NO GO FOR AIR DEAL BETWEEN PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines and Singapore failed to seal a deal to amend their air services agreement (ASA), citing unresolved “substantive and operational issues.”
“Both RP [Republic of the Philippines] and SG [Singapore] like Fifth Freedom Rights, but the substantive and operational issues attached to such Fifth Freedom remain unresolved,” said Carmelo Arcilla, executive director of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in a recent interview. “RP” is alternatively referred to as “PHL” or “PH.”
Fifth freedom basically refers to the right to carry passengers from a carrier’s own country to a second country, and from that country to a third country.
The Singapore air panel wants all Singaporean carriers to transport passengers from Singapore to Manila and pick up passengers bound for China, Japan and South Korea and vice versa.
The Philippines is asking that local carriers be allowed to fly to some parts of Europe, India and the Middle East after they have mounted flights to Singapore from Manila.
20/08/2012 : Lennie A. Lectura / Bussiness Mirror.
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