{"id":99961,"date":"2017-04-26T22:02:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T02:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99961"},"modified":"2017-04-26T22:02:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T02:02:32","slug":"pal-hopes-uae-airlines-to-have-dubai-davao-abu-dhabi-davao-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/26\/pal-hopes-uae-airlines-to-have-dubai-davao-abu-dhabi-davao-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"PAL hopes UAE airlines to have Dubai-Davao, Abu Dhabi-Davao routes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) hopes that United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines such as Etihad and Emirates will have direct flights between UAE and Davao International Airport. (Photo: Philippine Airlines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) hopes that United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines such as Etihad and Emirates will have direct flights between UAE and Davao International Airport.<\/p>\n

PAL explained that if the new routes are established, that would be the first international route from Mindanao to destinations outside Southeast Asia. Thus, this would further boost Davao as a tourism hub.<\/p>\n

Moreover, PAL explained that the Davao International Airport will be a good alternative to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which is already congested.<\/p>\n

\u201dAirlines have a maximum of 40 take offs or landings per hour. As such, local airlines have been required to reduce some of our domestic flights,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The airline continued that it has already directed some of its flights to Clark, Cebu, Palawan, among others, to help ease the congestion at NAIA.<\/p>\n

Currently, Emirates flies 18 times a week from Dubai to Manila, while Etihad have 17 weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Manila.<\/p>\n

PAL and Cebu Pacific, on the other hand, fly daily to Davao. PAL also have three weekly flights to Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

The airline also cited that having the new routes would be beneficial for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who come from Mindanao.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PAL noted that if Etihad and Emirates would pursue a more Manila-Abu Dhabi flights, that would only worsen the congestion problem in NAIA.<\/p>\n

Thus, the airline hopes that this issue will be solved through the bilateral air talks with UAE, slated from April 26-27 in Cebu City.<\/p>\n

The air talks will be led by the Department of Transportation, Department of Tourism, Department of Foreign Affairs, among other agencies.<\/p>\n

The UAE delegation is expected to have representatives from its federal government, Emirates and Etihad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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