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Written by Orange
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Open skies agreement will allow airlines of each country to fly over the territory of a country, to stop for refueling and maintenance servicing but without disembarking passengers and cargo from one country to another and back.This agreement throughout the countries of ASEAN will surely boost tourism and of course trade, substantially. Secretary Mendoza of Transportation and Communications said that the agreement will bring a lot of money to the country. Most likely there will be at least 10 million tourists coming to the Philippines as a result of the ASEAN open skies agreement. And most likely each tourist will be spending an average of at least $400. Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) has been batting for open skies and asking for the President to sign an Executive Order, EO 500B, specifically to make Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) the site of special open skies flights. If the president will sign the ASEAN open skies agreement in December, the country can have open skies-everywhere if there are qualified airports. [via] |
