Technical issues in the loadside facility of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 caused a power outage on the site Friday evening, Meralco reported.
In a statement, Joe Zaldarriaga, Meralco VP and head of corporate communications said the power distributor’s facilities inside the airport were working properly.
“Based on the results of our investigation, there were no problems experienced in the Meralco facilities. It was confirmed that the terminal’s loadside facility was having difficulties,” the executive said, quoted by an ABS-CBN News report.
Meralco also said that power in NAIA Terminal 3’s key facilities was restored at around 6 a.m. Saturday, citing a report from the airport’s engineers.
“Meralco also chose to remain on site and provide assistance while airport engineers were fixing the problem in their facility,” Zaldarriaga added.
In a related development, Cebu Pacific director for corporate communications Carmina Romero said the airline’s operations have returned to normal.
This was after 4 Cebu Pacific domestic and international flights were canceled following the outage.
A total of 16 international and 15 domestic flights, meanwhile, were affected by the power interruption, NAIA said in a statement.
“Affected passengers on the [canceled] flights have been rebooked to the next available flights within the next 24 hours, and have been informed of their new flight schedule,” the airline said in a statement.