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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The growing air traffic congestion and delay problem that we face in the country 
today is the result of many factors, including airline practices, inadequate investment in 
airport and air traffic control infrastructure, and how aviation infkastructure is priced. 
Passengers are not promptly informed of the cause of such delay resulting to their 
inconvenience. 
Addressing this problem will promote the interests of passengers, airlines, 
airports, and the local economy. If not addressed, air delay problems will intensify 
causing prejudice to the consumers. 
The proposed bill requiring commercial airlines to make flight delay information 
available to the public may help reduce flight delays. 


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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING COMMERCIAL AIRLINES TO MAKE FLIGHT DELAY 
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives ofthe Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Air Travel Delay 
Awareness Act". 
SECTION 2. Availability of Flight Delay Information. - The Secretary of the 
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) shall require each air 
carrier, foreign air carrier, or intrastate air carrier that provides air transportation or 
intrastate air transportation to make available to the public information regarding the 
delay of a scheduled passenger flight not later than 10 minutes after such information is 
available. 
SECTION 3. Manner of Availability - An air carrier, foreign air carrier, or 
intrastate air carrier shall make the information referred to in Section 2 available through 
the following: 
(1) Any Internet website of such air carrier, foreign air carrier, or intrastate air 
carrier; 
(2) Any automated recording related to flight departure or arrival times 
maintained by such air carrier, foreign air carrier, or intrastate air carrier; 
(3) Announcements at appropriate airports; and 
(4) Flight information screens at appropriate airports. 
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SECTION 4. Regulations - The Secretary of the Department of Transportation 
and Communications shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this 
Act not later than 90 days after the date of its enactment. 
SECTION 5. Prohibition and Penalties. - Any air canSer, foreign air carrier, or 
intrastate air carrier who violates the provisions of this Act, shall be liable for a fine of 
not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,OOO.OO) nor more than Seventy thousand pesos 
(P70,OOO.OO) plus suspension of license or permit for thirty (30) days; for the second 
offense, to a fine of not less than Seventy thousand pesos (P70,OOO.OO) nor more than 
Eighty thousand pesos (PS0,OOO.OO) plus suspension of license or permit for sixty (60) 
days; and for the third and final offense, imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor 
more than six (6) years or a fine of not less than Eighty thousand pesos (PSO,OOO.OO) nor 
more than One hundred thousand pesos (PlOO,OOO.OO), or both such imprisonment and 
fine, at the discretion of the court, plus the cancellation of the license or permit. 
If the offender is a firm, corporation, partnership or association, the penalty shall 
be imposed against its owner, manager, president or any responsible officer. 
If the offender is an alien, he shall be deported after serving his sentence without 
further proceeding and shall be barred from entering the Philippines. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part thereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instrnction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, 
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved. 
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