Passenger demand for air travel is likely to level off this year after a strong increase in 2017, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said February 1.

Three foreign airlines — Oman Air, Bangkok Airways and Thai Smile — shut down their Bangladesh operations last year as they found the route to be commercially unsustainable.

The Cavite Super Ferry Transport System has launched a ferry boat transport service that will cut travel time from Noveleta to Manila to only 35 minutes from the current land travel of 1.5 to 2 hours.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) wants to review certain provisions of its Memorandum Circular (MC) 2018-003, which limits to 45,000 the common supply base of Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVs) units in Metro Manila.

Tax incentives granted to the country’s two major airline companies will be revoked once the Department of Finance’s (DOF) proposed second tax reform package is passed into law.

As Central Luzon gears up to be the next real estate hotspot, more infrastructures are underway at the next big business hub.

The Metro Manila Development Authority said it would provide free rides for commuters if necessary as it cracked down on smoke-belching and ill-quipped public utility vehicles.

Vehicle manufacturers are “cautious” on sales projections this year as higher taxes on cars took effect, an industry group said January 12.

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has started work on an expressway project that is seen to cut travel time between Taguig City and the Batasan Complex in Quezon City to only 35 minutes.

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) unit NLEX Corp. is allotting P19 billion in capital expenditures for tollway projects this year.