Travel and Tourism

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is asking MPCALA Holdings Incorporated to fast-track construction of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), hoping to begin commercial operations by December 2018.

A super consortium that reportedly wants to rehabilitate and redevelop the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) expects to partner with Changi Airports International (CAI) for the project.

Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates was 2017’s world’s busiest for international passengers, four years running, with 88.2 million travelers, the UAE’s state news agency WAM said February 5.

Canada is reviewing a deal to sell 16 Bell helicopters to the Philippine military that would reportedly be used as attack planes against local insurgents, an allegation the Philippine government denied February 8.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) passengers traveling from the United States may avail of a faster security screening procedure, after PAL became part of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck program.

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.