The Philippines Plan to Expand Air Travel
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The Philippine government is enhancing flight availability and establishing new routes to boost tourism from key and emerging markets.
The Philippine government is working to boost flight availability and establish new routes to the country, aiming to increase arrivals from key and emerging markets. The local Dept. of Tourism unveiled plans to collaborate with various agencies at a recent Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas (Coffee time with the New Philippines) event in Quezon City. The DOT said the country's international and domestic air transport seat capacity last year exceeded 90% of its pre-pandemic level and the agency is expecting further growth this year. Seats for international flights reached 94% of pre-pandemic levels, while domestic flight capacity recovered to 99%. The DOTr signed an agreement with South Korea to increase weekly seating capacity for direct flights from Manila to Incheon from 20,000 to 30,000. South Korea brought in 1.45 million visitors in 2023. The agency is also targeting the Indian market, which ran
