The Philippines and Australia still has not reached agreement which translates to 33 flights double the current 6,000 seat entitlements a week. Included in the negotiation is the so-called fifth freedom rights, which allow an airline to fly passengers from its home country to a second country where it has an existing air service agreement, and further to a third destination. The first freedom right, the most basic, involves the right to fly over another country without landing. Other rights mainly involve the transport of passengers between two countries under an existing agreement. However the local carriers have not exhausted the current 6,000 entitlements, with 60 percent to 70 percent of the allocation awarded to Philippine Airlines Inc. and Cebu Pacific. PAL already flies to Australia, while Cebu Pacific hopes to start using its entitlements as it expands its fleet with long-haul aircraft this year.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:15:51 +0000
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