PH May Get Back Cat 1 Status Back A TEAM from the United States Federal Aviation Authority will be in Manila in the next two months, a visit that may result in the Philippines getting back its Category 1 status by October and allow Philippine carriers to mount additional flights to the US, an official said Friday. “We don’t know when that will be, it could be sometime by September or October. We’ll know by that time whether there are any other remaining hurdles,” (Ret.) Gen. William Hotchkiss III, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), told reporters at the sidelines of the 1st Aviation Safety and Corporate Governance Symposium. Based on recommendations by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the US-FAA downgraded Philippine aviation safety standards to Category 2 for failing to comply with safety standards on air carrier operations. Before year-end or as early as October, CAAP is confident the Philippines would get back its Category 1 status, Hotchkiss noted. “It is now being implemented, and as I speak, a second visitation from the FAA is on-going and all indications are positive towards a possible upgrade before the end of the year,” he said. #OpinYon #business cont | bit.ly/18qmWec
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 01:21:10 +0000
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