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MANILA, Philippines -- As more Filipinos work in Macau, the Philippines and the former Portugal territory signed an air agreement increasing the number of flight seats 15-fold from 850 a week to 13,100, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs told INQUIRER.net Thursday.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration Franklin Ebdalin, vice chairman of the Philippine negotiating team for air talks with foreign governments, called the agreement finalized last April 24 as "short of open skies with Macau."
Under the Philippines-Macau agreement, a total of 3,600 seats will be allocated for Manila-Macau flights per week and vice versa; 6,000 seats weekly for Philippine carriers flying from Clark and Subic; and another 3,500 seats weekly for carriers outside Manila, Clark, and Subic (like Cebu, Davao, and Tuguegarao).
"We obtained a better deal with Macau because [the agreement] takes care of all the requirements for all our carriers in terms of seats capacity," he said.
