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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP, Tagalog pronunciation:; [2] Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Abyasyong Sibil ng Pilipinas [3]) is the civil aviation authority of the Philippines and is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel. [4]
PCAANRRD – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development; PCDSPO – Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office; PCG – Philippine Coast Guard; PCGG – Presidential Commission on Good Government; PCHRD – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development [44]
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB; Filipino: Lupon sa Aeronautika Sibil [2]) is a government agency of the Philippines attached to the Department of Transportation tasked to regulate, promote and develop the economic aspect of air transportation in the Philippines and to ensure that existing CAB policies are adapted to the present and future air commerce of the Philippines.
Regulation of airports and aviation in the Philippines lies with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). The CAAP's classification system, introduced in 2008, rationalizes the previous Air Transportation Office (ATO) system of airport classification, pursuant to the Philippine Transport Strategic Study and the 1992 Civil Aviation Master Plan. [1]
On June 19, 1971, the Philippine Congress enacted RA 6235 known as the anti-hijacking law. An act that prohibits certain acts inimical to civil aviation, making it unlawful for any person to compel a change in the course of an aircraft of Philippine registry or seize, or usurp the control thereof while it is in flight.
In some countries a CAA may build and operate airports, including non-airside operations such as passenger terminals; the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines being among such authorities. In other countries, private companies or local government authorities may own and operate individual airports.
The Philippines, having ratified the Convention on International Civil Aviation on March 1, 1947 [2] and being one of the 188 Contracting States (as of June 2002) of the ICAO, is bound to comply with the international standards of safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference, including global terrorism. Specifically stated ...
A Boeing 777 of Philippine Airlines. The list of airlines in the Philippines refers to the list of registered airlines from the Philippines. Air transportation in the Philippines goes back to the early days of aviation prior to World War II, during the American colonial period of the Philippines. Currently, the Philippines has several ...