FOREIGN chambers on Monday again urged Congress to approve air transport reforms after a Senate panel released a report on a New Year's Day system glitch that shuttered the country's main airport.

In a statement, the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) of the Philippines said it supported the recommendations in Senate Committee Report 39 including the amendment of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines charter to resolve the agency's conflicting functions as regulator, operator and investigator, and the passage of bills creating the Philippine Transportation Safety Board (PTSB) and the Philippine Airports Authority.

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