10 July 2014
The number
of flights between New Zealand and Southeast Asia is set to grow with the
approval of new air services agreements with the Philippines and Cambodia.
The
Philippines agreement is a significant improvement to previous arrangements,
phasing in the number of weekly permitted services between Auckland and Manila
from seven flights at present to 21 flights in 2020 and removing all flight
restrictions for services between all other points in New Zealand and the
Philippines. The agreement also enhances code-share arrangements to permit
code-sharing with third country carriers. "More than 40,000 Filipinos live
in New Zealand and this agreement will make it easier for friends and relatives
to visit each other in both countries."
The new
agreement with Cambodia places no limits on flights and routes operated by
airlines, including destinations between and beyond both countries, and will
allow airlines to pursue code- sharing arrangements to fly to and from
Cambodia, third-country carriers, which has seen 32 new or amended agreements
negotiated since August 2012.
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