MIAA management will meet with all of the 43 airlines operating at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to discuss the plan.
MANILA International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Cesar Chiong announced Tuesday the shutdown of Philippine airspace from midnight until 6 am on May 17 for a ‘major activity’ to avoid repeat of Jan 1 incident.
MIAA Senior Assistant General Manager Bryan Co said that “for May 17, it’s the entire Philippine airspace that will be shut down because of the scheduled maintenance or replacement of the UPS of the CNS/ATM or ‘yung air traffic management center natin.”
UPS stands for the Uninterruptible Power Supply while CNS/ATM refers to the Communications, Navigations, Surveillance/Air Traffic. Management)
He said the maintenance activity could be shorter, “but as far as planning is concerned we’re planning for six hours.”
Chiong said the MIAA management will meet with all of the 43 airlines operating at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to discuss the plan.
The MIAA chief said the agency will be requesting from the airlines how many flights will be rescheduled due to the airspace shutdown and how they plan to implement their recovery flights, according to a post of GMA News.
In an advisory, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said corrective maintenance activity will be conducted at the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) on May 3 and May 17 to repair the Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR), replace the UPS, and upgrade the ATMS A/B power supply.
The ATMC facility houses the CNS/ATM system, which manages and supervises the air traffic activities within the Philippine Flight Information Region (FIR).
The maintenance activity on May 3 will be shorter at 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. compared to May 17 activity.
