Manila International Airport Authority

By Richard Maslen
Emirates has opened reservations for a new daily flight linking its Dubai International Airport hub with both Mactan–Cebu International Airport and Clark International Airport (formerly the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) from the end of March 2016. The flight will operate on a triangular basis and will be flown using a two-class Boeing 777-300ER
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The new services will increase capacity between the two cities by almost 2,500 seats per week enabling Etihad to better serve the market in the UAE and the Philippines for point-to-point travel as well as supporting behind and beyond demand via its Abu Dhabi International Airport hub.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
This expansion will see Cebu Pacific Air offering its trademark low fares to the sizeable Filipino community in Guam, which currently comprises about 26 per cent of the island's population, according to the US Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
With effect from October 26, 2015, Qantas will operate an additional four Sydney-Hong Kong services each week, on top of the current daily services available from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Meanwhile, services between Sydney and Manila will increase from four to five per week between early December 2015 and late March 2016 to offer more capacity during the peak holiday season.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines has announced its plans to introduce a regular service to Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Ethiopian Airlines has today (09JUL15) launched the much anticipated new service to Manila in the Philippines, from Addis Ababa
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Following an expanded Air Service Agreement signed between the State of Qatar and the Republic of the Philippines, the Doha-based carrier will now operate a full twice-daily service to Manila, in addition to its daily flights between Clark and Doha.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Flag carrier, Philippine Airlines has announced it will launch services to Auckland from Manila later this year, marking the first time the airline has ever operated in New Zealand.
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By Richard Maslen
The carrier will offer a twice weekly service on the route from June 4, 2015, adding to its existing flights between Manila and Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Kuwait City, Kuwait and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Cebu Pacific also currently serves Dammam, Saudi Arabia, but that flight will terminate at the end of this month.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
It was revealed at World Routes in Chicago today that that the 2016 Routes Asia forum will head to the Philippines with the event taking place in the vibrant capital city of Manila between March 6th and 8th.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
A World Routes media briefing confirmed recent reports that Cebu Pacific Air will be inaugurating a three times weekly link between Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam from October 5, 2014. This will be just days after the carrier makes its debut in the country with flights to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh commencing on October 1, 2014.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.
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By Richard Maslen
The two destinations join Dubai in the network of Cebu Pacific Air's long-haul division which flies Airbus A330-300s configured in an all-Economy, 436 seat arrangement.
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By Richard Maslen
In the first change to the Philippine - Canada Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) since December 2008, the two sides have agreed to increase the frequency entitlement for each side from seven flights a week to 14. Fifth freedom rights were also increased from four to five per week.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The Star Alliance member has eight Dreamliners on order, all to be leased from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). This includes six 787-8s due from this year (four in 2014 and two in 2015) and two of larger 787-9s, which will follow in 2017.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Etihad Airways' MoU with Philippine Airlines is an important milestone in the long-standing relationship between the two flag carriers as well as ties between Abu Dhabi and the Philippines. More than 700,000 Filipinos live in the UAE and account for much of the traffic on the Abu Dhabi - Manila route each year, one of the busiest routes in the entire Etihad network.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
A recently renegotiated Air Service Agreement (ASA) between Japan and Philippines will see All Nippon Airways (ANA), Cebu Pacific Air, and Philippine Airlines all introduce more regular flights between Manila and Japanese destinations during the summer 2014 schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The Department of Tourism for the Philippines is seeking to maximise the contribution of tourism to the socio-economic development of the South East
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has opened reservations for its anticipated return to UK skies, although surprisingly it appears that the carrier has been
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Filipino low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air is pushing for an Open Skies agreement to be reached between the Philippines and Japan ahead of the latest
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Philippine Airlines is set to launch flights to at least five European cities as it seeks to quickly resume flights following the lifting of a three
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
As low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air accepted delivery of the most-densely configured Airbus A330-300 in Toulouse, France this past week, it emerged
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Asian low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air is to launch the first regular scheduled air link between the Philippines and the popular Thai leisure
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Fast expanding low-cost venture AirAsia is to grow its activities in the Philippines after agreeing terms with the majority shareholder of Zest Air
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates Airline is to introduce a second destination in the Philippines as it seeks to keep track with growing
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