Travel and Tourism

Philippine Airlines (PAL) President Jaime J. Bautista said the airline’s proposal to build a P20-billion passenger terminal extension over the former Nayong Pilipino area will “take a back seat” after a “super consortium” submitted an unsolicited bid to rehabilitate and expand Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

British tycoon Richard Branson-backed Virgin Hyperloop One is proposing to build a super-fast transportation system in India that would connect the city of Pune with the planned new airport in Mumbai in 25 minutes, saving about three hours.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said a new international airport serving Bohol is on schedule for completion by June this year.

Tokyo – Fasten your seatbelts for a flight departing to Paris, and never leave the ground.

A vessel traffic management system (VTMS) worth 1.5-billion-yen (P739-million) was launched in Cebu as part of the development cooperation between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

President Rodrigo Duterte tasked two government agencies to hunt down violators of environmental laws in Boracay within six months, in a bid to solve environmental problems faced by the island, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) will study the possibility of acquiring the Airbus newest extra wide-body jet, after PAL officials led by Chairman Dr. Lucio C. Tan joined the Manila demo flight designed to test the reliability of the A350-1000.

The Department of Public Work and Highways is allocating P30.9 billion for its tourism road infrastructure program.

With limited number of trains of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) running, commuters are the taking Point-to-Point (P2P) buses, according to the Department of Transportation (DoTr)

Hundreds of thousands of pilots will need to be trained to meet growing demand for air transport around the world by 2036, the UN aviation agency said.