Philippines plans air talks with 4 countries

[Terpe]

The Philippines plans to revisit its air agreements with at least four other countries in the first half of next year.

Carmelo Arcilla, executive director of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), said the Philippine air panel will be holding discussions with its counterparts from Oman, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia within the first six months of 2015.

The Philippine Air Services Negotiating Panel is composed of officials from the CAB, Departments of Transportation and Communications, of Foreign Affairs, and of Tourism (DOT), as well as from the Clark International Airport Corp and of local airline companies.

Arcilla said the air negotiations with these countries are aligned with the priority of DOT to meet the government's tourist arrivals target.

The Aquino administration is pursuing more air talks as part of its open skies policy, which aims to double tourist arrivals to 10 million by 2016.

For 2014, the Philippines is aiming for 5.4 million international tourist arrivals.

Since the start of this year, the Philippines concluded air negotiations with Ethiopia, South Africa, Macau, Canada, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore and France. In 2013, the Philippine air panel concluded air negotiations with Macau, Brazil, Israel, Italy and Japan.

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[grahamw48]

Manchester - Manila return, July-August 2015.

Skyscanner shows PAL at £468.

[Ako Si Jamie]

PAL don't fly to Manchester.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Found it.

Via Abu Dhabi.

First leg with Etihad.

£468

Can't grumble with that price.

[Ako Si Jamie]

No such prices from Heathrow or Birmingham on the selected day I chose.

[grahamw48]

You're going to have to move house.

[Ako Si Jamie]

OMG

£382 Heathrow to Manila in April

China Southern

[Ako Si Jamie]

You're going to have to move house.

I've yet to fly from Birmingham so going to either Manchester or Heathrow doesn't bother me if the price is right.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Manchester - Manila return, July-August 2015.

Skyscanner shows PAL at £468.

Same price on selected dates in May & June too.

[grahamw48]

Doesn't China Southern take about a week to get there though ?....and omg some of the nightmare reviews.

[grahamw48]

It was just too hot for me a lot of the time last May, have to admit.

[Michael Parnham]

It was just too hot for me a lot of the time last May, have to admit.

Must admit Graham I never noticed any difference in temperature whatever time of year, always too hot!

[Ako Si Jamie]

May is the hottest month in the Phils I believe. Coolest is around this time of year, if you can call it that.

[grahamw48]

Yep, around this time and January.

Go for higher elevations if you don't like the heat.

[Ako Si Jamie]

So long as I'm near a swimming pool or the sea, I don't mind it.

[grahamw48]

This is just a trike ride from 'our' place.

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[Ako Si Jamie]

Doesn't look like York so I take it that is beautiful Pangasinan.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Doesn't China Southern take about a week to get there though ?....and omg some of the nightmare reviews.

I think in the past ten years or so the Chinese Airlines have improved significantly. The flights for that price of £382 would take 30 hours each way due to poor connection times.

[grahamw48]

I suppose it beats walking.

Yes, that beach isn't far from Dagupan (Bonuan Beach).

[stevewool]

Manchester - Manila return, July-August 2015.

Skyscanner shows PAL at £468.

thats a great price

[grahamw48]

Very tempting, though exact timing may be very important for me next year.