Local and international airlines who made “uncoordinated flights” and aggravated the airport congestion during the three-day incident involving a Xiamen Airways that slipped off Runway 24 on August 16 would be fined P5,000 per passenger per day.
Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) General Manager Ed Monreal said they are after “the 37 of 78 local and foreign airlines that made the uncoordinated flights creating congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport [Naia].”
“If the plane is carrying some 200 passengers multiplied by P5,000 each per day, that would be the amount of penalty each air carrier would have to pay, depending on the size of the airplane,” Monreal added. “The bigger the airplane, the more passengers it carries.”
Monreal said these uncoordinated flights contributed to the airport and runway congestion “That’s is why ramp controllers at the Naia Terminal 1 have had a hard time looking a parking spot of each aircraft from different airlines,” he added.
Monreal said some of the airplanes were brought to the “remote” parking bay and those that cannot be accommodated spilled over to the taxiways.
The airlines that made the uncoordinated flights after the incident are: Asiana Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern, Etihad Airlines, Eva Air, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines, Jejus Airlines, Korean Airlines and Kuwait Airways.
Also on the list are Malaysian Airlines, Qantas Airlines, Air Brunei, Xiamen Air, Philippine Airlines, Hongkong Airlines, Air China, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Thai Airways and one more additional flight by Xiamen Airways.
Officials of several of the affected airlines said that some of their aircraft were diverted to Clark and Cebu when the first notice to airmen (Notam) was lifted.
“All in all, there are 78 flights that landed at the Naia when the Caap [Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines] lifted its first Notam but we are after the 37 other airlines,” Monreal said.