Sec. Frasco bares DOT’s intentions of initiating more flights, new routes into PH
IN a meeting with aviation executives and tourism players from Los Angeles, California, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco conveyed the Departmentโs intention of initiating more flights and new routes into the Philippines.
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด [flights] ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Department of Transportation (๐๐๐๐ณ), ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ,โ enthused the tourism chief.
โ๐๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ Secretary Frasco added.
The DOT chief also disclosed that North America has been the most consistent among the foreign visitor markets to the Philippines in terms of tourist arrivals even through the pandemic. She noted that the first international flights flown into the country upon the relaxation of border restrictions came from the US.
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต,โ Secretary Frasco emphasized.
The meeting, led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, was attended by airlines and aviation executives including Turkish Airlines Senior Marketing Representative Ms. Fatma Aybike Tebbe, Singapore Airlines Marketing and E-Commerce Manager for the Americas Regions Ms. Amy Sarto and Market Development and Partner Specialist for the Americas Mr. Ping Zhang; Delta Airlines JV Asia Sales Manager Mr. Sung Jeon, American Airlines Director of State and Local Government Affairs Mr. Eduardo Alfonso Angeles, Philippine Airlines Officer-in-Charge/Country Manager for USA Ms. Michelle Narvaez; Korean Air Regional Sales Manager, Regional Passenger Sales Office for Western US Mr. Alan Fan; Eva Airways Manager for Global Sales, Ms. Cathy Lee and Assistant Manager Mr. David Chen; China Airlines Area Sales Manager Mr. Calvin Shih and Regional Sales Manager Ms. Jenny Lee; Cathay Pacific Airways Account Manager Ms. Xiaolu Chun and Account Manager Ms. Sohwa Lee; and from the Qatar Airways, Senior Account Manager for Leisure Sales USA Ms. Meera Prashad, and Starlux Airlines Trade Account Manager Ms. Vicky Lin.
Also present are travel trade representatives namely Ms. Eliza Chung, Managing Director, Sales and Marketing & Operations, GTT Global; Mr. Carlos Gutierrez, Vice President, West Coast of Downtown Travel; Mr. David Rezaieh, Vice President, Airline Operations, Downtown Travel; Mr. Eren Aksoy, Chief Operating Officer of Picasso Travel; Atty. Ernie Ocampo representing the Philippine American Bar Association (PABA); Jhoanna De Los Reyes, Head of Philippine Team/ Manager, Los Angeles Office for Skybird International; Ms. Laudie Hanou, Vice President of Sita World Tours; Earl Francisco, Director of Sales of Mango Tours and Christine Consuji Director of Sales and Catering of Greatwolfe Lodge.