Philippines’ main airport scrambles to restore normalcy after power cut

The main gateway to the Philippines remained on reduced operations on Monday after a New Year’s power outage that jolted its air traffic control, leaving officials scrambling to resume full service after more than 300 flights were disrupted. Cesar Cheong, general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority, said the aging Ninoy Aquino International Airport […]

Flights to and from the Philippine capital were canceled due to technical reasons.

Philippine authorities halted flights in and out of Manila on New Year’s Day due to air traffic control problems, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. A total of 282 flights at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were either delayed, canceled or diverted to other regional airports, affecting about 56,000 passengers, the airport operator said on […]