PAL flights to boost tourism
March 31, 2011 Time: 11:38 am IST Neelam Mathews With business between Philippines and India on the rise particularly on the IT sector, Philippines is now viewing India’s 8 million outbound travelers as Philippine Airlines (PAL) starts six weekly services to New Delhi. (Aerospace Diary broke the news on March 16, 2011). Of the six flights, three will be via Bangkok and three direct to Delhi. Jamie J.Bautista, President and COO said the A330-300 will have a configuration of 42 business class and 260 economy and ample (belly) cargo space” The airlines is offering 188,000 airline seats a year for Indian travelers to and from the Philippines. Bautista said the Indian government’s decision to grant visas on arrival was a big plus to help boost traffic. PAL and Philippine Tourism have a big job ahead. Of the two million Indians flying a year to South East Asia, only 32,817 visited the Philippines, while the rest traveled to Singapore (726,000), Thailand (611,983), Malaysia (589,838) a...