yun nga pinagtataka ko eh..sino ba pumupunta doon?

hm... uy! patapos nato! sana the next thread would have a very nice opening...

LAST POST KO BEH!

Ocge... Haha...
loko lng

ako lagi last ba! :D

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General Information
Country Philippines
ICAO RPMD
IATA DVO
City Davao
Island group Mindanao I
Time UTC+8
Elevation 00096
Clearance Status AOE
Overflight/Landing Permits Overflight: YES Landing: YES
Slots Required Inbound: N Outbound: N Agent Assist: N
Operating Hours opr 0000-0900z.
Type Active Civil Airports
Operating Agency Philippine Air Transportation Office
Latitude 07° 07' 31.88" N
Longitude 125° 38' 44.80" E
Magnetic Variation 000° E

Communications
Name Type Frequencies
DAVAO APP APP 122.4
H24
ATIS ATIS 127
H24
DAVAO RDO RDO 124
6802
3671
H24
DAVAO TWR TWR 118.1
H24

Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
05/23 9842 x 148 feet ASP 073FCWT YES

Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Frequency Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
4 DAO DAVAO 058X 112100
5 DAO DAVAO 364000

Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet A1+, Jet A1 with icing inhibitor.
100/130 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (GREEN)
80/87 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (RED)
fuel remarks:

* PPR, (NC-A1, AvGas, Petron Fuel Deopt)


Remarks
Type Detail
CAUTION Use extreme ctn, hill 145' AMSL, 1500' fr thld of Rwy 05.
CSTMS/AG/IMG CSTMS, IMG, PN rqr.
LGT Rwy 05 PAPI GS, 3.3
RSTD Two-way rdo rqr. No tight 180 turns on rwy.


Runway 05
Surface ASP: Asphalt, Asphaltic Concrete, Tar Macadam, Or Bitumen Bound Macadam (including Any Of These Surface Types With Concrete Ends).

HEADING 49.0

Latitude 07° 07' 00.03" N
Longitude 125° 38' 07.76" E
Elevation 93.0
Slope 0.0°
Landing Distance 9842 feet
Takeoff Distance 10235 feet
Lighting Systems HIRL - High Intensity Runway Lights
A2 - SALS or SALSF
PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Runway 05 ILS
Type Dme Glide Slope Localizer
Name
Freq U 331400M 109100M
Channel 028X
Glide Scope Angle 3.09
LCZR / GS Location 01261 +00841
Locator / Marker
Elevation U U U
ILS / MLS Category 1
NAVAID ID IDAO IDAO
NAVAID Type
ILS Bearing Course 50.0
LCZR Width 3.70
Threshold Crossing Height 50
ILS / DME Bias 0.2

Runway 23
Surface ASP: Asphalt, Asphaltic Concrete, Tar Macadam, Or Bitumen Bound Macadam (including Any Of These Surface Types With Concrete Ends).
HEADING 229.0
Latitude 07° 08' 03.74" N
Longitude 125° 39' 21.85" E
Elevation 96.0
Slope 0.0°
Landing Distance 9842 feet
Takeoff Distance 10235 feet
Lighting Systems A2 - SALS or SALSF
PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
HIRL - High Intensity Runway Lights

Runway 23 ILS
Type Dme Glide Slope Localizer
Name
Freq 0 333800 109900
Channel 036X
Glide Scope Angle 3.04°
LCZR / GS Location 00983 10795
Locator / Marker
Elevation
ILS / MLS Category 1
NAVAID ID IDVO IDVO
NAVAID Type
ILS Bearing Course 230.0
LCZR Width 3.60
Threshold Crossing Height 53
ILS / DME Bias 0.2

2 threads! well isn't this a busy littly thread and it hasn't even been moving much! Dang where is that kimchi station :)

muag kasagbutan lagi ang runway? d ko man mapansin yan pag nasa plane ako, ganyan ba talaga yan?

o nga noh? anyways, DIA is Davao's Pride!!

I think old na siya kay ngano naa may Cathay Pacific? that was when PAL closed man.Unya Silkair has been here since '98 pa man ata so basi old pic na.tama ba?

http://p.airliners.net/photos/middle/8/2/6/0778628.jpg

old DIA scene

wohow... ganda! dati may grandair na hnkng-dvo!
FINANCIAL CRISIS!!!

question: yung nagshut down b ang pal, kasama b domestic?

congrats on the 2nd thread. hope to see more pics here.

does MH still fly on davao now?

it ceased operations during the Asian Financial Crisis, I've heard they are planning to resume services soon though.

Right now,Airlines serving DIA are

PAL
Cebu Pacific
Air Phil
Asian Spirit (DVO-Manila;DVO-Palau)
SilkAir(DVO-Singapore)
Merpati(DVO-Manado, Indonesia)

by August
Viva Macau (Dvo-macau)

The following airlines serve the Davao International Airport:

Domestic Wing
Air Philippines (Bacolod, Cebu, Manila)
Asian Spirit (Manila)
Cebu Pacific (Cebu, Manila, Zamboanga)
Philippine Airlines (Manila)
International Wing
Asian Spirit (Koror)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Manado)
Singapore Airlines
SilkAir (Singapore)

Former airlines
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
Mindanao Express
South East Asian Airlines

The following airlines serve the Davao International Airport:

Domestic Wing

Air Philippines (Bacolod, Cebu, Manila)
Asian Spirit (Manila)
Cebu Pacific (Cebu, Manila, Zamboanga)
Philippine Airlines (Manila)

International Wing

Asian Spirit (Koror)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Manado)
Singapore Airlines
SilkAir (Singapore)

Former airlines

Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
Mindanao Express
South East Asian Airlines

it ceased operations during the Asian Financial Crisis, I've heard they are planning to resume services soon though.

Right now,Airlines serving DIA are

PAL
Cebu Pacific
Air Phil
Asian Spirit (DVO-Manila;DVO-Palau)
SilkAir(DVO-Singapore)
Merpati(DVO-Manado, Indonesia)

by August
Viva Macau (Dvo-macau)

With the current financial situation MH is in, I doubt it will soon resume the route to DVO. They have just recently agreed to cut their domestic operation considerably and share the routes to other players. All International expansion plans are currently on hold until they sort out the financial mess they are in right now. Hopefully, when they get their act together, they will resume the service. Our best chance is the LCCs but I haven't heard anything about opening up a service to davao, not even a mention that they're looking into it.

it ceased operations during the Asian Financial Crisis, I've heard they are planning to resume services soon though.

Right now,Airlines serving DIA are

PAL
Cebu Pacific
Air Phil
Asian Spirit (DVO-Manila;DVO-Palau)
SilkAir(DVO-Singapore)
Merpati(DVO-Manado, Indonesia)

by August
Viva Macau (Dvo-macau)

Throw in there the Davao-Hongkong to be serviced by Cebu Pacific come August of this year.

Is that a done-deal? I have yet to read/hear a press release from 5J about the flight.

Wow does really SQ fly to DVO?

The following airlines serve the Davao International Airport:

Domestic Wing
Air Philippines (Bacolod, Cebu, Manila)
Asian Spirit (Manila)
Cebu Pacific (Cebu, Manila, Zamboanga)
Philippine Airlines (Manila)
International Wing
Asian Spirit (Koror)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Manado)
Singapore Airlines
SilkAir (Singapore)

Former airlines
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
Mindanao Express
South East Asian Airlines

No, only Silk Air flies to Davao. But since Silk Air is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, I guess Global Davao might have mistakenly added (SQ) to the list.

Silk Air's Cebu-Davao-Singapore route is the only schedules international commercial flight at Davao International Airport, right?

I tried to search for an airline by the name Viva Macau via Google and I can't seem to find it. Does this mean that this Viva Macau brand is a hoax? :?

ay mali!!! re: VIVA MACAU...review previous thread... :)

I tried to search for an airline by the name Viva Macau via Google and I can't seem to find it. Does this mean that this Viva Macau brand is a hoax? :?

what do you mean?
i found one... http://www.viva-macau.com

with route map here http://www.viva-macau.com/routes.html
http://www.viva-macau.com/images/route_map3.jpg

^^^ una iya ingon nga Silkair ra atong international flight..tapos karon ipagawas nya nga hoax ang viva macau...hmmmm typical attitude

sorry, nagkamali ako ng pindot... :)

^^^ una iya ingon nga Silkair ra atong international flight..tapos karon ipagawas nya nga hoax ang viva macau...hmmmm typical attitude


sometimes I have the feeling that RUMORS being passed around here are taken more seriously than NEWS extracted from on-line newspapers and posted here.... :) this is the second time that such 'news' has been suspected as a HOAX (review previous thread)...Kay Ngano kaha???? :bash:

what do you mean?
i found one... http://www.viva-macau.com

with route map here http://www.viva-macau.com/routes.html
http://www.viva-macau.com/images/route_map3.jpg


I guess what he got is a super light speed internet connection that can not even download the sites graphics.... LOL

Ai unsa on man si Gravy man ang ginaapas anang mga tawhana! di man gud mag himo ug lain na user name :runaway: hehehe peace bro!

^^^ una iya ingon nga Silkair ra atong international flight..tapos karon ipagawas nya nga hoax ang viva macau...hmmmm typical attitude

unsa diay ilang agendum na pud bro? ana diay na sila? LOL

haha... Excultor...

lets leave those people alone mga bros...apparently they dont know what is going around at the DIA. Wala man koy pakialam sa MCIA so dapat wala pod silay pakialam sa DIA.

We know that MCIA gets more international flights than we do, but we get mor passenger satisfaction reports at the DIA than the MCIA. plus, alot more special flights are landing here than at mcia because we have more superior facilities here and the cost of doing business at the DIA is lower.

unsa diay ilang agendum na pud bro? ana diay na sila? LOL

well kabalo na man ka....:D

@dinabaw....naa pud diay ka did2? i pm daw sa ako imo user name beh. :D
anyway,ngano apason man kodiri? i never attacked them man diid2..never said anything derogatory about their place, never said anything negative unless provoked..basi gi apas ko diri kay nasuya sila nga dili ko nila mapa bown down sa ilang absurd ideas hehe

wow viva macau wil not only fly to davao but also to manila... that's great... additional airline to land in manila.

what do you mean?
i found one... http://www.viva-macau.com

with route map here http://www.viva-macau.com/routes.html
http://www.viva-macau.com/images/route_map3.jpg

@davaoeagle : gusto nila sila pinaka hahaha mga KSP

@ gravy : lurker lang ko didto pre,pero na man isa ka tao na "piss" kay wa kaantos ,naabot man didto sa Davao thread panghabog ang ilang litson ...hehehehe !

Good Morning sa tanan!

@davaoeagle : gusto nila sila pinaka hahaha mga KSP

@ gravy : lurker lang ko didto pre,pero na man isa ka tao na "piss" kay wa kaantos ,naabot man didto sa Davao thread panghabog ang ilang litson ...hehehehe !

Good Morning sa tanan!

kinsa kaha to siya didto, LOL. Kinsa pud ka didto Don?. Sigue gihapon combate didto ah..

^^ Lurker lang ko didto pre pero daghan davao sky guys pud didto !

wow viva macau wil not only fly to davao but also to manila... that's great... additional airline to land in manila.

not manila but clark... :)

tumaas na ba ang terminal fee sa DIA? ive read somewhere nga mag 200 na pud ang TF sa DIA eh...

Just want to share these old photos... :) here are some "pre-google earth" aerial shots of davao and (old) davao airport runway approach....taken in 1993 (by yours truly/wearing sunglasses)


catalunan and part of GSIS (?)
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/1992%20Cessna%20Flight/1992_JCFMcessna-2.jpg

Victoria Plaza still u/c

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/1992%20Cessna%20Flight/1992_JCFMcessna-1.jpg


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/1992%20Cessna%20Flight/1992_JCFMcessna-3.jpg

net find

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/11527_1024.jpg


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rock on DIA!! :rock:

wala lang!

Just want to share these old photos... :) here are some "pre-google earth" aerial shots of davao and (old) davao airport runway approach....taken in 1993 (by yours truly/wearing sunglasses)

Wow, you're a pilot? What aircraft is that?

Wow, you're a pilot? What aircraft is that?
check your PM for answer :)

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Going EAGA? Worry no more about travel taxes

Written by Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews
Tuesday, 18 July 2006 08 50 38

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/17 July) – Going EAGA? Worry no more about paying the P1,620 or $31 travel tax.
The government has revived the 100% travel tax exemption for all travelers bound for various destinations in the East Asean Growth Area (EAGA) to boost the country's trade and tourism linkages in the sub-region.

EAGA comprises Brunei, East Indonesia, East Malaysia and Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines.

Tourism Undersecretary Oscar Palabyab announced at the opening of the 3rd BIMP-EAGA Joint Cluster Meeting on Tourism Development at noon today that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved the 100 per cent travel tax exemption, which was last implemented in December 2004.

Palabyab, the Department of Tourism's national coordinator for BIMP-EAGA affairs, said this development was officially relayed by Malacanang to his office this morning.

“This really means a lot to our ongoing tourism development initiatives because this is an outright reduction of at least P1,620 or about US$31 in the regular travel expenses of our visitors and local travelers,” he said.

Palabyab said they expect the newly-approved travel tax exemption to officially take effect within this month.

The Philippine Tourism Authority presently charges P1,620 travel tax for all outbound economy class trips and P2,700 for first class trips to any destination abroad.

The government first implemented the free travel tax policy for the BIMP-EAGA in March 1995 to encourage transit through Mindanao as an international gateway to or from the other parts of the region but it ended in December 2004 after several extensions.

Since last year, business and tourism stakeholders in Mindanao, where the government's BIMP-EAGA efforts are concentrated, have been lobbying for the revival of the travel tax exemption to help boost the renewed economic and trade exchanges in the sub-region.

“(The revival of ) the travel tax exemption is the government's response to our ongoing initiatives for the BIMP-EAGA,” said Palabyab, who heads the Philippine delegation in the two-day gathering.

He said the government, through the Department of Transportation and Communication, earlier decided to cut down the aeronautical fees by at least 50 percent in preparation for the proposed liberalization of the sub-region's air linkages.

The joint cluster meeting, considered as the biggest gathering of tourism officials from BIMP-EAGA member-countries, was also attended by high-level delegations from the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia and an observer team from Australia's Northern Territory.

Brunei Darrussalam failed to send its delegation due to the celebrations for the 60th birth anniversary of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Among the main talking points of the meeting are the proposed integration of BIMP-EAGA's tourist development initiatives and the opening of more air and sea linkages in its key component cities.

All agreements and recommendations that would arise in the meeting would be elevated by the cluster to the scheduled conference of BIMP-EAGA ministers and heads of state tobe held in Cebu in December. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)


Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09 20 27 )

ive read somwhere nga usa sa pinakamodern ang navigational facilites sa DIA? can anyone post links to that or post your insights lang

not manila but clark... :)

ay kala ko sa manila.... but sa clark?

^^ kung di ka nagmamadali tatanungin ko ang crew nila pag land nila dito nest month.hehe

anyway, maybe because viva macau is an LCC and clark is a hub for LCCs?

korek si gravy...LCC kasi ang viva...so clark and davao lang sila...

LCC pero 767 ER ang aircraft....hehehehe....

korek si gravy...LCC kasi ang viva...so clark and davao lang sila...

LCC pero 767 ER ang aircraft....hehehehe....

yelp!!! what's LCC?

^^ Low Cost Carrier :)

i found a recent pic of the Davao airport a few weeks ago.. forgot were i saw the picture from but........

The terminal now has that ugly wrap with Smart Communications like Cebu.. worst part is.
its not on the windows... its on the cladding

i found a recent pic of the Davao airport a few weeks ago.. forgot were i saw the picture from but........

The terminal now has that ugly wrap with Smart Communications like Cebu.. worst part is.
its not on the windows... its on the cladding

its all about marketing for smart and money for the davao airport.....malapit na kasi ang kadayawan....aalisin naman yan after.... its expensive pa naman to advertise there.....

Actually, I find DIA nice. Just one question: Encarta will refer to DIA as Francisco Bangoy Int'l., is this the old name of the Sasa Terminal?

Anyway, like its savvy lobby but its not-steel toe shoe-friendly since you have to take off the shoes for inspection. But at least its for the safety of majority.

Yung sa Cebu, ok na sana...Di na lang sana nila nilagyan ng Smart ang mga bintana. Ang pangit tuloy. There have been issues with advertising of telecoms such as destroying the beauty of the establishment or taking the attention away...buti na nga lang at hindi higanteng tarpaulin ang nilagay nila sa DIA.

parang yung johnsons na sticker na nakadikit sa glass ng escalators..i see it in NCCC mall, gaisano south and robinsons bacolod...sama tingnan!

actually i find the smart sticker attractive...

No...no...I don't mean anything bad okay. I just happen to use Wikipedia once and tried to count all the airline brands that were listed in there (as what my signature suggest) but I could not find it [Viva Macau] listed below the SAR (Special Administrative Region), Macau.

Well, since you proved that Viva Macau is a real airline...good. My God! I don't have anything against Davao! [Scratches head...apparently perplexed by the reaction of some forumers].

That was a question...not an attack of any sort. My God! Guys, everytime I post I make sure that no one would be offended. I'm simply perplexed at the idea that you guys reacted so negatively at the question whether Viva Macau is a hoax or not. Okay, maybe I said it wrongly...but my whole intention was to know not to attack and/or bring down DIA. I like DIA for crying out loud (My favorite airport, aesthetics-wise, in the Philippines)! So, please...stop with the bashing because it's greatly unneeded and unnecessary.

Okay na ha...no...seriously dudes...Cheers :)

^^ ha a..my apologies too..we just misinterpreted your posts..you know how it is here in SSC right? some posts have double meaning.. in guise of "misinformed" posts kuno pero they have a diff agenda diay.hehe anyway, i think you meant no harm..so its good its all cleared now :)

Ok. Thanks...

I tried to search for an airline by the name Viva Macau via Google and I can't seem to find it. Does this mean that this Viva Macau brand is a hoax? :?

no problemo The Cebuano Exultor... i also responded to your query above that's why i gave you the link to the viva macau website which ironically i found at google. maybe some forumers just misinterpreted some of your posts, but what the hell, all is well now. :)

Any pix from the old Sasa Airport?

Airline to put up Davao-Australia flights
Written by Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews
Friday, 21 July 2006

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 July) -- An emerging international airline based in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) plans to expand its operations in Mindanao later this year in a bid to help facilitate the trade exchanges between the two areas. Quentin Kilian, director for Asian relations of the NT Department of the Chief Minister's Trade and Major Products Division, said that Air Frontier announced it would soon launch passenger and cargo flights between Davao City and Darwin in Australia. “The airline is targeting to launch its maiden flight via Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea before the end of the year,” Kilian told MindaNews. Darwin, considered as Australia's northern gateway, is NT's seat of government as well as trade and industrial center.

Kilian said Air Frontier's expansion to Mindanao was earlier pushed by the NT government as part of its strategic development programs for the resurging Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

He said NT, the sub-region's long-time development partner, is currently connected to the area through Garuda Airline's Darwin-Bali and Darwin-Balikpapan flights and Royal Brunei Airline's Darwin-Brunei flights.

Kilian said among the airline's primary considerations for expanding to Mindanao was the area's cultural connections with Darwin, which is home to more than 6,000 Filipino immigrants who trace their roots to Davao and Cebu.

Considering that the flying time between Davao and Darwin is only about three hours, he said it would be easier and cheaper for Filipinos in northern Australia to visit the country.

Kilian said Air Frontier, which operates regular flights between Darwin and several cities in Australia, is initially planning to establish a base in Davao City.

“We consider this as a long-term venture because both areas offer tremendous opportunities in terms of tourism, trade and investments,” he said.

Kilian said the NT government is eyeing to develop Davao City as an alternative gateway for various products from Mindanao and neighboring areas in the sub-region.

He said they are currently trying to link up NT businessmen with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the area to facilitate the trade exchanges, mainly of agricultural products, food commodities and construction materials.

In terms of investments, he said NT is also interested in Mindanao's huge potentials in mining and related ventures.

“Mining is one of NT's expertise being largely a mineral base. We're initially planning to conduct a series of mining safety and mine rehabilitation trainings before the end of the year,” he added.

At least 12 Australian companies are presently working on various mining projects in the country, most of which are located in Mindanao.
Two of the biggest mining ventures, each requiring investments of over US$1 billion, are based in Mindanao -- the BHP Billiton/QNI Pujada Nickel Project in Davao Oriental and the Indophil-Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) Copper and Gold Project in nearby Tampakan town in South Cotabato.

^^ Low Cost Carrier :)

thanks for the info!

napadaan ako sa mamay road kahapon, timing paalis din ang cebu pacific...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0284.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0289.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0290.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0291.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0292.jpg

napadaan ako sa mamay road kahapon, timing paalis din ang cebu pacific...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/kulaskusgan/air/IMG_0292.jpg

Nice Pix, :) Merci (I'm wondering why they're still using the DC-9?)

Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Old Davao airport eyed as military base camp

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is said to be eyeing the old Davao International Airport as a possible headquarter for the new Southern Command (Southcom) office to be established in Davao Region.

A highly placed source revealed that AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon has already informed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte on the plan and are just waiting for the go-signal from the two officials.

The AFP is also planning to use the Southern Philippines Development Authority's property in Catalunan Pequeno for Southcom's training facilities.

Arroyo declared last week the plan to divide the AFP's Southcom into two.

Presently, Southcom is based in Zamboanga City.

If plans push through, a Southcom Eastern Mindanao will be established in Davao City to take care of all military operations in Davao and other neighboring regions.

The Zamboanga Peninsula and other neighboring areas meanwhile will be under the Southcom Western Mindanao area.

Southcom comprises about 60 percent, or 70,000 troops, of the 120,000-strong Armed Forces.

Esperon said the reason for such a split is for the AFP to effectively go after enemies of the state like the New People's Army and the Abu Sayyaf and their allies.

"Southcom is characterized by the strong presence of secessionist movements, which are now under control, but we have some terrorists that we have to address. (We will divide Southcom) for better control and to put more focus in the fight against the communist terrorists in the eastern part of Mindanao," Esperon said.

Esperon said Southcom's split may be implemented by the first week of August.

He said he would make "some redeployment" of troops from other parts of the country to Mindanao to fill up the new area command.

Esperon, however, did not mention how many troops would be involved.

The Southcom is the biggest of the six unified commands in the military.

The others are Northern Luzon Command based in Tarlac, Southern Luzon Command based in Quezon; National Capital Region Command based in Camp Aguinaldo; Central Command based in Cebu; and Western Command based in Palawan.

Southcom is currently headed by Lieutenant General Gabriel Habacon. (BOT)

For Bisaya stories from Davao. Click here.

(July 25, 2006 issue)
Sun.Star

Mindanao Daily Mirror July 29, 2006

SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTERS PLANNED IN 8 AIRPORTS

Airport authorities are planning to create local Searc and Rescue (SAR) centers in 8 airports in the country including the Davao International Airport (DIA).

In a statement, former Philippine Search and Rescue Cheif Joey Reyes Jr. said although the Rescue and Coordination Center (RCC) serves the country's airspace, the creation of SAR center is necessary to facilitate immediate SAR services in times of aircraft emergencies.

For his part, DIA manager, Engr. Frederick San Felix said it is time to have a local RCC in light of the airports increasing traffic volume due to additional flight operations.

He said DIA will have new airlines with new flight routes like Hong Kong, Macau, Darwin-Australia and Seoul in addition to existing routes such as Palau, Singapore, and Manado.

San Felix also said the SRC would attract more travellers to the country.

He said the BIMP-EAGA group could create a joint rescue center to ensure the safety of airspace users specifically in portions of high seas areas.

The plan would likely push through with the recently concluded two-week Search and Rescue Specialization Training held on July 17 to 28 at the DIA conference room.

Davao Air Traffic Controllers and Airways Communication participated in the training where they were taught advanced skills on SAR coordination, search planning, map plottingof possible search areas during aircraft-related accidents rescue operations. Judy Quiros


***Hmmmm.. ano kaya ang airports na ito? Davao, Cebu, Puerto Princessa, Clark, Subic, Naia, Laoag, Zamboanga, General Santos, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Iloilo...???

exciting!

exciting!

hopefully walang mangyari (tama na yoong 1998 crash, hindi na sana maulit) :)

oo nga! dapat wala nang mangyari!

That was terrible, I lost a friend (and a friend of everyone) there. My friends and I payed the crash site a visit to offer prayers.

Nice Pix, :) Merci (I'm wondering why they're still using the DC-9?)

Goodbye DC-9 Cebu Pacific. I have the news that DC9 has just retired service.

the cebu pacific dc-9 will be missed...

BYE CEBU PACIFIC DC-9! :cry:

http://www.viva-macau.com

with route map here http://www.viva-macau.com/routes.html
http://www.viva-macau.com/images/route_map3.jpg


Christmas is nearing...at August na.... :)

Pwede na bang mag-book sa viva-macau? saan?


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/kappans_globe/ConCon%20Pics%20unedited/cdoanddavao029.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/kappans_globe/ConCon%20Pics%20unedited/cdoanddavao030.jpg

Rescue center to be set up
By Rizalene P. Acac Published : 2006-08-01

A LOCAL search and rescue sub-center will be established in the Davao Region to respond to aircraft problems in Eastern, Central and Northern Mindanao.

Engr. Frederick G. San Felix, Davao International Airport manager, said it is high time that a rescue coordination center be placed in the airport since airline traffic volume is increasing.

“Come September, we will have new airlines with new flight routes like HongKong, Macau, Darwin, Australia and Seoul, South Korea aside from our already established Palau, Singapore and Manado routes, he said.

As an initial step, air traffic controllers and other staff underwent a two-week search and rescue specialization training last July 17-28. Joey V. Reyes, Jr., former Philippine Search and Rescue chief, said participants of the training were taught with advance skills on efficient search and rescue coordination, search planning and map plotting.

“Although we have the Philippine Rescue and Coordination Center serving the whole Philippine airspace in Manila, the creation of local sub-center is necessary since this will facilitate immediate and more effective flow of search and rescue services not only for aeronautical but for maritime incidents as well,” he said.

The sub-center would operate on a 24- hour basis to conduct, search and rescue planning and operations in cases of airspace accidents. The center would serve eight center airports in the island including Davao International Airport, Tambler Airport and Bislig airport.

saw a PAL A340 nga pala kanina around 5+ PM...so ginagamit na rin pala ang A340 sa davao domestic..i thought A330 and B747 lang..

^^I actually see them use it all the time, kung walang a330 siguro!


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/kappans_globe/ConCon%20Pics%20unedited/cdoanddavao030.jpg
:gaah: this is my pet peeve with this airport. we should be using the normal driveway, lobby drop off and arrival pick up area as designed by the original architects (the old airport bombing was done way before construction!), they have already taken into account security measures, these measures are OA and not even that effective. if someone wanted to explode a big enough bomb it would still damage the airport in the same way that a bomb in the designed dropoffpickup area would! and the people would still be dead!!!

kulaskusgan, you may have taken the last few flights of the 5J dc9! Asa ka when you took that, sa may vincent noh!

Way too cool: My kids will be leaving New York for Davao City later this month. Their itinerary: Singapore Air from JFK to Singapore then a 2-hour layover then they board a Silk Air straight to Davao. Fare: AROUND $1200.00 - round trip. Pretty reasonable, IMO.

kulaskusgan, you may have taken the last few flights of the 5J dc9! Asa ka when you took that, sa may vincent noh!

familiar? dun sa tinuro mong place dati. beside lea subd & vincent hts. i was waiting for wood-fired pizzas be served. :)

^^hehe antay lang bai, may prinoject na kong uncle, maayos lang man sa ato para guapo na iyung lugar, can not promise the pizza lang muna kay akong pinsan di pa marunong mag luto !

bel, US$ 1200 IMO is an outstanding price for a two leg deal on that sq flight (their flagship route!, isn't it all business class too :) yum! you are a kind father indeed!)

^^bel, US$ 1200 IMO is an outstanding price for a two leg deal on that sq flight (their flagship route!, isn't it all business class too :) yum! you are a kind father indeed!)

Bustero,

US$ 1200 is, indeed, a pretty good deal! No need to make arrangements for someone to meet them at NAIA, no need to make sure the maid in Manila prepares a room and have sufficient food and snacks in the fridge for their overnight stay, no need to make arrangements to make sure a driver and a car is available to drive them to the domestic airport, etc. The way they're going, I drive them to JFK from Connecticut, they take their Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore; arrive in Singapore; call their Lola in Davao from Singapore and tell her what time they will be arriving in Davao then board their flight bound for DVO. In Davao, they arrive, sail through immigration and customs, exit the airport, board the minivan then head for home. They'll have time to have lunch in Samal, go back home and walk over to G-Mall or be driven to SM to catch a movie or have a snack! Sama na lang kaya ako?!?!?!?!

BTW, Are you an Angliongto?

^^yup , i guess the bel means belisario??? :)

kuya peter, (http://www.airlinequality.com/Airports/Airport_forum/dvo.htm) hehe... plus 1 (tagalog) plus river (spanish) = silingan sa mamay.

^^sleepwalker, nag-iba ka na ng pagkatao?:D

^^ Evolution daw ang tawag sabi ni Charles Darwin. hehe.

^^Hehe...sige good luck sa evolution ;)

Baka na-ooOT na tayo...Hehehe

^^ ebolusyon na pabaliktad. simula sa tao paatras. OT pa rin: buti na lang di ko nabasa signature mo.

naa na diay DVO-HKG ang Cebu pacific..check this out

http://www.cebupacificair.com/

for only P2,999 ++

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/cebdvo_hkg.gif

naa na diay DVO-HKG ang Cebu pacific..check this out

http://www.cebupacificair.com/

for only P2,999 ++

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/cebdvo_hkg.gif

Haaaaah! sayanga bro uy! nakapabook na kami for HOgnkong this August 21. Sayanga Uy!

naa pa man na ++ meaning dili jud na cya P2999 but higher pa

Ola Dave pero di man ako kuya matanda ka sa akin hihihi

naa na diay DVO-HKG ang Cebu pacific..check this out

http://www.cebupacificair.com/

for only P2,999 ++

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/cebdvo_hkg.gif

COOOOOOL :cucumber: :banana: :cucumber: :banana: :okay:

finally! we need to get some more of this to Davao. I hope it is succesful!

‘Kadayawan ‘2006’ updates now online
Published : 2006-08-08

Updates of this year’s celebration of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival can now be viewed in the world wide web at http://www.kadayawan.com. The Kadayawan sa Dabaw is an annual thanksgiving celebration for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture and history, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living.

Exciting events this year include indigenous and traditional games, showcase of Mindanaoan fashion and floral arts, river festival, indigenous musical exhibition, tribute to tribal elders of indigenous and Muslim tribes, Mindanao indigenous dance festival, band parade, trade fair, food and music street fiesta, street parties, search for a gender-free “festival symbol”, colorful street dancing, and a grand floral float parade.

The official festival website features the schedule of the abovementioned events, press updates, photo gallery and helpful Davao City facts. Created and maintained by Digilution (www.digilution.ph), the website aims to promote the festival not only to tourists present during the celebration but also to prospective visitors worldwide.

Digilution is Davao-based IT company specializing in internet solutions, software development, manufacturing automation and operates a one-stop business center along E. Jacinto Street, Davao City.

someone mntioned a davao-SoKor route..any updates on that?

GREAT! may DVO-HKG flight na(mura pud naay koy pliti paingon HKG)

Ola Dave pero di man ako kuya matanda ka sa akin hihihi



sa mga posts mo, kala ko sing-edad mo uncle mo. 25 ka lang pala, sorry PO. haha :jk:

^^ ebolusyon na pabaliktad. simula sa tao paatras. OT pa rin: buti na lang di ko nabasa signature mo.

hehehe...ok lang, di namang maiiwasang makita

May HKG-DVO na flights na rin on CebPac sa wakas! Wow, talagang expaniding ang services ng DVO. Tapos, may proposed Darwin flights pa, diba?

^^ tagal na yan proposed pero di pa rin nagmamaterialize..the dvo-sokor route, which was posted in the davao thread is more feasible pa..and they said it will commence sometime this september daw..

here it is pala

Korean group to assist city
By Peter L. Magbanua Published : 2006-08-08

THE Davao Korean Association (DKA) has vowed to help the city by implementing various projects. Johnny Kim, DKA president, said that their association is looking for possible beneficiaries for their projects.

“We have already considered the idea of helping the Bantay Bata program.
We are Koreans who are living in the city for so many years. I think it’s about time for us to show our support to the city and the Philippines,” said Kim, also the Philippine Taekwondo Association Region 11 director.

Kim added that he is also encouraging the members of the association to pay their taxes in order to boost the city’s economy. “We want to help the city in any way possible like taxes and other projects.

Right now we would like to announce that there will be two flights every week starting this September directly to South Korea. This will open the doors for investors and tourists. Then, by November from two flights weekly, it will be a regular flight for South Korea to the Philippines,” Kim explained, although he did not mention the airlines.

Aside from that, Kim said that they will also help other Koreans who are not members of the association on how to start a business in the city and how to get their visas and working visas process. “

If our projects, which we are coordinating with the Korean embassy in Manila, will push through we will be helping a lot of Filipinos and at the same time invite more Koreans to come and visit the Philippines and invest here,” Kim stressed.

There are about 100 active members of the association and about 500 Korean families living in the city.

which airline will serve davao - south korea from september/november ???

suddenly lots of airlines are interested in serving davao : an australian start up (darwin), hongkong (CEB), royal brunai (daressalam?), viva macao (Macao).
sounds great for davao !

never heard of the australia and brunei-based airlines /routes..even the South Korean route isnt clear yet..anyone got more info re these three routes?

Way too cool: My kids will be leaving New York for Davao City later this month. Their itinerary: Singapore Air from JFK to Singapore then a 2-hour layover then they board a Silk Air straight to Davao. Fare: AROUND $1200.00 - round trip. Pretty reasonable, IMO.

wow jon, if they'll be in singapore a bit longer they can take a city tour for free i think. if i were to go home next year, i'd love to take the singapore route and hop on those city tour. and it's convenient landing in davao instead of manila or cebu.

its confirmed already......

viva macau will start to fly to the city on september 17.....

asiana will fly the davao-seoul route this september.....

its confirmed already......

viva macau will start to fly to the city on september 17.....

asiana will fly the davao-seoul route this september.....


good news... :cheers: where can i book overseas?

good news... :cheers: where can i book overseas?

i dont know yet....i think u can check ou the websites of these airlines....though, i think no info has been posted there yet...

its confirmed already......

viva macau will start to fly to the city on september 17.....

asiana will fly the davao-seoul route this september.....

whered you get the asiana route confirmation? is it a direct flight or via manila/clark?

whered you get the asiana route confirmation? is it a direct flight or via manila/clark?

the confirmation came from my cousin who works for MASCOR. they handle kasi the international flights at the DIA.

it will be a direct flight.....

thats great new..maski 1x or 2x a week it would really give davaos tourism indusry a boost

thats great new..maski 1x or 2x a week it would really give davaos tourism indusry a boost

mag start daw ng 2 times a week sa september...by novermber daw, kung ok ang load factor, baka mag daily daw sila....

747-400 DAW(i dont know how true) ang asiana... 767-300 ang viva macau....

ganun ba karami koreano sa atin? OA naman kung daily..tska kung 747

he sure its direct? kasi it makes more sense na kung Seoul-Clark-Davao instead na Seoul-davao direct diba?

hehe para kahit pa-clark lang ako, makasakay ko ug asiana

^^ if true... it would be nice to see DIA with those airlines&aircrafts

Good news! Davao would be Asiana's 4th route in the Philippines :okay:

I doubt they would fly their 747s to Davao, though, because they don't even fly them to Manila. Maybe because Korean and PAL fly to Korean routes as well, but, still, 747 is too big. They probably would use their A321's, they fly them to their other Philippine routes anyway. Or, if not, maybe their 767's.

WOW!! Very good news!!

Can the airport terminal even handle 747s? I know the airport can. What about the Jetbridges?? Doesn't PAL sometimes fly their 747s to DVO?

WOW!! Very good news!!

Can the airport terminal even handle 747s? I know the airport can. What about the Jetbridges?? Doesn't PAL sometimes fly their 747s to DVO?

yes the terminal can handle 747's....the jetbridges can also handle the 747...

Good news! Davao would be Asiana's 4th route in the Philippines :okay:

I doubt they would fly their 747s to Davao, though, because they don't even fly them to Manila. Maybe because Korean and PAL fly to Korean routes as well, but, still, 747 is too big. They probably would use their A321's, they fly them to their other Philippine routes anyway. Or, if not, maybe their 767's.

kaya nga my source said the word DAW. d kasi sila sure kung what aircraft. maybe the a321 or a330...who knows...only asiana nows....

ganun ba karami koreano sa atin? OA naman kung daily..tska kung 747

he sure its direct? kasi it makes more sense na kung Seoul-Clark-Davao instead na Seoul-davao direct diba?

hehe para kahit pa-clark lang ako, makasakay ko ug asiana

i asked HER again and said that it will start twice weekly and see in november if the load factor is good. then they will make it daily... direct daw talaga eh...yun yung communication sa kanila... we really do not know what aircraft they will fly here.. maybe a321 or a330...only asiana knows...

^^ DIA is International Airport right? It is made for wide-bodied aircrafts. I wonder kailan kaya lalapag sa Pilipinas ang A380? :D

^^These are all excellent , excellent news. even A321 is very good already IMO. A high density layout can go up to 220 pax! At twice a week that's 440 pax/week or 22,880 seats a year! That's huge if even half come true in terms of unique tourist numbers. That's just one country one airline twice a week. If the same airplane did daily, then the numbers are even more humongous 80,300 koreans a year. This is much bigger than it seems. If the average stay is only 3 nights that's already 660 beds a day, the hotels will fill up easily with such a load. And that's with their narrowbody! Actually a twice weekly 744 would make sense as they probably have that capacity sitting around when it's not doing it's normal transpacific or kangaroo run. These long routes place big holes, the same way PR has them (that's why they do dayllight runs to cebu davao with them). hehe better fix that viewing deck quick !

Pareko we better start that bulgogi kimchi business quick bago maunahan tayo!!!

looking good for davao !
now all we need is someone local with access to the tarmac to shoot all these new clippers rowed up from the airborne side so we can all watch how international davao can be !

wow jon, if they'll be in singapore a bit longer they can take a city tour for free i think. if i were to go home next year, i'd love to take the singapore route and hop on those city tour. and it's convenient landing in davao instead of manila or cebu.

I know, Paul. Kaya lang nga the layover is only a few hours. Besides, mas-excited sila mag-Davao. Actually, they initially frowned on having to wait at the Singapore airport for 2 hours. Hahahaha

JB

if davao is asiana's 4th Phil route, whats the third? i checked their webist and it only show Manila and Clark so far..

@huistenmark

yep PAL uses sometimes the 747-400 for Davao...it even used the A340 last week..

I know, Paul. Kaya lang nga the layover is only a few hours. Besides, mas-excited sila mag-Davao. Actually, they initially frowned on having to wait at the Singapore airport for 2 hours. Hahahaha

JB

maski siguro ako. sa pauli na lang siguro hehehe. at least the wait won't be a bore.

if davao is asiana's 4th Phil route, whats the third? i checked their webist and it only show Manila and Clark so far..


Right now, Asiana flies to Manila, Clark, and Cebu. ;)

Wow, good news for DVo, this wil be Asiana's 4th destination to Philippines, does Korean Air have any planes to fly to DVO?

Right now, Asiana flies to Manila, Clark, and Cebu. ;)

^^ MNL is the only airport in the Philippines that Korean Air fly to so a wide-bodied Asiana twice a week isn't impossible after all. You also have a point, bustero, about the aircraft availability. Sa madaling salita, so-solohin ng Asiana ang ICN-DVO DVO-ICN route. ;)

so by the end of the year davaos intrnational routes will be

manado - bouraq/merpati
singapore - silkair
hongkong - cebu pacific
palau - asian spirit
macau - viva macau
Seoul/Incheon - Asiana


paging Philippine Airlines...asa na man tawon mo mga dong?

In the latest press releases, PAL said they will start the Davao-Hongkong flight early next year. As usual, PAL is living up to its name. PALaging late. lol

so by the end of the year davaos intrnational routes will be

manado - bouraq/merpati
singapore - silkair
hongkong - cebu pacific
palau - asian spirit
macau - viva macau
Seoul/Incheon - Asiana


paging Philippine Airlines...asa na man tawon mo mga dong?

if that will be the case, wow, davao's airport will truly be busy and very international (sorry for the pun) after all.

well those are almost confirmed..lols almost--confirmed

pero yeah more or less theyre a go..actually

so yes DIA will be very busy by the end of the year

well those are almost confirmed..lols almost--confirmed

pero yeah more or less theyre a go..actually

so yes DIA will be very busy by the end of the year


paging CX.....kanus-a man mo lupad ug davao? :runaway:

so by the end of the year davaos intrnational routes will be

manado - bouraq/merpati
singapore - silkair
hongkong - cebu pacific
palau - asian spirit
macau - viva macau
Seoul/Incheon - Asiana


paging Philippine Airlines...asa na man tawon mo mga dong?
thats great for davao! ... hmm maybe jetstar international should start routes to davao! after all, they are a low cost international airline that flies to tourist destinations is asia!

paging CX.....kanus-a man mo lupad ug davao? :runaway:

di daw sila mo fly sa Davao unless maglagay tayo ng taxi way kasi daw baka masira ang landing gears nila sa pag-ikot after landing. corny noh?

Humahataw ang Davao ahh...

Baka soon enough may MidEast carrier na diyan...pero mas feasible pa rin ang magkaroon ng more Asian LCCs serving DVO to Asian destinations like Malaysia or Thailand.

@Gravy_addict: Like your sig :D

di daw sila mo fly sa Davao unless maglagay tayo ng taxi way kasi daw baka masira ang landing gears nila sa pag-ikot after landing. corny noh?

hmmmm...dati nga sa kaitak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cub3n4QrCrs) yoong mga plane halus liparin ng hangin sa paglanding (crosswind) ...mas delikado yoon kaysa sa full turn sa DIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cub3n4QrCrs

hmmmm...dati nga sa kaitak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cub3n4QrCrs) yoong mga plane halus liparin ng hangin sa paglanding (crosswind) ...mas delikado yoon kaysa sa full turn sa DIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cub3n4QrCrs

natry ko rin yong sa Kai Tak, feeling ko parang babagsak kami sa mga buildings, hirap talaga ang PAL pag maneuver don.

CX has a point, though. At least, yung Kai Tak, nadadaan sa practice pero yung pag-ikot sa runway hindi.

CX has a point, though. At least, yung Kai Tak, nadadaan sa practice pero yung pag-ikot sa runway hindi.


sya nga naman....flight simulators are NOT capable of simulating a 360 (?) degree turn :lol:

natry ko rin yong sa Kai Tak, feeling ko parang babagsak kami sa mga buildings, hirap talaga ang PAL pag maneuver don.

besides, judging by the youtube video, diba parang yoong landing gears ng eroplano "overstrained" during the landing .....

di daw sila mo fly sa Davao unless maglagay tayo ng taxi way kasi daw baka masira ang landing gears nila sa pag-ikot after landing. corny noh?

Lack of taxi way is a serious concern of airlines. Without that, the risk of accidents is higher, especially if the airport is getting busier, or planes come and go at shorter intervals. It's not just a matter of them being corny. :bowtie:

Lack of taxi way is a serious concern of airlines. Without that, the risk of accidents is higher, especially if the airport is getting busier, or planes come and go at shorter intervals. It's not just a matter of them being corny. :bowtie:

I was just saying it in jest. lol

Kumusta na ang negotiations sa Davao-Darwin Flight????I'm so excited of the three flights heading way before the end of the year (Macau, Incheon, Hong Kong)>>>..... :runaway:
Be back soon!

[QUOTE=paulkrps]

Wow! Good to hear that Davao Airport will serve more International flights...
Let's expect more next year! Hopefully Middle East Airlines will open their doors too!

i agree...maarte talaga and Cathay Pacific!!!!

some other good flights I think would be direct from china to open up the tourist markets and to japan already a strong market! With us going there and them to visit their relatives (graves!), iyan muna ok for afew years to develope the linkages.

yes i agree, davao now needs to build a taxiway with all the international interest to fly to this beautiful modern airport.

this may not be the right thread, nevertheless :
can´t wait to see the first pics of airlines docking at the new iloilo and bacolod airports beginning next year !

I checked yesterday, but the CebPac and Air Macau flights were not on the system yet. Only SilkAir and Merpati(1/week lang pala to??).

palau, singapore and manado pa lang ang operational...hongkong, macau and seoul will be here bet.sep-nov pa

Airline to put up Davao-Australia flights
Written by Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews
Friday, 21 July 2006 00 00 00

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 July) -- An emerging international airline based in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) plans to expand its operations in Mindanao later this year in a bid to help facilitate the trade exchanges between the two areas. Quentin Kilian, director for Asian relations of the NT Department of the Chief Minister's Trade and Major Products Division, said that Air Frontier announced it would soon launch passenger and cargo flights between Davao City and Darwin in Australia. “The airline is targeting to launch its maiden flight via Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea before the end of the year,” Kilian told MindaNews. Darwin, considered as Australia's northern gateway, is NT's seat of government as well as trade and industrial center.

Kilian said Air Frontier's expansion to Mindanao was earlier pushed by the NT government as part of its strategic development programs for the resurging Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

He said NT, the sub-region's long-time development partner, is currently connected to the area through Garuda Airline's Darwin-Bali and Darwin-Balikpapan flights and Royal Brunei Airline's Darwin-Brunei flights.

Kilian said among the airline's primary considerations for expanding to Mindanao was the area's cultural connections with Darwin, which is home to more than 6,000 Filipino immigrants who trace their roots to Davao and Cebu.

Considering that the flying time between Davao and Darwin is only about three hours, he said it would be easier and cheaper for Filipinos in northern Australia to visit the country.

Kilian said Air Frontier, which operates regular flights between Darwin and several cities in Australia, is initially planning to establish a base in Davao City.

“We consider this as a long-term venture because both areas offer tremendous opportunities in terms of tourism, trade and investments,” he said.

Kilian said the NT government is eyeing to develop Davao City as an alternative gateway for various products from Mindanao and neighboring areas in the sub-region.

He said they are currently trying to link up NT businessmen with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the area to facilitate the trade exchanges, mainly of agricultural products, food commodities and construction materials.

In terms of investments, he said NT is also interested in Mindanao's huge potentials in mining and related ventures.

“Mining is one of NT's expertise being largely a mineral base. We're initially planning to conduct a series of mining safety and mine rehabilitation trainings before the end of the year,” he added.

At least 12 Australian companies are presently working on various mining projects in the country, most of which are located in Mindanao.
Two of the biggest mining ventures, each requiring investments of over US$1 billion, are based in Mindanao -- the BHP Billiton/QNI Pujada Nickel Project in Davao Oriental and the Indophil-Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) Copper and Gold Project in nearby Tampakan town in South Cotabato.

source:http://mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=489&Itemid=50

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Airline to put up Davao-Australia flights
Written by Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews
Friday, 21 July 2006 00 00 00

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 July) -- An emerging international airline based in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) plans to expand its operations in Mindanao later this year in a bid to help facilitate the trade exchanges between the two areas. Quentin Kilian, director for Asian relations of the NT Department of the Chief Minister's Trade and Major Products Division, said that Air Frontier announced it would soon launch passenger and cargo flights between Davao City and Darwin in Australia. “The airline is targeting to launch its maiden flight via Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea before the end of the year,” Kilian told MindaNews. Darwin, considered as Australia's northern gateway, is NT's seat of government as well as trade and industrial center.

Kilian said Air Frontier's expansion to Mindanao was earlier pushed by the NT government as part of its strategic development programs for the resurging Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

He said NT, the sub-region's long-time development partner, is currently connected to the area through Garuda Airline's Darwin-Bali and Darwin-Balikpapan flights and Royal Brunei Airline's Darwin-Brunei flights.

Kilian said among the airline's primary considerations for expanding to Mindanao was the area's cultural connections with Darwin, which is home to more than 6,000 Filipino immigrants who trace their roots to Davao and Cebu.

Considering that the flying time between Davao and Darwin is only about three hours, he said it would be easier and cheaper for Filipinos in northern Australia to visit the country.

Kilian said Air Frontier, which operates regular flights between Darwin and several cities in Australia, is initially planning to establish a base in Davao City.

“We consider this as a long-term venture because both areas offer tremendous opportunities in terms of tourism, trade and investments,” he said.

Kilian said the NT government is eyeing to develop Davao City as an alternative gateway for various products from Mindanao and neighboring areas in the sub-region.

He said they are currently trying to link up NT businessmen with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the area to facilitate the trade exchanges, mainly of agricultural products, food commodities and construction materials.

In terms of investments, he said NT is also interested in Mindanao's huge potentials in mining and related ventures.

“Mining is one of NT's expertise being largely a mineral base. We're initially planning to conduct a series of mining safety and mine rehabilitation trainings before the end of the year,” he added.

At least 12 Australian companies are presently working on various mining projects in the country, most of which are located in Mindanao.
Two of the biggest mining ventures, each requiring investments of over US$1 billion, are based in Mindanao -- the BHP Billiton/QNI Pujada Nickel Project in Davao Oriental and the Indophil-Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) Copper and Gold Project in nearby Tampakan town in South Cotabato.

source:http://mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=489&Itemid=50

sounds great ! with what kind of aircraft will they land in davao ? with a small prop like cesna or a jet - like 737 ?

Mosphil Aero is not a hoax afterall!


Mosphil Aero sets maiden flight to Mindanao by end August

Davao City (11 August) -- While key players of the tourism industry in Mindanao are struggling to attract tourists by promoting the island to the BIMP EAGA region, an airline company picks up that call by launching its maiden flight before the end of this month.

The Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) in a statement disclosed that Mosphil Aero, Incorporated is eyeing to launch its Zamboanga-Sandakan-Kota-Kinabalu route on August 30 in time for the opening of the 15th Mindanao Business Conference (Minbizon) in Zamboanga City.

The Russian- and Filipino-owned airline's top officials told Department of Tourism (DOT IX) regional director Ricardo San Juan that they are now in the final stage of getting the green light from the Air Transportation Office (ATO) and permits from the Civil Aviation Board (CAB) to service the delegates from Malaysia who will attend the Minbizon.

It was learned that the Mosphil Aero's maiden flight should have been on the first week of September but was moved earlier to cater to Malaysian participants and some businessmen from Indonesia who will be joining the three days conference.

The airline officials already conducted an ocular visit to the city and had meetings with officials of the different regional government agencies and local businessmen.

San Juan said no less than Mosphil Aero president Ibrahim Sharifkulov personally announced their intention to revive the route after the South Phoenix terminated their operation last year.

San Juan said the airline president is keen in opening the route because of the high passenger traffic as indicated in the company's feasibility studies.

The Sandakan-Kota-Kinabalu route will fly at least three times a week and will use the latest Russia-made Antonov 24, a medium size aircraft with 48 seats that has also a capacity to load at least five tons of cargoes.

The press statement likewise stated that as part of the technology transfer program of the company, the Russian crew will initially man the aircraft while the Filipino pilots are still undergoing training at the Antonov Training Center in Kiev, Ukraine.

The airline officials also showed interests in servicing the provinces of Jolo, Tawi-Tawi and Davao City.

The MinBC had been pushing for the opening of more domestic and international air links that is vital in accelerating economic activities and the promotion of tourism.

MinBC vice chair and regional governor of the Zamboanga Peninsula Philippine Chamber of Commerce Teresita Sebastian said that airline investment in Mindanao is an ideal venture because of the increasing number of domestic and foreign tourists and investors along the region.

...The Sandakan-Kota-Kinabalu route will fly at least three times a week and will use the latest Russia-made Antonov 24, a medium size aircraft with 48 seats that has also a capacity to load at least five tons of cargoes....

the antonov 24 is an old aircraft, not new as stated above. the new modern antonov 148 (jet propelled) would be appropriate (similar to SEAir dornier´s) for the philippines !

DIA news from:http://www.whatson-expat.com.ph/articles/2006/june18/localnews.htm

Upgraded Davao City International Airport
Is Ready for More Passengers and Bigger Aircraft
By Rita Festin

WITH AIR transportation crucial to economic and social connectivity in the Philippine archipelago, the new $128 million state-of-the-art international airport in this city is a welcome development. It is now fully operational and is raring to take in more passengers and bigger aircraft.

With ADB financing, the Davao airport in Mindanao has been upgraded and expanded to provide reliable and safe all-weather operations that meet international standards and remove infrastructure bottlenecks which were constraining the growth of domestic and international air services. It will also enhance Davao’s access to nearby markets and improve the overall economic prospects of the Southern Philippines, and could be considered one vital link for the intermodal transport network essential for this area.

Last year, actual passenger volume already surpassed one million domestic passengers flown in by Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines and Asian Spirit out of 14 daily local flights. International passengers to and from Manado and Singapore reached almost 25,000. But Davao’s spacious and modern terminal building is designed to accommodate much more, and can easily accommodate up to twice its designed minimum passenger capacity of one million passengers.

The old airport terminal accommodated less than one million passengers in its last year of operation. It did not attract international flights and the city therefore fell short of its strategic role in the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). The passenger terminal had exceeded its capacity and the instrument landing system was not usable for precision approaches and landings. As a result, international flights did not fly to and from Davao, and international passengers heading for or leaving Davao were forced to use Manila as a transfer point.

An exterior shot of the Malay architecture-inspired Davao International Airport terminal building

Today, its present daily passenger volume is roughly 1,500, with the early morning peak hour servicing the bulk of that number. The succeeding flights do not have as much passenger traffic. But even at its peak, the airport can handle the steady inflow of passengers with its 14 domestic and 14 international check-in counters, almost double than its previous number of counters. The Check-in counters are equipped with electronic weighing scales and conveyors and its baggage handling system is also computerized.

The upgraded airport was funded through a loan from ADB, approved in 1994, which provided $41 million while the European Investment Bank provided $23 million. The original cost of the project was $105 million but due to foreign exchange escalation costs, the Asian financial crisis, and land acquisition costs, total cost of the Project reached $128 million.

The airport, officially named Francisco Bangoy International Airport, opened on 2 December 2003. The 209-hectare airport development for both airside and landside civil works was constructed in four years’ time. The airport upgrading consisted of runway extension of 500 meters, achieving a usable take-off length of 3,000 meters that could now accommodate currently operated wide-body aircraft of major airlines, even 747s. The installation of a new landing instrumentation system (ILS) for both Runways 05 and 23 upgraded its compliance to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) operating category - Precision Approach Category 1, similar to Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It can accommodate 8 to 10 aircraft landings per hour, depending on the size, and has the equivalent 8 gate holding areas for those aircraft.

“The Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower is considered the most advanced here in the Philippines, even more sophisticated than NAIA’s,” boasts assistant airport manager Joey Saddam who was then the project manager of the airport construction.

The project also covers the construction of a new Malay architecture-inspired terminal building which cost P1 billion and is four times bigger than the old airport terminal. It is highly computerized, more secure, and has more commercial spaces for concessionaires at approximately 9,000 sq. m. It has four new units of boarding bridges for passengers. Airport Manager Frederick San Felix considers their security system quite strict. Baggage is regularly screened three times prior to passenger check-in/boarding. “It’s better that you know that all the baggages have been thoroughly checked… for your own protection,” he stresses.

Besides the main terminal building, there are also new support facilities like the Administration Building, the Central Plant Building, Airfield Maintenance Building, and Fire/Crash/Rescue Building. It has a 688-slot car parking area and 4 slots for shuttle buses. It has a 3-megawatt standby power generator.

The Energy Management Control System for the centralized air conditioning system, electrical and lights system, is now located in just one room. Its Access Control System ensures that not all airport personnel have access to all areas of the airport such that certain cards can only enter selected doors and everybody entering them is registered.
It also has a Flight Information Display System and Closed Circuit Television System complementing the terminal’s security system. The Cargo Terminal Building covers almost 5,580 sq. meters and can handle up to 84,600 tons a year. In 2005, actual cargo volume was almost 44,000 tons.

With such modern facilities, the Davao City airport officials feel they can justify their proposed five-fold increase in terminal fees from P40 to P200 per passenger, the same as the fee being charged in Manila and Cebu airports. Rentals are also proposed to be increased to raise the airport’s revenues, which only grossed almost P120 million in 2005, for its future sustainability.

With a modern international airport in place, it is hoped that the vast economic potentials of Mindanao will finally be unlocked and optimized to the fullest after decades-long peace and order problems and poverty concerns.

[QUOTE=Gravy_addict]
) -- An emerging international airline based in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) plans to expand its operations in Mindanao later this year --

can´t find air frontier on google. does this airline exist yet ?

damn will they ever try to expand laoag international airport? it is a secondary international airport in the philippines.. i think it should be upgraded/modernized like bacolod and ilo ilo city. so far, laoag has a good amount of frequent flights from hong kong and taiwan. i think the airport needs to be expanded.

^^nawawala

Phil, It seems like air frontier is a startup. Anyway any service to Davao is good, as long as there's traffic that can be maintained so it can be sustainable.

Booming ang DIA! (Di tulad sa amin...di pa rin mabuksan-buksan)

Sana mapush-through nga ang Darwin flights. I hope carriers will open Mainland China, Japan and MidEast routes soon.

the Darwin flight might be pushed through at the first quarter of next year. That is according from my friend who's working on SilkAir at the airport terminal. The carrier is not yet identified even the "Air Frontier" in which i doubt its existence....hehehe

RE: AIR FRONTIER

ENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 July) -- An emerging international airline based in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) plans to expand its operations in Mindanao later this year in a bid to help facilitate the trade exchanges between the two areas. Quentin Kilian, director for Asian relations of the NT Department of the Chief Minister's Trade and Major Products Division, said that Air Frontier announced it would soon launch passenger and cargo flights between Davao City and Darwin in Australia. “The airline is targeting to launch its maiden flight via Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea before the end of the year,” Kilian told MindaNews. Darwin, considered as Australia's northern gateway, is NT's seat of government as well as trade and industrial center.

so there you go..it hasnt started operations yet..:)

anyway, pardon my ignorance, but what is there to see in darwin?

why the fuss about the place aside from it being at the northen tip of ozzyland? Is it a major city in australia like sydney or melbourne?

id rather have direct linakge with chinese cities than australia though as IMHO, asians are better tourists than the whites (more corteuous and less arrogant)

MAP OF THE DAVAO REGION

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoRegion.jpg

anyway, pardon my ignorance, but what is there to see in darwin?

why the fuss about the place aside from it being at the northen tip of ozzyland? Is it a major city in australia like sydney or melbourne?

id rather have direct linakge with chinese cities than australia though as IMHO, asians are better tourists than the whites (more corteuous and less arrogant)

hehe sa totoo lang there's not much in Darwin. Its a tiny place with more people in SM Davao on a sale! We sent our GM there once and when he came back after 5 days he said: "Ah Please lang ha huwag niyo na ako ipabalik doon" .

When I asked why, if they had not treated him well or the place was bad. He said Ok naman iyung mga tao at lugar, pero Mauulol ka daw doon sa boredome.

hence it is actually them who is dying to get connected to us! hehe

We shall see a lot of this bird soon....

(And to those who had doubts... )

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/huistenmark/vivamacau.jpg

^^ That's a nice livery!

We shall see a lot of this bird soon....

(And to those who had doubts... )

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/huistenmark/vivamacau.jpg

what a beauty soon on the davao tarmac ! thanks huistenmark :)

do you think viva will empoly such a big plane to davao ? i heard they will fly from davao to macao and on to moskau and visa versa. is this true ?

^^ ive heard that too..

anyway, was at K-1 kanina and my friend saw her friend whos a bigwig at DIA..forgot the position though (yung friend ko kasi used to work for silkair)..anyway the bigwig commented that silkair would soon have more neigbors at the international terminal..

citing the ff..

Hongkong route by september
Viva Macau by september 17
Asiana by the last quarter of the year

and he also said that there woiuld be flights to darwin but didnt elaborate..

so, in conclusion, more or less confirmed na diay to tanan..including the darwin flight..

2k6 has been a great year for DIA as 5 new international routes were added (palau,HK, macau, Seoul and darwin)..wow!

anyway,does anyone here have an idea kung bakit bigla na lang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? i mean the new terminal has been operational for almost thre years now..why now biglang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? could this mean more to come sa 2007?

^^ ive heard that too..

anyway, was at K-1 kanina and my friend saw her friend whos a bigwig at DIA..forgot the position though (yung friend ko kasi used to work for silkair)..anyway the bigwig commented that silkair would soon have more neigbors at the international terminal..

citing the ff..

Hongkong route by september
Viva Macau by september 17
Asiana by the last quarter of the year

and he also said that there woiuld be flights to darwin but didnt elaborate..

so, in conclusion, more or less confirmed na diay to tanan..including the darwin flight..

2k6 has been a great year for DIA as 5 new international routes were added (palau,HK, macau, Seoul and darwin)..wow!

anyway,does anyone here have an idea kung bakit bigla na lang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? i mean the new terminal has been operational for almost thre years now..why now biglang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? could this mean more to come sa 2007?
I got 4 words for you...

Nindot man ang davao!!!

wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!

^^ ive heard that too..

anyway, was at K-1 kanina and my friend saw her friend whos a bigwig at DIA..forgot the position though (yung friend ko kasi used to work for silkair)..anyway the bigwig commented that silkair would soon have more neigbors at the international terminal..

citing the ff..

Hongkong route by september
Viva Macau by september 17
Asiana by the last quarter of the year

and he also said that there woiuld be flights to darwin but didnt elaborate..

so, in conclusion, more or less confirmed na diay to tanan..including the darwin flight..

2k6 has been a great year for DIA as 5 new international routes were added (palau,HK, macau, Seoul and darwin)..wow!

anyway,does anyone here have an idea kung bakit bigla na lang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? i mean the new terminal has been operational for almost thre years now..why now biglang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? could this mean more to come sa 2007?


the reason why bigla nagsusulputan ang international airlines dito sa davao is because they have realized that there is a very big untapped market here in davao and in mindanao... DIA is mindanao's premier airport, there is no reason why they wont mount international flights here...buti pan ang iban airlines...they took notice of DIA......ang PAL, wala talagang silbi....hangang domestic flight lang sila dito....

^^ in fairness, they field the biggest aircrafts man sab at DIA..:)

how many cities have 747s, A340s and A330s landing in their airports ba?

anyway,does anyone here have an idea kung bakit bigla na lang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? i mean the new terminal has been operational for almost thre years now..why now biglang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? could this mean more to come sa 2007?

Remember the ATF last January 2006? to na yata ang epekto.

^^ baka nga..anyway, ive read somewhere nga secondary intl airport ra ang DIA..

is this still the case or na elevate na ang status sa DIA?

Remember the ATF last January 2006? to na yata ang epekto.

yup...i agree..ATF made an impact to the image of the city. Despite of the negative perceptions we gained from the westerners, still we gained a positive outcome in which will be manifested in the coming months or before the years ends.......

:tiasd:

^^ in fairness, they field the biggest aircrafts man sab at DIA..:)

how many cities have 747s, A340s and A330s landing in their airports ba?

B747,A340, A330 ---> Cebu, General Santos and Davao.
A330 only ---> Puerto Princesa

buti pan ang iban airlines...they took notice of DIA......ang PAL, wala talagang silbi....hangang domestic flight lang sila dito.

Ang PAL naga plan ng DVO-HKG for next year... Well, just understand PAL, kulang sila sa airplanes...

B747,A340, A330 ---> Cebu, General Santos and Davao.
A330 only ---> Puerto Princesa



Ang PAL naga plan ng DVO-HKG for next year... Well, just understand PAL, kulang sila sa airplanes...

its not eh case of kulang sila ng eroplano...ganun talaga ang PAL, wait and see attitude talaga sila... with other airlines taking notice of the DIA, now Pal is scrambling to have a dvo-hk flight...tsk tsk...they should make a new route nalang....nauna na nga ang cebupac sa hk....sunod sunod pa sila...typical filipino attitude....(kung may magtayo ng isang bbq stand, lahat magtatayo ng bbq stand)

there was also a time, in the early 90's, that PAL was planning to mount a direct DVO-SYD flight....a DC-10 was fielded for it. the plane was already here in davao trying out the airport.....practicing missed approaches, landing, taking off. but in the end they scrapped it without reason...kaya when it comes to PAL, skeptical talaga ako....

We shall see a lot of this bird soon....

(And to those who had doubts... )

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/huistenmark/vivamacau.jpg

I agree, very cool livery. How big is it, can they fill it up though? Key questions to maintain this route!

^^ ^^ ^^

that is a 767-300ER...maybe its as big as the A300...but i am not sure..mga 250 pax..

It is actually a B767-200ER, who formerly flew with AeroMexico. Typical capacity is 216 pax (18C 198Y), but an all Y config can accomodate a maximum of 290 pax. Im not sure if Viva Macau will have a premium product, so i don't know the real configuration.

Filling the plane may well prove to be a problem, as I haven't heard/seen any official announcement and adverts around. It's not a bad idea either if the Davao gov't send a tourism mission to Macau (and maybe Moscow?) and promote our lovely city. There is no doubt that tourist will like Davao, but how will people visit Davao if they didn't know it even exist in the first place. We need to seriously promote our city.

its not eh case of kulang sila ng eroplano...ganun talaga ang PAL, wait and see attitude talaga sila... with other airlines taking notice of the DIA, now Pal is scrambling to have a dvo-hk flight...tsk tsk...they should make a new route nalang....nauna na nga ang cebupac sa hk....sunod sunod pa sila...typical filipino attitude....(kung may magtayo ng isang bbq stand, lahat magtatayo ng bbq stand)

The Cebu Pacific flight even has a stop-over in Mactan before continuing to HK...

:bash: :weirdo:

Consider yourselves warned, ha ha ha!

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http://www.chinapost.com.tw/detail.asp?ID=87603&GRP=A

Asiana airplane takes off minus its cabin attendants


2006/8/11
The China Post & agencies

An Asiana Airlines domestic flight from Incheon in South Korea to the southern Jeju islands was in the air for 30 minutes before the captain discovered to his surprise that the plane had left without its cabin crew on Tuesday, the Seoul Times reported.

After emergency communications with the control tower, the plane hurriedly returned to pick up the cabin attendants. Due to this rare incident, the plane was about 50 minutes behind schedule.

Aviation authorizes have started an investigation into the case.

The plane, which was flying to Jeju islands via Daegu airport, was due to pick up passengers from another Asiana Airlines domestic flight which was crippled shortly before e departure for the Jeju islands. Asiana Airlines, South Korea's second air carrier after Korean Air.

^^ that is really funny. is it really? the management would be really red-faced about plus minus pogi points from the clients. i mean, who closed the door? who checked on the passengers when they had questions? believable this news or not?

usually, flight attendants are the first people to get in the aircraft... hahha...how could they board passengers first... thats really funny..

To clear things up.


On last July 30, Asiana Airlines made a disturbing admission that a flight returned to Incheon Airport only 30 minutes after takeoff because it forgot to take four cabin crews on board.

This flight was put into an air route from Daegu to Jeju instead of a regular flight path to Jeju Island due to bad weather. At Daegu Airport, some 150 passengers who had been scheduled to start off to Jeju on the morning of that day were demanding an alternative flight.

This mistake of not picking up cabin crews resulted from miscommunication between the control tower and pilot of that aircraft.

The control tower confirmed all pilots’ aboard with a mention that “all crew are aboard.” However, the pilot misunderstood “crew” to include flight attendants and made a takeoff without any flight attendants. Realizing this too late, the pilot headed back to Incheon Airport in 30 minutes and took off again to Daegu after picking up flight attendants.

^^ ive heard that too..

anyway, was at K-1 kanina and my friend saw her friend whos a bigwig at DIA..forgot the position though (yung friend ko kasi used to work for silkair)..anyway the bigwig commented that silkair would soon have more neigbors at the international terminal..

citing the ff..

Hongkong route by september
Viva Macau by september 17
Asiana by the last quarter of the year

and he also said that there woiuld be flights to darwin but didnt elaborate..

so, in conclusion, more or less confirmed na diay to tanan..including the darwin flight..

2k6 has been a great year for DIA as 5 new international routes were added (palau,HK, macau, Seoul and darwin)..wow!

anyway,does anyone here have an idea kung bakit bigla na lang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? i mean the new terminal has been operational for almost thre years now..why now biglang nagsisulputan ang mga ito? could this mean more to come sa 2007?

Viva Macau by September 17 in DIA is a hoax indeed. Check their official website on this link.http://www.flyvivamacau.com/flightsked.html

ahh..so well just have to wait and see then? kanino ba ako maniniwala..sa website na malamang hindi na uupdate..you know some webistes arent regularly updated..right?
or sa Airport official ng DIA whos probably doing the preparations for the coming of viva macau by september 17.....

typical..

Viva Macau by September 17 in DIA is a hoax indeed. Check their official website on this link.http://www.flyvivamacau.com/flightsked.html

dont trust evrything u see in their website my good friend... those flights just got confirmed ahead of the schedule for davao...September 17 is indeed the date that viva macau will fly to davao...this was confired by ato officials here in davao just this week.... it was also confirmed by my cousin who works for mascor...mascor, by the way, is the one who handles the international flights at the DIA... it cebu, mascor is known as vascor...so everything they say is true because the airlines directly talk to them..with regards to their flights...

so there u have it my good friend....

if davao is asiana's 4th Phil route, whats the third? i checked their webist and it only show Manila and Clark so far..

@huistenmark

yep PAL uses sometimes the 747-400 for Davao...it even used the A340 last week..
hans boy, half davaoeño, half cebuano, equals FILIPINO

check the official global website of Asiana Airlines in English version so that you'll know the third Asiana Airline route in the Philippines which is CEBU

http://flyasiana.com/english

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/pa6ff0c8cf36f3abb88176a42bca351ac/ed7187a6.jpg

dont trust evrything u see in their website my good friend... those flights just got confirmed ahead of the schedule for davao...September 17 is indeed the date that viva macau will fly to davao...this was confired by ato officials here in davao just this week.... it was also confirmed by my cousin who works for mascor...mascor, by the way, is the one who handles the international flights at the DIA... it cebu, mascor is known as vascor...so everything they say is true because the airlines directly talk to them..with regards to their flights...

so there u have it my good friend....

Well, like you guys. I am as excited as you do about DIA's international traffic and routes. Half of me is my mom who is from Davao and the other half is my dad who is from Cebu. Although, our family lives here in Cebu ever since. But our family still visit Davao once a year for a reunion every summer.

I am happy for what's going on with my mom place and what's going on with my dad's place. It's all for the Philippines anyway and after all, right?

I just confirm it to the Viva Macau website which I believe is updated because as you know, traveller nowadays book their flights thru airlines official websites and other partners websites. I just based this in the case of Cebu before that Asiana Airlines will fly here, and I confirm it thru their official website. And its there, on the news section until it was included in their list of routes.

Let's just hope guys that Viva Macau official website is not updated. And by the time they update it, let's hope that Davao is in the news and in the routes.

RE: Asiana flight

Actually, that was an empty flight ie just the crew(cockpit and cabin) and no pax.
the question should be, Who the hell closed the door????

I just confirm it to the Viva Macau website which I believe is updated because as you know, traveller nowadays book their flights thru airlines official websites and other partners websites. I just based this in the case of Cebu before that Asiana Airlines will fly here, and I confirm it thru their official website. And its there, on the news section until it was included in their list of routes.

Let's just hope guys that Viva Macau official website is not updated. And by the time they update it, let's hope that Davao is in the news and in the routes.

............

http://www1.flyasiana.com/reservation/images/map/03_southasi.gif
http://flyasiana.com/english/
from the same website you linked..see even asiana isnt updated...

plus this
Korea -Southeast Asia Seoul - Jakarta
5,682 7:05
Jakarta - Seoul 5,708 7:10
Seoul - Singapore 5,340 6:45
Singapore - Seoul 5,340 6:35
Seoul - Bangkok 5,340 6:25
Bangkok - Seoul 4,247 5:30
Seoul - Ho Chi Minh City 4,073 5:38
Ho Chi Minh City - Seoul 4,073 4:58
Seoul-Hanoi 3,222 4:45
Hanoi-Seoul 3,248 4:05
Seoul - Saipan 3,276 4:15
Saipan - Seoul 3,276 4:35
Seoul - Manila 2,901 3:55
Manila - Seoul 2,901 3:58
Seoul-Clark Field 2,854 4:05
Clark Field-Seoul 2,845 4:00
Seoul - Phuket 4,856 6:35
Phuket - Seoul 4,949 5:56
Busan - Bangkok 4,117 5:24
Bangkok - Busan 4,078 4:47

my point is this,why are you quick to jump that viva macau on Sep17 is a hoax just because it isnt in the website yet? Many here have posted (including me) that even DIA officials have confirmed this? by this do you mean we were talking nonsense then?

do i smell agenda or sumthing?

sorry if i s sound a little harsh but i give you the benefit of the doubt though( re:agenda)

lets leave those people alone mga bros...apparently they dont know what is going around at the DIA. Wala man koy pakialam sa MCIA so dapat wala pod silay pakialam sa DIA.

We know that MCIA gets more international flights than we do, but we get mor passenger satisfaction reports at the DIA than the MCIA. plus, alot more special flights are landing here than at mcia because we have more superior facilities here and the cost of doing business at the DIA is lower.

I think this is better said in this way...lets leave those people alone mga bros...(then followed by this statement)we get mor passenger satisfaction reports at the DIA...(then by this)plus, alot more special flights are landing here...(then this)because we have more superior facilities here and the cost of doing business at the DIA is lower. PERIOD! Right?

As you know well, we filipinos if not all but most of us I think, I don't know if its really in our blood or its because of our archipelago which are compose of islands that made us regionalistic somehow instead of being nationalistic.

That's why its a lot better that we prevent touching some regionalistic egos if we can. Unless those people are being mean to your place also. But its still good not to retaliate with the way he/she attact your or your place.

Just a suggestion bro. This is really unsolicited and I know.

I think this is better said in this way...lets leave those people alone mga bros...(then followed by this statement)we get mor passenger satisfaction reports at the DIA...(then by this)plus, alot more special flights are landing here...(then this)because we have more superior facilities here and the cost of doing business at the DIA is lower. PERIOD! Right?

As you know well, we filipinos if not all but most of us I think, I don't know if its really in our blood or its because of our archipelago which are compose of islands that made us regionalistic somehow instead of being nationalistic.

That's why its a lot better that we prevent touching some regionalistic egos if we can. Unless those people are being mean to your place also. But its still good not to retaliate with the way he/she attact your or your place.

Just a suggestion bro. This is really unsolicited and I know.

we react when we smell hidden agenda bro...and you said not to touch regionalistic egos? so whats the deal with saying viva macau o the 17th is a hoax?

stil, i give you the benefit of the doubt..:)

http://www1.flyasiana.com/reservation/images/map/03_southasi.gif
http://flyasiana.com/english/
from the same website you linked..see even asiana isnt updated...

my point is this,why are you quick to jump that viva macau on Sep17 is a hoax just because it isnt in the website yet? Many here have posted (including me) that even DIA officials have confirmed this? by this do you mean we were talking nonsense then?

do i smell agenda or sumthing?

sorry if i s sound a little harsh but i give you the benefit of the doubt though( re:agenda)

When I posted about the Viva Macau is a hoax. I don't mean to disappoint or hurt or whatever bad thing that it incure to you guys. I just posted it to let you know what's in their official website. You don't have to believe me, but I was disappointed also not to find Davao on their list. How I wish that Davao appears in their announcement of their routes or new routes so that we all be happy and no things like this. As you know that it seems their website is updated because it stated there in their Flight Schedules Effective September 16 - October 31, 2006.May be their Davao flight will commence on November or December or early next year. No statements like this man.do i smell agenda or sumthing?You know it that's why you said this.sorry if i s sound a little harsh but i give you the benefit of the doubt though( re:agenda)

September 17, 2006 is just around you know. It's a month from now. Well and good if Viva Macau push thru. Hopefully and cross our fingers it will really push thru, or even not this September 17 for as long as it will push thru within this year or early next year.

I'm sorry man or guys out there if you got me wrong. But I never got you wrong for sure. I have an idea of how you feel and I understand it.

I don't want to add more.

yeah..thats why i didnt jump on you that much..hehe (me and davaoeagle are the davao warriors you know) so ther you go..all things celared..:)

we react when we smell hidden agenda bro...and you said not to touch regionalistic egos? so whats the deal with saying viva macau o the 17th is a hoax?

stil, i give you the benefit of the doubt..:)

Plain and simple man. I just posted it as an update for this thread. As you well know from the very start of this thread that there are statements and questions like this and this that is a hoax or not? Is this blah blah you know. And no seems to answer or reply with at least not a word of mouth or verbal answers which if you'll agree are easily generated and worst edited. But just to clarify man, I am not saying that those who replied with just words of mouth are not true statements. As you know, verbal is not the most trusted source of evidence. In fact, its the most common and most abuse type of evidence if we relate it to the court of law. Hard evidence is still the most trusted evidence right? I just want to make that clear because as it seems that I really gotten wrong.

[b]One last statement. Its not too much for me guys to say sorry if indeed I hurt your whatever. But you really got me wrong whether you believe me or not. One thing for sure I am well represented in Davao because half of me is a davaoeña(my mom) and the other half of me is cebuano(my dad) represented well thru Mayor Duterte who is a cebuano. I have nothing against Davao nor the Philippines.

yeah..peace..ere all good here..:) no need to apologize, it was just a case of misnterpreted text..:)

RE: Asiana flight

Actually, that was an empty flight ie just the crew(cockpit and cabin) and no pax.
the question should be, Who the hell closed the door????

very funny actually, there's a thread on airliners.net on this. I think their procedure is that the ground crew closes the door from outside. hehe overall a very funny situation, I can imaging the jokes that pilot will receive from his coworkers

Boyz , i understand that airmacau is supposed to be an lcc (the first with twin aisle aircraft!), if that is the case and it's got all y config then madami ang capacity niyan, am not familiar with the 767 but can it do 3-3-3, alam niyo naman these low cost carrier guys walang patawad, they'll do a 28 pitch if possible hehe. Anyway if huistenmark is right that it's all Y is like 290 or something heck, that's a lot of flyers, I really hope they can fill it up. I know it's supposed to be marketed as alternative to hk but seriously it's got to be cheaper by a big margin as the boat ride to hk is like 180 hk one way! so that alone is like 2800php. If it can go really low like Php 5k all in , then I think we are talking. Lot's of people will find it intersting to fly this instead of fly to manila then take cx,ek,pr,tr or whatever. Less one flight, less one airport fee, cheaper.

Mga pre, since I am not there in Davao and I am here in Cebu. The way I can really share to this thread is really through my current job in a travel and marketing agency. But I am not a travel agent. Just their technical support for their 2 offices. But I always keep on checking the websites of the low cost airlines here in SEA specifically and ASIA in general. So far Tiger Airways of Singapore is only servicing Subic and Air Asia of Malaysia is only servicing Clark.

(there were news last year 2005 in sunstar and other local dailies here in cebu that they want to include cebu and davao to their routes. but they were denied and I don't know why. at the office, there were rumors that time that its because of singapore airlines(silk air) influence which will be most affected if these 2 airlines will be allowed to serve cebu and davao. as you know if you check their respective sites. you'll be shock of their fares! super low! really stand their status as a low cost airlines)

magkano na ba ang terminal fee sa DIA? i heard theyre gonna increase it to Php 200? effective na ba to?

Mayor Duterte who is a cebuano. I have nothing against Davao nor the Philippines.

Mayor Duterte's roots maybe Cebu but he was actually born in Maasin, Southern Leyte. Does that make him a Leyteñong Davaoeño?

magkano na ba ang terminal fee sa DIA? i heard theyre gonna increase it to Php 200? effective na ba to?

^^ Abi nako its just P40 lang? Kay under ATO management pa man ang DIA. Ang sa NAIA ug sa Mactan ang nahibal-an ko nga P200 kay dili man ATO ang ga-manage sa aiprorts sa Manila ug Sugbo.

yeah but there are proposals to increase the terminal fee daw....

Will DIA would also have a seperate airport authority like MIAA and MCIA or under man guihapon sa ATO?

Mayor Duterte's roots maybe Cebu but he was actually born in Maasin, Southern Leyte. Does that make him a Leyteñong Davaoeño?


I was about to say this too. lol. Anyways, no one is a real pure Davaoeno except the 'lumads' (indigenous Filipino people).

this is a bit OT pero imagine of everyone returned to their "original" hometown, meaning we all go home to where our lolos (maybe in the 1950s) lived..ilan kaya matitira sa Davao?

from 1.4million to what, 100,000? lols

wrong posting

wrong posting, again!

and another faux pas, grrr!

this is a bit OT pero imagine of everyone returned to their "original" hometown, meaning we all go home to where our lolos (maybe in the 1950s) lived..ilan kaya matitira sa Davao?

from 1.4million to what, 100,000? lols
wala!!
melting pot man ang davao!!

expect na gamay nalang ang mamuyo!
except katong love jud nila ang davao!!

wala lang gihapoy mahimo!! hehe!!

Mga pre, since I am not there in Davao and I am here in Cebu. The way I can really share to this thread is really through my current job in a travel and marketing agency. But I am not a travel agent. Just their technical support for their 2 offices. But I always keep on checking the websites of the low cost airlines here in SEA specifically and ASIA in general. So far Tiger Airways of Singapore is only servicing Subic and Air Asia of Malaysia is only servicing Clark.

(there were news last year 2005 in sunstar and other local dailies here in cebu that they want to include cebu and davao to their routes. but they were denied and I don't know why. at the office, there were rumors that time that its because of singapore airlines(silk air) influence which will be most affected if these 2 airlines will be allowed to serve cebu and davao. as you know if you check their respective sites. you'll be shock of their fares! super low! really stand their status as a low cost airlines)


that is why silk air is monopolizing the davao and cebu routes....their flights, out davao and out cebu and vice versa, are always fully booked. i also read somewhere that cebu pac also wants to introduce davao-singapore flights...can anybody confirm? ala naman akong narinig na ganito news from my cousin...

an excellent idea, if it happens

Re: This whole issue of which airport has the most international flights, etc. Let all these airlines fly to these cities, wherever they like, or wherever they think there is enough market. Let's just see after a few weeks or months if their schedules can be sustained. If they can, then hurray! If not, somebody will be laughing. So what? Let us all take this in stride. Next time uli.

manila-singapore flight have just resumed. so malamang it will take sometime pa for a davao singapore route. when that happens, cebu is likely to have one too.

manila-singapore flight have just resumed. so malamang it will take sometime pa for a davao singapore route. when that happens, cebu is likely to have one too. this would be a good choice for travellers considering the high price of other carriers.
by the way, for those who have tried Tiger or Jet Airliners, how is it like flying with them? di ba nakakatakot? baka kasi bumangga sa ulap at mag bounce. can you imagine that? makakapagtravel ka na to SG with only P15K? me hotel na yun at roundtrip fare. for 3 days and 2 nights yata.

Re: This whole issue of which airport has the most international flights, etc. Let all these airlines fly to these cities, wherever they like, or wherever they think there is enough market. Let's just see after a few weeks or months if their schedules can be sustained. If they can, then hurray! If not, somebody will be laughing. So what? Let us all take this in stride. Next time uli.

nyek, youir point being?

Btw, what will happen to the old Sasa Terminal?

sa ngayon....wala..pati nga ilaw wala dun eh..

just a question, why is the davao international airport still considered a secondary international airport when n fact may mga regular international flights naman dito?

just a question, why is the davao international airport still considered a secondary international airport when n fact may mga regular international flights naman dito?

politics....

grabe talaga ang mga flights ngayon....PAL puro 747-400 ang planes in and out of davao....may extra flight pa talaga.....

how come? merong ayaw i elevate ang status ng DIA?why? diba nga mas babango pa sila if i elevate nila kasi parang pogi points yun?

who has the authority ba to declare which category an airport belongs to?

politics....

grabe talaga ang mga flights ngayon....PAL puro 747-400 ang planes in and out of davao....may extra flight pa talaga.....

baka naman ito na lang ang "functioning" airplane nila :lol: :jk: :runaway:

politics....

grabe talaga ang mga flights ngayon....PAL puro 747-400 ang planes in and out of davao....may extra flight pa talaga.....
how come? merong ayaw i elevate ang status ng DIA?why? diba nga mas babango pa sila if i elevate nila kasi parang pogi points yun?

who has the authority ba to declare which category an airport belongs to?




it's not just politics, that hs something to do with revenue, NAIA and MCIA are the biggest money making major airports in the philippines. DVO might have some regular flights but comparing to MCIA alone it's still not as busy, more so if you compare it with NAIA 1 &2.

so when the new flights ( HK, Macau, Korea and Darwin) are operational, will the DIA's status be elevated then?

Why did Asian Spirit cut their MNL-DVO-MNL services from 7 to 3 weekly flights? Cause the last time I was with Asian Spirit on the MNL-DVO-MNL route the plane was nearly full...

dunno, but maybe para isa na lang sa MNL-DVO-KOROR flight..and personally, karamihan ng kakilala ko wont even take an Asian Spirit Flight..lols

so maybe the Asian Spirit market is only for those going to Palau..

Why did Asian Spirit cut their MNL-DVO-MNL services from 7 to 3 weekly flights? Cause the last time I was with Asian Spirit on the MNL-DVO-MNL route the plane was nearly full...
:runaway:

maybe non aircraft availability...Asian opened up new routes kasi....so to maximize aircraft, they had to cut off flights... one more reason is so that all their flights out of manila to davao can directly connect to palau..if u have noticed earlier na ang flights ng Asian to davao ngayon.

Maayong buntag Davao!
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Question: Is Viva Macau an LCC???



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Question: Is Viva Macau an LCC???



YESYESYO!!!

dunno, but maybe para isa na lang sa MNL-DVO-KOROR flight..and personally, karamihan ng kakilala ko wont even take an Asian Spirit Flight..lols

so maybe the Asian Spirit market is only for those going to Palau..

FEAR. Not fear of flying but fear of dying kasi hanggang ngayon di pa rin mawala sa isip ng tao ang unairworthiness ng old planes nila. I tried Asian Spirit once (actually twice kasi return flights) to Caticlan. Nakakatakot. But fortunately, they were two of the smoothest flights I took in years. Pero kung may PAL, di ako sasakay do'n. Charge lang kasi sa client, kaya no choice, at kasama ko sya. Di naman nagtitipid. Milyonaryo yon. Kaya lang, it's the most convenient, shortest and fastest connection to Boracay. Kaya malakas and has proven its efficiency and reliability.

And Davao could easily achieve that recognition because of its strategic location - the most convenient, shortest and fastest link to EAGA, Australia, and other parts of Asia and the world.

YESYESYO!!!
accdg. sa akong suking travel agency dri wa pa sila'y code ni aning viva macau ...ganahan na unta ko mu book? :runaway:

how about asiana?

they (Asiana) don't fly from here (im in timbukto right now :scouserd: )...viva macau flies to and from lisbon, berlin, milan accdg to one report i read :eek2:

lols asa jud diay ka rajah?

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LOLS!

LOLS!

we have a reunion in Davao would you like to join us!!!! :)

no thank you..haha

Keep ot up guyz ... Let us help hand in hand to make Davao more prosperous ..

welcome to SSC cybermix!

cybermix: hahaha kilala kita na unsa na t-shirt nimo bro? anyway welcome

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do they allow loitering in DIA like this one? and the guy with the yellow bonnet, is he a barker for taxis? its not a pretty sight at all. security risk. its ok to see these kind of scenes in malls.... but in a supposedly "international" and "world-class" airport?

do they allow loitering in DIA like this one? and the guy with the yellow bonnet, is he a barker for taxis? its not a pretty sight at all. security risk. its ok to see these kind of scenes in malls.... but in a supposedly "international" and "world-class" airport?

hi valium, i am amused at how you notice every picture posted here in SSC, in a negative manner nga lang... hehe. ok about your questions...

1. do they allow loitering in DIA like this one?
-no they don't allow "loiterers", the persons you see in the pic are not loitering they are waiting for somebody, a love one perhaps? kaya nga lang nagkataon na hindi mga social ang mga tao na yan, which you are expecting to see in this third world country, kaya parang loitering ang ginagawa nila, kawawa naman ang mga kababayan natin galing probinsya tutuntong ng davao international airport susundo sa kapamilya and while waiting sa parking area dala ang JEEPNEY puno rin ng kapamilya, tatawagin natin "loiterers".

2. and the guy with the yellow bonnet, is he a barker for taxis?
-hehehe, kung alam mo lang na hindi allowed ang mga taxi inside the DIA hindi mo masasabi yan. taxis are lined up outside the DIA compound, only taxis with passengers are allowed to enter anytime. kung may arrivals saka tatawagin ang mga taxi, one by one as the need arises. walang barker dito pare hehe. yang barker na sinasabi mo sa pic, siguro driver yan ng DYEPNEY na gamit ng kawawang pamilya na naghihintay sa airport na tinawag mo ring "loiterer"

3. its not a pretty sight at all. security risk.
-not a pretty sight yeah... sorry kasi hindi lahat ng pilipino mayaman, may mga kapuspalad tayo na ganyang lang ang kayang isuot na fashion. security risk? before sila nakapasok dyan pare, dumaan sila sa davao task force sa may entrance ng DIA compound.

4. its ok to see these kind of scenes in malls.... but in a supposedly "international" and "world-class" airport?
-hindi naman international at world class ang davao airport, mas ok pa nga ang airport ng ilo-ilo, o di kaya bacolod eh. ang T2 nga hindi world class kasi minsan nag "loiter" din ako doon kasi pumunta ako naka short lang tapos ala akong pera noon so loiter ako.


i hope nasagot ko lahat ng query mo, sorry tagalog, hirap mag ingles eh.