WATCH: Debutant dances with OFW father at Naia after runway mishap

WATCH: Debutant dances with OFW father at Naia after runway mishap

A debutant opted to dance with his father at the airport after he failed to come on time to her birthday party due to delayed flights caused by a Chinese jetliner that skidded off a runway on August 17.

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NAIA officials tell Senate probers they didn’t assist stranded passengers

NAIA officials tell Senate probers they didn’t assist stranded passengers

Despite having P15 billion at its disposal, the Manila airport authority admitted Wednesday that it did not provide food, water or accommodation to passengers who were stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) after a Xiamen Air Boeing had skidded off the runway.

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Xiamen commits to pay aircraft recovery cost in Naia mishap

Xiamen commits to pay aircraft recovery cost in Naia mishap

The Xiamen Airlines has committed to bear the costs of the removal of one of its passenger planes that skidded off the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) runway and paralyzed operations for two days.

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PAL acknowledges insufficient efforts, apologizes anew

Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has apologized for failing to fully attend to the needs of passengers who were stuck at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), after a foreign aircraft was stalled on a major runway.

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Cebu Pacific announces resumption of normal operations

BUDGET airline Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) resumed normal operations on Tuesday, after three days of flight cancellations following an accident on the maIn runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) involving a Chinese aircraft. In an advisory, the CEB said: “Barring any other technical, weather-related or other extraordinary circumstances, we do not plan to […]

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Miaa extends runway closure to noon

Miaa extends runway closure to noon

Airport authorities have extended the runway closure until noon of Saturday “to give way for the demobilization” of heavy equipment used to recover the stuck Xiamen Air flight MF8667 which slid off the runway on landing Friday morning.

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Naia extends runway closure until 5 a.m. Saturday

Naia extends runway closure until 5 a.m. Saturday

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport extended the closure of a runway – where a Chinese plane veered off and lost an engine and a wheel after landing hard in a rainstorm – until 5:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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UPDATE: NAIA main runway closed as crew moves stalled plane out of harm’s way

OPERATIONS at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were disrupted on Friday after a Chinese passenger plane skidded off its main runway shortly before midnight because of heavy rains, aviation authorities said. Xiamen Air Flight MF8667 stopped on a grassy portion of the airport but the incident forced the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and […]

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