aircraft in our airports,” Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said.
March data from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) showed that deferred charges for local carriers total about P58 million a month.
Local airlines operating under CAAP will save about P37 million a month in terms of deferred take-off, landing, and parking fees. The airlines can pay the deferred charges within a year after the strict quarantine orders are lifted.
Secretary Tugade also said that the airport authorities has likewise extended the implementation of rental holidays and the deferment of the collection of rental fees for airport concessionaires, which means that airport rental fees falling within the quarantine period will be deferred. Airport concessionaires can begin paying their rental dues once the quarantine orders are lifted.
The order covers all concessionaires that are renting/leasing spaces in the terminals of airports under the jurisdiction of CAAP, Manila International Airport Authority, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority, and Clark International Airport Corporation.
According to Secretary Tugade, the sector is gearing up to ensure readiness in event of a “worst-case scenarios,” like the possible long-term stoppage of airline operations and closure of airports.
“We need to be prepared for any possible scenario and to employ all possible countermeasures including what may appear to be drastic and extreme ones,” Secretary Tugade adds.
The Department of Transportation (DoTr) will implement a one-year moratorium on take-off, landing, and parking fees of local airlines to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the aviation industry and its stakeholders, according to its Transport Secretary.
“We are continuously coordinating with airline companies so that we can come up with programs to configure even the aircraft in our airports,” Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said.
March data from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) showed that deferred charges for local carriers total about P58 million a month.
Local airlines operating under CAAP will save about P37 million a month in terms of deferred take-off, landing, and parking fees. The airlines can pay the deferred charges within a year after the strict quarantine orders are lifted.
Secretary Tugade also said that the airport authorities has likewise extended the implementation of rental holidays and the deferment of the collection of rental fees for airport concessionaires, which means that airport rental fees falling within the quarantine period will be deferred. Airport concessionaires can begin paying their rental dues once the quarantine orders are lifted.
The order covers all concessionaires that are renting/leasing spaces in the terminals of airports under the jurisdiction of CAAP, Manila International Airport Authority, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority, and Clark International Airport Corporation.
According to Secretary Tugade, the sector is gearing up to ensure readiness in event of a “worst-case scenarios,” like the possible long-term stoppage of airline operations and closure of airports.
“We need to be prepared for any possible scenario and to employ all possible countermeasures including what may appear to be drastic and extreme ones,” Secretary Tugade adds.
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