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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Airlines able, but not willing, to fly to Cebu: CAB
Manye airlines have rights to operate in the Philippines. For Cebu alone, around 300,000 air seats are available monthly, but the utilization is not even more than 20,000.
That’s what Carmelo Arcilla, deputy executive director of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), said Tuesday during the launch of the Cebu Tourism Core Group’s (CTCG) tourism roadmap.
He said 30 airlines are authorized to operate in Cebu. “As far as the right to operate is concerned, there is really no problem. But it’s the business decision on the part of the airlines if they will operate,” he said.
On the reported negotiation between Northwest Airlines and the
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), Arcilla said: “I think it’s more of a negotiation on the landing right at MCIAA’s airport. But as far as the right to operate in Cebu is concerned, it’s already granted.”
The United States and the Philippines have unlimited rights to operate under the RP-US air transport agreement, Arcilla said.
Arcilla also said the CAB has granted Asiana Airlines and Korean Airlines extra section flights in Cebu.
“They are granted extra section flights because under the kind of arrangement we had with these Korean airlines, we only have 17 flights per week, and these have been exhausted already. The grant section flights basically mean expansion,” he said.
The CTCG’s roadmap was launched in line with the goal of getting five million tourists annually by 2010 to Cebu and its neighboring tourist destinations that are part of the tourism clusters called Cebu Plus.
The CTCG aims to bring 3.5 million foreign and 1.5 million domestic tourists annually into Cebu Plus.
The group also reported that Cebu Pacific has increased its flights from Korea and Japan to Cebu. Cathay Pacific has added flights from Japan and China to Cebu, while Asian Spirit now has up to 23 inter-island daily flights. (ALC)
(June 23, 2005 issue)
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