Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
The first amended Air Services Agreement between Singapore and a foreign country in 2014 is signed on 8 February. The Philippines and Singapore have agreed to allow increases in the number of seats on flights between Manila and Singapore, as well as expand fifth freedom rights between the two countries today.
The new agreement increases the number of seats to around 16,800 on the Manila-Singapore route per week for each country. The current number of seats is 13,800 per week for each country.
The new agreement increases the number of seats to around 16,800 on the Manila-Singapore route per week for each country. The current number of seats is 13,800 per week for each country.
According to Civil Aeronautics Board executive director Carmelo Arcilla, the agreement also expands the fifth freedom rights of both countries, by adding China for Singapore upon the requests of low cost airlines Tigerair and Jetstar, and India for the Philippines as Philippine Airlines would like to fly to other Indian cities via Singapore.
Philippine Airlines currently flies direct to Delhi from Manila.
Fifth freedom rights refer to the airline's right to fly passengers to a third country from a country with which an airline's resident country has an outstanding air services agreement.
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