KLM Royal Dutch Airlines—the only European airline still operating in the Philippines—has announced the addition of two new destinations for flights out of Manila following the recent removal of “discriminatory” taxes on foreign carriers.
MANILA, Philippines—The government will try to dissuade Air France-KLM from halting its Manila-Amsterdam route—the country’s last direct service to Europe. The airline decision to stop direct flights between the two cities, announced over the weekend, was prompted by the government’s insistence on charging a 3-percent common carriers tax and a 2.5-percent gross Philippine billings tax [...]
