Thursday, November 30, 2006 Sriwijaya's Davao-Manado route to be launched Thursday By Ben O. Tesiorna
THE Davao-Manado route will be revived Thursday with the launching of first commercial flight of Sriwijaya Airlines expected to arrive in Davao City Thursday morning.
The Jakarta-based Sriwijaya Air's Boeing 737-200 will arrive at the Davao International Airport around 11:30 a.m. and will be flying back to Manado at 12:30 pm.
The regular run is scheduled every Monday to Thursday with arrival in Davao City at 10 a.m. and leaving for Manado at 10:45 a.m. The airline can accommodate 124 passengers and can carry cargo up to 3.5 tons in weight.
Sriwijaya's Davao-Manado route is projected to play a significant role in encouraging more movement for trade and tourism within the Bimp-Eaga.
The route is also envisioned to enhance the Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani Cooperation Triangle (Jags-CT) trade links with North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The trade links have been forged with the Jags-CT's trade mission to Indonesia last September.
A memorandum of understanding was earlier forged between the municipality of Glan and the city of Bitung on the establishment of a sister-city municipality cooperation in the areas of education, socio-cultural development, tourism promotion, fisheries and marine resource development as well as trade and commerce. (BOT/With press release)
