After days of negotiations, the Philippines government has inked an air deal (bilateral air service agreement) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to increase flights amid attempts of local airlines to expand aggressively and grab a large share of the Middle East market, home to millions of OFWs.
From the current 10 flights between Manila and Jeddah, the number of flights was increased to 21 per week. However, as of the moment, no local airline has flights to the Middle East.
Under the new deal, restrictions on the number of flights from Clark Freeport to any point in Saudi Arabia and from Damman to any point in the Philippines were lifted.
The air deal was brought in the negotiating table to boost the trade and tourism industry of KSA and PHL.
