Philippines to shut airspace for six hours on May 17

On May 1, a power failure that lasted nearly eight hours hit the Philippines’ main airport, leaving thousands of passengers stranded following a long holiday weekend. - Reuters

MANILA (Bloomberg): The Philippines’ airspace will be closed for six hours on May 17 to allow the replacement of an electrical equipment that malfunctioned and shut the South-East Asian country’s air traffic systems on New Year’s Day, affecting thousands of passengers.

"It’s the entire Philippine airspace that will be shut down” due to the scheduled replacement of the uninterruptible power supply at the air traffic management center, Bryan Co, senior assistant general manager at the Manila International Airport Authority told a briefing on Tuesday (May 2).