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Sunday, September 28, 2008 |
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SPECIAL
REPORT: CLOSED OR OPEN SKIES? |
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Closed skies policy wins |
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Philippine Travel Agencies Association, SEAIR lose
fight to PAL
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By Rene Q. Bas, Editor in Chief
THE debate is over: The “closed skies” policy has won over
“open skies.”
Executive Secretary
Eduardo Ermita told The Times: “There is no such thing as EO500-B.
There was a draft. But the President did not sign it.” (See
related story “‘No such thing as EO 500-B. President never
signed it’” by Angelo S. Samonte.)
For more than a year now, until today’s
revelation by the Executive Secretary, there has been a fight
between those segments of the aviation and the entire tourism
industry over which policy should prevail.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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‘No such thing as EO 500-B; President never signed it’
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President Gloria Arroyo has never supported a proposal calling for
the “open-skies policy” liberalizing the local aviation industry
because she was persuaded that it could have adverse effects on the
operations of local carriers.
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Why seair is in favor of open skies policy
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We asked Avelino Zapanta, president of South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR),
“Are you for the so-called open-skies policy?”
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Why PAL, Cebu Pacific don’t like the open skies policy
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We interviewed Rolando G. Estabillo, vice president of Philippine
Airlines for Corporate Communications.
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Cab: Asean open skies coming soon
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Whatever the President decides on whether there should be open or
closed skies, the open-skies policy will prevail in the end because
under the Asean all the carriers of the countries of the association
will be allowed unlimited rights.
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