Those UAE airlines flying to Manila–but not to any of other international airports in country such as Clark or Cebu or Davao—must be having a lot more fun in the Philippines.
Those airlines simply demanded that the Philippine government should give them 26 additional flights per week right smack in the middle of the air traffic-infested Manila airport, which would really be a blast to them, because these would be on top of the 28 flights per week that they have already been enjoying for the longest time.
From what I gathered, the Philippine aviation authorities seemed to be ready to give in to the onerous demands of those airlines, namely, Emirates Airlines of Dubai and Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi.
But of course the two Filipino airlines flying to the Middle East, flag carriers Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, frowned upon the demand on the Philippine government made by those two foreign airlines.
BUSINESS
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If the Aquino (Part II) administration would give in to the pressure from those airlines, Emirates and Etihad would each have more than 25 flights per week to Manila, and the locals PAL and Cebu Pac reasoned that it would only mean certain death for them.
But surely the question would have to be, well, did our leader Benigno Simeon, aka BS, even know all about this deal happening behind his back?
