A foreign passenger wearing a face mask as a protection against the coronavirus disease arrives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Feb 10, 2022.MANILA — Philippine authorities halted flights in and out of Manila on New Year's Day due to a malfunction of air traffic control, which also prevented airlines bound to other destinations from using the country's airspace.
He said the outdated existing facility should be upgraded immediately and that a back-up system was also needed. As of 0800 GMT , "the system has been partially restored thereby allowing limited flight operations", the Manila International Airport Authority said in a statement. By late evening, eight flight arrivals and eight departures had been allowed, according to the airport operator.
"We're told radar and navigation facilities at Naia down. I was on my way home from Tokyo — three hours into the flight, but had to return to Haneda," tweeted one passenger, Manuel Pangilinan, chairman of Philippine telecommunications conglomerate PLDT Inc.'Stranded' in New Zealand: Singapore tour group blames travel agency for flight cancelled by airline