Airlines vow flights for Sangleyhome/Business/Top Business/Airlines vow flights for SangleyAIRLINES have pledged to move some of their flights to the still-unfinished Sangley airport in Cavite province in support of President Rodrigo Duterte’s mandate to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said on Thursday. The statement came after the President imposed a November deadline for the airport’s completion, prompting the DoTr to order its non-stop construction. Once construction is complete, Sangley airport would be used for general aviation, freight turboprop operations and commercial turboprop operations, the DoTr said, freeing up space at NAIA’s terminal facilities. “In recent years, NAIA saw a substantial increase in the number of passengers, flights and airport slots [an] hour, resulting in a distressing state of congestion,” the DoTr said. The number of flights last year also increased by 5.75 percent, or more than 14,000, while airport slots [an] hour also climbed from 36 to 44.

Source: Manila Times June 13, 2019 16:07 UTC