Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America’s largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. Under the new air agreement between the Philippine and Brazilian governments, a total of seven flights a week may be mounted between Manila and any point in [...]
Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America’s largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week.
The stage is set for another head-to-head battle between the group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan and conglomerate San Miguel Corp.—this time for the P13.61-billion contract to build and operate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Expressway.
Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian’s Lion Air worth €18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande said should inspire the struggling French economy and all of Europe.
Four local airlines have asked for the rights to mount flights to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following a recently signed bilateral deal that increases flights between the Philippines and the Middle East’s biggest nation.
Local airlines waived rebooking fees for passengers whose flights were affected by torrential rains this week as Metro Manila reels from the heaviest rains seen since 2009.
Airline companies have urged the government to operate all key airports, not just Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), on a 24/7 basis to make the country more tourist friendly and to help decongest Manila.
AirAsia Philippines Inc., the Philippine unit of Malaysian budget carrier giant AirAsia Berhad, has tapped social media to promote its new flights that started last March.
