Bahrain gets 7 flights to Clark
By Rendy Isip - Manila Standard
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga—Bahrain’s Gulf Air is set to commence seven weekly flights to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here following successful air talks between the Philippines and the Persian Gulf emirate here last Feb. 16 and 17.
Clark Development Corp. (CDC) executive vice president Victor Jose Luciano and members of the Philippine air panel said “the talks were a golden opportunity for Clark so as to showcase the ongoing developments in the airport and Clark Special Economic Zone which made a strong positive impression on the Bahrainis who (visited) Clark for the first time.”
Luciano reported to CDC president Antonio Ng that the two panels agreed during the talks that Gulf Air and Philippine Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, should conclude a code-sharing agreement within 21 days. If the carriers fail to do so, a fresh round of talks between the air panels will take place.
PAL officials welcomed the additional entitlements of Gulf Air to Clark, provided no additional flights will be added to Manila.
But in Clark, Luciano said the new air service agreement features additional routes (aside from Gulf Air’s two existing weekly entitlements to Clark) to Clark by two more frequencies, including the conversion of another three frequencies to Cebu, Clark, and one roving point in the Philippines to any roving point outside of Manila to be chosen by Gulf Air.
Luciano said the agreement grants Gulf Air seven frequencies to DMIA weekly between Bahrain and Clark.
The Bahrainis “were quite pleased” with the additional entitlements, Luciano said, adding that hosting air talks with other countries “appears to be a quick approach in promoting Clark to foreign airlines.”
“Should Gulf Air, a large Middle Eastern full-service international airline with flights to Europe and US, fly to DMIA, it will open numerous possibilities for our overseas Filipino workers (and) foreign tourists.”
CDC participated in the air talks on the strength of Executive Order 500 which expanded air services and liberalized air policy for DMIA.
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga—Bahrain’s Gulf Air is set to commence seven weekly flights to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here following successful air talks between the Philippines and the Persian Gulf emirate here last Feb. 16 and 17.
Clark Development Corp. (CDC) executive vice president Victor Jose Luciano and members of the Philippine air panel said “the talks were a golden opportunity for Clark so as to showcase the ongoing developments in the airport and Clark Special Economic Zone which made a strong positive impression on the Bahrainis who (visited) Clark for the first time.”
Luciano reported to CDC president Antonio Ng that the two panels agreed during the talks that Gulf Air and Philippine Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, should conclude a code-sharing agreement within 21 days. If the carriers fail to do so, a fresh round of talks between the air panels will take place.
PAL officials welcomed the additional entitlements of Gulf Air to Clark, provided no additional flights will be added to Manila.
But in Clark, Luciano said the new air service agreement features additional routes (aside from Gulf Air’s two existing weekly entitlements to Clark) to Clark by two more frequencies, including the conversion of another three frequencies to Cebu, Clark, and one roving point in the Philippines to any roving point outside of Manila to be chosen by Gulf Air.
Luciano said the agreement grants Gulf Air seven frequencies to DMIA weekly between Bahrain and Clark.
The Bahrainis “were quite pleased” with the additional entitlements, Luciano said, adding that hosting air talks with other countries “appears to be a quick approach in promoting Clark to foreign airlines.”
“Should Gulf Air, a large Middle Eastern full-service international airline with flights to Europe and US, fly to DMIA, it will open numerous possibilities for our overseas Filipino workers (and) foreign tourists.”
CDC participated in the air talks on the strength of Executive Order 500 which expanded air services and liberalized air policy for DMIA.
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