PAL eyes India; budget carriers expanding

Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday it would begin flying to India in March, restarting the flag carrier’s services to South Asia after a break of more than 16 years.
Cebu PACIFIC planes taxiing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport -3 in Manila.
PAL said it would field wide-body Airbus A330-300 jets on six times weekly flights to New Delhi, half of them direct from Manila and the others routed through Bangkok.
The New Delhi flights would give the airline a presence in South Asia for the first time since 1994 and were made possible after the Indian government relaxed visa rules to attract more Filipino visitors, it said in a statement.
The airline currently serves 26 points in 15 countries and territories, apart from 20 domestic destinations.
In the Philippines, domestic air traffic is expected to more than double to over 40 million passengers in less than 10 years, budget carrier Cebu Air, Inc., operator of Cebu Pacific, said.
20/01/11 BusinessWorld

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2011