菲律宾航空获批将加拿大航班倍增

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菲律宾航空获批将加拿大航班倍增，宿务太平洋航空也获准直飞加拿大，但尚未拿到航班额度。新闻：

MANILA – The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has approved the request of Philippine Airlines (PAL) to add flights to Canada.
Wyrlou Samodio, CAB legal division head, said its board last week approved the application of PAL for an additional 7 weekly flights to Canada.

At present, PAL flies to and from Canada 7 times a week.
The flag carrier requested the additional seat entitlements due to the rising number of Filipino-Canadians who visit the Philippines and of Filipinos moving to Canada.
Samodio said the CAB board also approved the request of Cebu Pacific to be designated as official Philippine carrier to Canada.
“We have as yet no frequency allocations to Canada, even as we got designated as an official carrier,” Jorenz Tanada, spokesperson of Cebu Pacific, said in a text message.
Tanada had said the Filipino community in Canada has grown significantly in the last 10 years.
“We look forward to offering CEB’s low cost services to Filipinos in Canada and their families back home,” he said.
The budget airline last yearbegan long-haul flights between Manila and Dubai. Cebu Pacific uses its Airbus A300-330 aircraft for its first 9-hour direct flight.
Last May, the Philippines and Canada agreed to amend their air service agreement (ASA), which was last revised in December 2008.
The new agreement increased the frequency entitlement for each side from 7 flights a week to14.
According Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, his county issued more than 47,000 visitor visas to Filipinos in 2013.
Nearly 30,000 Filipinos became permanent residents of Canada, making the Philippines the third top source-country for immigrants.
In addition, more than 650,000 Canadian residents can trace their ancestry to the Philippines. Data from the Department of Tourism show that visitors from Canada grew by 12.5 percent to 28,506 arrivals in the first two months of the year.

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