More PH Airports to Provide Evening Flights
Travel-lovers can now rejoice as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) recently announced that almost half of the 42 airports in the Philippines are now offering evening flights.
This is to accommodate more passengers for their daily travels, as well as to increase the tourists in the country.
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DOTr also said in a press release that they are aiming to turn all 42 airports as night-rated before the Duterte administration ends in 2022.
Airports in Legazpi, Roxas, Dumaguete, and Caticlan were already night-rated last year, while Tuguegarao airport was night-rated just earlier this year.
Here’s the complete list of night-rated airports provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines:
- Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (Clark) – 24 hours
- Francisco Bangoy International Airport (Davao) – 24 hours
- Kalibo International Airport – 24 hours
- Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) – 24 hours
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) – 24 hours
- Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) – 24 hours
- Bacolod-Silay Airport – 24 hours
- Butuan Airport – 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Roxas Airport – 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Zamboanga International Airport – 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Iloilo Airport – 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Laguindingan Airport – 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Tacloban Airport – 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Legazpi Airport – 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Tambler International Airport (General Santos) – 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Caticlan Airport – 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Dumaguete Airport – 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Laoag International Airport – 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Puerto Princesa International Airport – 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Next airports in line are Naga and Dipolog, which are targeted before this year ends.
Meanwhile, Cauayan, Panglao, and Cotabato airports are expected to be night-rated by 2019.
Source: Philippine News Agency, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
