Philippine Airlines may move flights out of Ninoy Aquino Airport

Philippine Airlines is looking to move some of its regional schedules from chronically congested Ninoy Aquino International (NAIA) in Manila to Clark International in Pampanga. PAL CE Jaime Bautista has indicated the airline is considering moving some operations to Clark, 50 miles outside Manila. The move is part of a govt-and-industry drive to ease congestion at NAIA, driven by recently elected Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte. However, Bautista noted that any operational move to Clark would require improved services and infrastructure there. “Not all regional or domestic flights would be transferred,” he added. Duterte has marked congestion and poor customer service at NAIA as high priority issues since his election as president in May. <br/>