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Zubiri, Benitez join call for lower Negros airfare



BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday they are pushing for a third airline to ply the Manila to Bacolod-Silay Airport route to help bring down airfare rates.

Businessman Eduardo Alunan has been lobbying for the entry of a third airline to serve the needs of Negrenses, saying the airfare rates of the two airlines that fly to the Bacolod Silay Airport are excessive.

“This advocacy was borne out of desperation over the predatory rates of Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines, whose round trip rates are as high as P14,000 and P17,000 respectively,” Alunan said.

Those rates are more expensive than regional flights, he added.

Zubiri told the DAILY STAR that there have been several franchise applications for airlines that Congress has approved recently.

“I will reach out to them to fly the Manila-Negros route with hopefully, better rates than what we are suffering now,” the senator added.

Benitez said he informed the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) of the call for a third airline to ply the Manila-Negros Occidental route.

General Manager Ed Monreal of the Manila International Airport Authority, in reply to Benitez query, said another airline interested in plying the Manila-Negros Occidental route has to file an application through the MIAA, CAAP and Civil Aeronautics Board.

However, the problem lies in the availability of aircraft slots at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport because of runway congestion, Benitez was told.*

 

Source: 
The Visayan Daily Star

@senso for A BETTER BACOLOD

Ang isa sa akon mga handom para sa Bacolod.

Ako ang kapitan sg sini nga barko. Indi ini magkadto sa wala ukon sa tuo, kundi derecho sa direksyon sang pagbag-o sang gobyerno para sa kaayuhan sang Bacolodnon.