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[Rich]

Cebu Pacific plane overshoots runway, other flights diverted

MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Cebu Pacific Flight 5J570 bound for Manila from Cebu slightly overshot the runway on Friday, August 4.

In a statement, the airline said the plane's nose wheel, or its front landing gear, "went outside the runway" as it was taxiing prior to takeoff from the Mactan Cebu International Airport earlier in the evening at around 6:35 pm.

As of 10:45 pm, Cebu Pacific added a replacement flight would take the deplaned passengers of Flight 5J570 to Manila following the reopening of the runway. Affected passengers will be provided meals and will receive travel vouchers for the trouble.

Cebu Pacific said earlier the following Cebu Pacific and Cebgo flights had been diverted as a result:

Bacolod-Silay Airport:

DG 6377 Roxas-Cebu
DG 6928 Butuan-Cebu
DG 6205 Legazpi-Cebu
5J 607 Clark-Cebu
Iloilo International Airport:

DG 6658 Zamboanga-Cebu
5J 434 Zamboanga-Cebu
Returned to Manila:

5J571 Manila-Cebu

source : http://www.rappler.com/nation/177736-cebu-pacific-plane-overshoots-runway

[Rich]

Hoog tijd voor een tweede runway 

Cebu Pacific cancels, reschedules Cebu flights due to runway closure Aug 09 2017

MANILA - Cebu Pacific on Wednesday said it has cancelled and rescheduled some of its flights bound to and from Cebu City on Friday because of the closure of the runway at the Mactan International Airport.
The runway will be closed from 2:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. for repairs.
The country's largest airline said the following flights have been cancelled:
- 5J562 / 5J553 Cebu-Manila-Cebu
- 5J563 / 5J564 Manila-Cebu-Manila
- 5J586 / 5J551 Cebu-Manila-Cebu
- 5J608 Cebu-Clark
- 5J611 Davao-Cebu
- DG6739 / DG6738 Cagayan de Oro (Laguindingan)-Davao-Cagayan de Oro (Laguindingan)
- DG6298 / DG6299 Caticlan (Boracay)-Clark-Caticlan (Boracay)
- 5J485 / 5J486 Manila-Bacolod-Manila
- 5J959 Manila-Davao
- 5J240 / 5J241 Cebu-Hong Kong-Cebu
- DG 6462 / DG6463 Cebu-Bacolod-Cebu
- DG6715 / DG6716 Cebu-Cagayan de Oro (Laguindingan)-Cebu
- DG6690 / DG6691 Cebu-Camiguin-Cebu
- DG6272 / DG6273 Cebu-Caticlan (Boracay)-Cebu
- DG6408 / DG6409 Cebu-Iloilo-Cebu
- DG6588 / DG6589 Cebu-Ormoc-Cebu
Twenty other flights were moved to an earlier or later schedule.

Cebu Pacific advised affected passengers told to contact their hotlines at (+632)702-08-88 or (+6332)230-88-88.

Source : http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/09/17/cebu-pacific-cancels-reschedules-cebu-flights-due-to-runway-closure

[Rich]

Cebu Pacific vliegt sinds juni nu ook naar Masbate vanaf Cebu.  Eindelijk!! 

Een retourvlucht kost zo'n 6000 à 8000 Peso en de vlucht duurt ongeveer 1 uur en ze vliegen met de ATR
2X met de boot geweest vanaf Cebu en duurt 9 uur en ondanks dat het 10x minder kost zag ik daar steeds verschrikkelijk tegenop.
1X met vliegtuig geweest vanaf Manila en duurde ongeveer 1,5 uur.

https://www.facebook.com/cebupacificairphilippines/videos/1532971273415809/

[Rich]

Dat is goed nieuws voor de Cathay Pacifiv fans    Cathay Pacific vliegt nu ook op Brussel dus hoeven we niet meer naar Schiphol of Londen.

CATHAY PACIFIC LAUNCHES NEWS FLIGHTS TO BRUSSELS, DUBLIN AND COPENHAGEN
31 August, 2017

Cathay Pacific has announced it will open new direct non-stop routes to Brussels, Dublin and Copenhagen. All three new routes will be opened in 2018.

Brussels

A new direct non-stop service between Brussels and Hong Kong will be operated as from 25 March 2018. The route will be flown four times per week and will be operated with Airbus A350 aircraft. The flight will arrive at Brussels Airport at 06:55 local time and will depart again at 13:10 local time.

The new route will allow Brussels Airport to further strengthen its Asian network. The airport is already connected with Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok and Mumbai and a new direct flight to Shanghai will be opened soon.

Last year, about 50,000 passengers travelled between Hong Kong and Belgium. The direct route to Hong Kong holds a huge potential for Belgian business travellers who place Hong Kong as the number 1 most wanted destination as it offers convenient onward connections to China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, etc.

For much more info on this new direct non-stop flight between Hong Kong and Brussels, read our separate article 'Cathay Pacific to connect Brussels Airport and Hong Kong'.

http://www.luchtzak.be/airlines/cathay-pacific/cathay-pacific-launches-news-flights-brussels-dublin-copenhagen/

[Baliw-katok]

Dat is goed nieuws voor de Cathay Pacifiv fans    Cathay Pacific vliegt nu ook op Brussel dus hoeven we niet meer naar Schiphol of Londen.

Hier een artikel in het Nederlands

[Rich]

Point-to-point buses to ply NAIA-Clark Sept. 15



MANILA - Point-to-point buses will start ferrying passengers between the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City and the Clark International Airport in Pampanga starting Friday.
Genesis Transport Service Inc., which won the bidding for the route, said ten buses will be deployed Friday, with the number expected to grow to 48 units next year.
Each bus can carry 50 passengers and is equipped with a CCTV, a GPS tracker, wifi, and charging stations for mobile gadgets.
From Clark, passengers can choose to get off at either Trinoma Mall in Quezon City or at the NAIA Terminal 3.
A trip from Clark to NAIA will cost P350, Clark to Ortigas in Pasig City at P300, and Clark to North Edsa in Quezon City at P250.
The Department of Transportation said additional point-to-point routes from Clark to other destinations in northern and central Luzon will be available soon. -- with a report from Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News



Source : http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/14/17/point-to-point-buses-to-ply-naia-clark-sept-15

[Pinkpanther]

Wie wil er na aankomst in Clark nog eens 3.5 uur in de bus als ie naar Manila moet ??
Weer zo.n achterlijk idee.

MR-X   

[Rich]

Gek idee?  Nee hoor     Vluchten naar Clark zijn dikwijls een stuk goedkoper dan naar Manila en als zo'n vlucht dan juist in je reisschema/datum past en 150 of 200 minder kost dan weet je meteen de reden van dit initiatief.

[Pinkpanther]

Ik heb dikwijls gekeken om via Clark te vliegen, een paar jaar geleden maar de prijzen waren ongeveer gelijk  !!
Ik zou zeggen maak een treinverbinding... dan zou het in 1 uur moeten kunnen, is maar 85 km !!

Mr-X   

[Luc]

Vanuit Clark zijn er vluchten naar Cebu. Voor wie niet in Manila wil zijn kan het een alternatief zijn.