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MacroAsia Corporation is a leading provider of aviation-related support services in the Philippines. Its major business segments derive income from aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), food services (airline and institutional catering), gateway services (ground handling), property development and leases (ecozone operations) and water concessions/utility.
Aircraft ground handling. Servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground, typically at an airport gate. Aircraft ground handling of a Lufthansa Airbus A380 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. In aviation, aircraft ground handling or ground operations defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and (usually) parked at a ...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) (Filipino: Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, lit. 'Air Army of the Philippines') is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army as the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) in 1935, the PAAC eventually saw combat during World War 2 and was ...
2023 Philippine airspace closure. On January 1, 2023, at 9:49 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (1:50 a.m. UTC), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) detected issues with its Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay, Metro Manila.
The airline resumed its Manila–Singapore flights on August 31, 2006, [20] and launched a direct flight from Cebu to Singapore on October 23. It was the first low-cost airline to serve the Cebu-Singapore-Cebu sector, [21] and competing directly with Singapore Airlines subsidiary SilkAir, the only Philippine carrier serving the route for years until Philippine Airlines resumed direct service ...
As the name suggests, ground support equipment is there to support the operations of aircraft whilst on the ground. The role of this equipment generally involves ground power operations, aircraft mobility, and cargo/passenger loading operations. Many airlines subcontract ground handling to an airport or a handling agent, or even to another airline.
Philippine Airlines also maintains integrated airport ground handling services, cargo operations and a full catering service for it and other airlines. [155] This is composed of PAL Airport Services, Philippine Airlines Cargo and the PAL Inflight Center.
On July 4, 2021, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed after an attempted landing at Jolo Airport in Sulu, Philippines. [1] With 53 deaths, of which 50 people were on the aircraft and 3 on the ground, the incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Philippine military history, the fourth deadliest on Philippine soil, and the second deadliest to occur ...