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Avphil.Com: Air Force: 4 new trainer planes from Italy to boost pilot training
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Air Force: 4 new trainer planes from Italy to boost pilot training. The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday expressed confidence that the scheduled arrival of four new trainer planes from Italy will boost the training of its pilots. The remaining 14 SF-260 planes will be delivered to the Philippine in the first quarter of 2011. In 2009, the Philippines ac...
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Avphil.Com: Airphil Express eyes more regional routes
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Airphil Express eyes more regional routes. Budget carrier Airphil Express eyes to aggressively expand its regional routes in the next few months, despite experiencing a shortage in pilots recently. The airline plans to start flying to Hong Kong, Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Bali and China, but this would depend on air entitlements. In August, Airphil Express affiliat...
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Avphil.Com: Pilot shortage grounds Airphil Express flights
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Pilot shortage grounds Airphil Express flights. Low-cost airline Airphil Express was forced to either cancel or delay several domestic flights over the weekend because of a shortage in pilots, company officials said. The company said it did not expect a surge in the number of passengers in October. Others, meanwhile, were forced to rebook their flights. The ex...
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Avphil.Com: Phone jammers to be used vs human traffickers
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Phone jammers to be used vs human traffickers. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will put in place cell phone jammers at immigration zones in airports in order to immobilize human traffickers. Syndicates make use of mobile phones in communicating with their cohorts and victims. Reactivating the jammers is one of several measures that the BI and the Inter-Agenc...
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Avphil.Com: Women in blue overalls
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Women in blue overalls. The skepticism and resistance of their male co-employees are part and parcel of the job, says My and two other women contemporaries at LTP: Shirleen “Pinky” Estrada and Ditas “Ditz” Velasco-Salayon. “We should be strong,” declares My. Pinky is a foreman (foreperson? What special qualities do women bring to their jobs. Mylene believes it...
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Avphil.Com: Airline pax to pay OverTime of Bureau of Customs Officers
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Airline pax to pay OverTime of Bureau of Customs Officers. Airline passengers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will have to shell out an extra $1 to $2 when they leave the country with the impending implementation of a new policy to pay for the overtime pay of Customs agents at the airports. The CA ruling also obliged the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to draf...
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Avphil.Com: Owners of Cebu Air consider airports bid
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Monday, November 1, 2010. Owners of Cebu Air consider airports bid. The family business that controls Cebu Air, one of Asia’s biggest budget airlines, is considering bidding for some of nine government-owned airports in the Philippines that are to be privatised by president Benigno Aquino III beginning next year. By Roel Landingin and Kevin Brown in Manila. Follow us on Twitter . Aviat...
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Avphil.Com: Singapore Firm to Expand Facility in Clark
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Saturday, November 13, 2010. Singapore Firm to Expand Facility in Clark. According to the Clark International Airport Corp., aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm SIA Engineering Co. (SIAEC) will invest close to P1 billion to put up a second hangar at the facility. The first hangar cost an estimated P800 million. It started operations in July 2009, providing maintena...
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Avphil.Com: CAAP - Cusi outflanked as all his top aviation officials replaced
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Thursday, November 11, 2010. CAAP - Cusi outflanked as all his top aviation officials replaced. THE Philippine Transport Department has dislodged seven aviation officials to give way to appointees with “more experience and expertise,” an official told the Manila Standard Wednesday. He confirmed the appointment of the following officials:. 8226; Wilfredo Borja as assistant director gene...
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Avphil.Com: New aviation officials well qualified –DoTC
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Aviation and the Philippines. News and articles relevant to people with an interest in the Philippine Aviation Industry. Friday, November 12, 2010. New aviation officials well qualified –DoTC. Velasco pointed out that the new appointees are expected to make up for the lack of real aviation experience among the current crop of top CAAP executives. “This is seen by industry experts as the major stumbling block to the country’s ability to move from Category 2 to Category 1,” he added. Reacting to a statemen...