Air Asia

[Matty 0]

Just came across this on another board.

 

 

THREE more Asian budget carriers have sought permission from the Civil Aeronautics Board to fly to the Philippines through the Clark International Airport.

 

Tiger Airways of Singapore, Malaysia's Air Asia, and its subsidiary Thai Air Asia, have applied for a foreign air carrier's permit to launch flights to the former US military air base by June this year, according to CAB executive director Tomas Manalac.

 

The three carriers were taking advantage of the government's decision to adopt an open skies policy for passengers and cargo within the Clark international airport.

 

Jetstar Asia of Singapore had earlier asked the CAB for a permit to mount flights from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

 

Manalac said a provisional authority might be issued soon.

 

As for the three low-cost carriers planning to fly to Clark, he said the documents they have submitted to the CAB were incomplete.

 

Manalac said he would soon meet with the lawyers of the three carriers to advise them of the requirements and the application process.

 

While waiting to complete the process, the CAB chief said that under a liberalized air charter program for Clark airport, the three carriers could already mount charter flights to the Central Luzon hub.

 

This means that even without bilateral entitlements and pending the grant of their permit from the CAB, the budget foreign carriers could already land and take off from Clark, according to Manalac.

 

As an incentive, the carriers would enjoy exemption from aeronautical fees at Clark for six months.

 

Air Asia plans to fly to Clark from Kuala Lumpur; Thai Air Asia from Bangkok and Tiger Airways from Singapore.

 

"With this program, we can bring in low-cost airlines without going through the difficult and time-consuming negotiations to amend our bilateral air service agreements," Manalac said.

 

Lets hope this gets off the ground .

 

 

Regards

Matty

[Gus 97]

It would be very interesting if one of these airlines set up a Utapao(Pattaya)-Clark(Angeles) shuttle service, the mind boggles what guys would get up to.

The inflight snack would be, "Cialis or Viagara Sir?"

[landy2a 0]

AirAsia are now accepting bookings from KL to Clark.

 

John