Philippine Airlines plans to revive flights from Manila to New Delhi via Bangkok, following the success of its triangulated flights from Manila to Osaka and Taipei.
“In the future, we will try to study the possibility of operating in other countries where we have fifth freedom traffic rights,” PAL president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista said.
Fifth freedom is the freedom to pick up passengers and cargo from a foreign country and carry them to a second country, which is the final destination.
“We have some other entitlements. A correct example is we can fly Bangkok to India. We did this a few yeas ago but we stopped. We will again re-assess the profitability of operating this fifth freedom traffic,” Bautista said.
PAL’s flights to New Delhi were stopped in June 2013 amid low demand from local travelers.
PAL started Manila to Osaka and Taipei on June 25 through fifth freedom rights held by the Philippines.
06/07/16 Darwin G. Amojelar/The Standard
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“In the future, we will try to study the possibility of operating in other countries where we have fifth freedom traffic rights,” PAL president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista said.
Fifth freedom is the freedom to pick up passengers and cargo from a foreign country and carry them to a second country, which is the final destination.
“We have some other entitlements. A correct example is we can fly Bangkok to India. We did this a few yeas ago but we stopped. We will again re-assess the profitability of operating this fifth freedom traffic,” Bautista said.
PAL’s flights to New Delhi were stopped in June 2013 amid low demand from local travelers.
PAL started Manila to Osaka and Taipei on June 25 through fifth freedom rights held by the Philippines.
06/07/16 Darwin G. Amojelar/The Standard
