Surprise!

Ordinary Passenger Keeps Plane To Himself

29 January 2016

Alex Simon got a surprise of his life when he boarded a PAL Express Q300 flight to Boracay finding himself alone in the crowd of cabin crews. Of Course that only happens in the Philippines. More of his story at UK's Daily Mail.

JJP flies PH

27 January 2016

Begins Flight 15 March

Japan-based low cost carrier Jetstar Japan will start flight services to the Philippines beginning March 15, 2016.

Jetstar Japan will launch flight services to Manila from Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo starting on March 15 from Tokyo-Narita, April 1 from Nagoya-Centrair, and May 3 from Osaka-Kansai.

Flight schedule are as follows:

Tokyo (5x weeekly)
Flt.#      D-time         A-time       type   freq
GK041 NRT2030 – 0005MNL 320   ex57
GK040 MNL0035 – 0605NRT 320   ex61 (daily by 1 June)

Nagoya (4x weekly)
GK095 NGO2030 – 2335MNL 320  ex234
GK096 MNL0105 – 0555NGO 320  ex234 (daily by 3 May)

Osaka (4x weekly)
GK081 KIX2030 – 2335MNL 320   ex167
GK080 MNL0035 – 0530KIX 320  ex127

Singapore-based Jetstar Asia also flies MNL-KIX daily and will compliment flight frequencies for the Japan based subsidiary.

Jetstar Japan is a low cost airline subsidiary jointly owned by Japan Airlines and Jetstar parent Qantas Airways, both holding 33.3% shares.

5J's New Livery Comes To Town

27 January 2016

Introducing Cebu Pacific's newest A320 jet (A320-214(WL): RP-C4107) sporting the new livery for the airline. All aircraft orders by the company will be wearing this new color.

36 Million And Counting

23 January 2016

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) registered a total of 36,681,601 passengers that uses Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), in 2015, eight percent (8%) higher from records reported last year, an increase of two million passengers from 34,094,159 in 2014.

Domestic passengers reached 19,513,514 while international travelers totaled 17,168,087.

The airport complex is expected to breach the 40 million mark by 2016 with the introduction of more wide bodied flights from Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Cathay Pacific, Emirates Airlines, Etihad, Turkish Airlines, and other international airlines operating at the airport.

CEB Prepares Massive Expansion Next Year

21 January 2016

Philippine low cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air is poised to take the offensive in Southeast Asia beginning next year as it introduce new routes in the region in 2017.

The plan was revealed by Cebu Air Chief Executive Lance Gokongwei during a recent interview with the Nikkei Asian Review.

Cebu Pacific plans to begin serving Thailand and Singapore more frequently in 2017 when the company receives the delivery of new aircraft, Gokongwei said.

The airline will introduce gateway points from Cebu, Clark, Davao, Bacolod, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Caticlan and other major airports to the Asian region.

The company is set to reinforce operations within ASEAN as the transfer of people and goods is expected to multiply in the market of 600 million people created by the establishment of the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

In addition to opening new routes, it will also fly more frequently on existing routes to meet an expected increase in demand.

JJB Behind The Headlines

20 January 2016

And some answer to some interesting questions.

PNG Welcomes Back PAL

19 January 2016

Returns After 29 Years!

Philippine Airlines (PAL) re-opened thrice-weekly service to Port Moreseby in Papua New Guinea starting December 18, as part of its expansion in the Oceania region. PAL operated in Jackson Airport between 1977 and 1986.

Philippine Navy's ASW

15 January 2016

AgustaWestland became the sole bidder for 2 of the Department of National Defense (DND)’s PHP5.4 billion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter project offering its AW-159 Wildcat ASW (HMA2 variant) rotorcraft for delivery in 2018.

The Company will be awarded the project in months time after Post-qualification check showed compliance with tender rules, says  DND Undersecretary for Finance, Munitions and Modernization Fernando Manalo.

The AW159 Wildcat, first introduce in November 2009, is an improved version of the Westland Super Lynx military helicopter specifically designed for maritime reconnaissance, search and rescue, anti-submarine and anti-surface roles.

The UK's Royal Navy operates 28 frames of the Wildcat with 8 more orders from South Korea's Navy.

The Philippine Navy will be the third operator of the anti submarine helicopter which will be deployed on board the coming new light frigates also bidded out by the Defense Department.