Indian, Turk airlines to add Philippine destinations

Jet Airways, India’s largest private airline, and a Turkish carrier plan to add the Philippines within their Asian routes, outgoing Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim said Friday.
“We’re getting interest from both big carriers as well as budget airlines,” said Lim who told reporters he resigned as Tourism secretary effective Aug. 31 and that President Benigno Aquino III accepted it.
“They have expressed interest, but they are [still] in the talking stage as of now.”
Lim has been cited as the architect of the country’s pocket open-skies policy that has since attracted foreign carriers to increase flights or set up operations in the Philippines.
Earlier, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, also announced it would increase the number of flights in its Manila-Abu Dhabi route to 14 a week.
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways, Singapore-based JetStar Asia Airways, and Malaysian airline AirAsia Berhad have also begun regular services in the country.

Southeast Asian Airlines Inc., meanwhile, has sought government approval to fly to China, Japan and Vietnam. The company told the Civil Aeronautics Board it wanted its budget airline Seair to mount flights from Clark to three cities in China, Hanoi and Osaka and from Manila to Fukuoka, Japan.
13/08/11 Manila Standard Today

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