minsan kasi, nagpupustahan ang mga taxi driver kung sino ang makakatalo sa airplane ng dragrace..eh di naman sila pwede sumabay sa airplane sa runway, hence..the taxi way

;10323291']minsan kasi, nagpupustahan ang mga taxi driver kung sino ang makakatalo sa airplane ng dragrace..eh di naman sila pwede sumabay sa airplane sa runway, hence..the taxi way


heheheh...funny :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=172P6WkT5-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psr1mEahESI

musta na ang DIA taxiway?

^^ karerahan pa rin ng mga taxi....

hehehe. joke. i mean vital man ang taxiway to every airport. especially davao.

dili pa man kaayo kinahanglan..IMHO

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

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport2.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport5.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport6.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport3.jpg

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

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DIA-1.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport4.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport9.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport17.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport14.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport13.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/davaoeagle/DavaoAirport7.jpg


Let's continue our brainstorming with the DIA here. Shoot it!

General Information Submit Correction
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 Submit Correction
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

napuno na ang thread 2?

;10339847']napuno na ang thread 2?


nana archive na eh, di na ka puede mag post didto

Somebody post the links to thread 1 and thread 2 for referrence purposes please. Ty.

Here's thread 2 (can't locate thread 1)

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=371443

Here's the link to thread one....Click here! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=388313) :colgate:

^^ lols mr bump...

^^ FYI, that wasn't a bump, I just posted the link since thread one is already in the archives. :okay:

i never said it was a bump...

i only referred to youas mr. bump

lols

Ty, heard that a new airline is opening up specializing in local routes. Now in the planning stage but they want to use turbo-props to fly routes like davao cdo and the like. Interesting development if it comes to fruition.

DIA Collage courtesy of TJ

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

End of open skies to affect Davao
By Prix D, Banzon 7 November 2006

Davao City will be badly affected with the plan to clamp down the open-skies policy now being applied at Clark.

Peter Laviña, committee chair of trade and commerce of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City at the Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday at Krua Thai, SM City said they had been receiving news that the experiment of the air liberation in Clark will be closed.

“As much as two dozen airlines are servicing Clark not only low cost airlines but big carriers like Asiana,” he said.

Laviña said Davao City had been reiterating its request to President Arroyo of allowing open sky policy even as he said that they saw a new opening during her last State-of-the-Nation-Address when she made major reform programs to liberalize the transportation policy.

“But it seems things are getting bad in Manila with the plan to close down Clark and when this will happen definitely Davao will be affected,” he said.

He mentioned that there is really a market with Cebu Pacific that opened recently its Davao-Hong Kong route (via Cebu).

“At least they have realized there is a market here,” he said.

Laviña said with the recent development at Clark, the plan of Air Macau to open a direct route from Seoul, Korea to Davao that was suppose to launch its maiden flight yesterday (November 5) did not push through because their papers to operate is not moving.

The Tiger of Airways that already had initial talks of opening a budget flight from Singapore to Clark and to extent to Davao by January 2007 might not materialized.

He also said that Davao will also be expecting a Japanese carrier to establish a direct flight here will also be affected.

He said the plan to close the open-skies policy in Clark came after Philippine Airlines and other domestic airlines objected to the entry of international carriers.

Lavina said given the situation, the only hope for a liberalized air travel in the country will be the Asean Open Skies where implementation will be set in 2008.

“Whether Davao will benefit from it we will know it when it is implemented,” he said.

Lavina said servicing Davao with other international carriers would open the city to more markets and improve tourism and trade and commerce.

He said with thrice-weekly flights of at least four more international airlines Davao will have an additional 500 tourists weekly.

“Not only that, Davao products will also land to various markets in Asia and other international countries in the world,” he said.

Ty, heard that a new airline is opening up specializing in local routes. Now in the planning stage but they want to use turbo-props to fly routes like davao cdo and the like. Interesting development if it comes to fruition.


Wow! good news for us...but it could have been better if the "open-skies" pushes through

^^The guy who is interested in this is also pushing for open skies.

End of open skies to affect Davao
By Prix D, Banzon 7 November 2006

Davao City will be badly affected with the plan to clamp down the open-skies policy now being applied at Clark.

Peter Laviña, committee chair of trade and commerce of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City at the Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday at Krua Thai, SM City said they had been receiving news that the experiment of the air liberation in Clark will be closed.

“As much as two dozen airlines are servicing Clark not only low cost airlines but big carriers like Asiana,” he said.

Laviña said Davao City had been reiterating its request to President Arroyo of allowing open sky policy even as he said that they saw a new opening during her last State-of-the-Nation-Address when she made major reform programs to liberalize the transportation policy.

“But it seems things are getting bad in Manila with the plan to close down Clark and when this will happen definitely Davao will be affected,” he said.

He mentioned that there is really a market with Cebu Pacific that opened recently its Davao-Hong Kong route (via Cebu).

“At least they have realized there is a market here,” he said.

Laviña said with the recent development at Clark, the plan of Air Macau to open a direct route from Seoul, Korea to Davao that was suppose to launch its maiden flight yesterday (November 5) did not push through because their papers to operate is not moving.

The Tiger of Airways that already had initial talks of opening a budget flight from Singapore to Clark and to extent to Davao by January 2007 might not materialized.

He also said that Davao will also be expecting a Japanese carrier to establish a direct flight here will also be affected.

He said the plan to close the open-skies policy in Clark came after Philippine Airlines and other domestic airlines objected to the entry of international carriers.

Lavina said given the situation, the only hope for a liberalized air travel in the country will be the Asean Open Skies where implementation will be set in 2008.

“Whether Davao will benefit from it we will know it when it is implemented,” he said.

Lavina said servicing Davao with other international carriers would open the city to more markets and improve tourism and trade and commerce.

He said with thrice-weekly flights of at least four more international airlines Davao will have an additional 500 tourists weekly.

“Not only that, Davao products will also land to various markets in Asia and other international countries in the world,” he said.


IMPERIAL MANILA AT ITS BEST!!!!!

DAPAT FEDERALISM NA!

airplanes spoted in davao (kaniadto ug karon)

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

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

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/davaoplane2.jpg

^^ thanks for the japanese bomber pic raj. this is the first i saw the japanese bomber. i was more exposed with the american ones.

i would say the bomber is so beautiful.... it seems like the japs are really good in streamlined design

^^ thanks for the japanese bomber pic raj. this is the first i saw the japanese bomber. i was more exposed with the american ones.

I like the exterior of this airport and the durian:)

selamat datang ke Davao :)

I like the exterior of this airport and the durian:)

i would say the bomber is so beautiful.... it seems like the japs are really good in streamlined design

even until now with their cars and other industrial products. one thing i love until now is walkman 2.

that's really true... do you know that I'm still dreaming to own a 78 model mitsubishi celeste :)


even until now with their cars and other industrial products. one thing i love until now is walkman 2.

that's really true... do you know that I'm still dreaming to own a 78 model mitsubishi celeste :)

yups, that's one car i'd love to have plus also the rav4 (the first one, 2 door). hehehe.

Thanx Rajah:) Would you please to give me an information of that Bouraq Airlines destination??? Is it from Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado?

Thanx Rajah:) Would you please to give me an information of that Bouraq Airlines destination??? Is it from Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado?

I'm not really sure whether Bourag is still flying the Manado-Davao route. There used to be a scheduled 3x weekly flight. I heard that it's now Merpati covering the stretch. Yeah it's from Sam Ratulangi Airport, you can also check the Indon SSC site Manado Thread. Selamat pagi. :cheers:

^^cease operations na ang BOuraq..kaya merpati na ang nagpatuloy ng flights

GOOD NEWS:
(copied from Mindanao Times)

THE SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE YOUR FLYING PARTNER TO INDONESIA HAS DIREST FLIGHT NOW FROM MANADO/DAVAO/MANADO.

THE SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE ALSO CATERS ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHT IN INDONESIA.

FOR AS LOW AS USD 225 (ROUNDTRIP)


:) :) :) :banana: :banana: :banana: :) :) :)

so i googled this 'SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE'..darn tinuod siya nga airline...pero..... wala siyay webiste..the links were from other webpages pero walay kaugalingon webpage ning "SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE"


ooops my bad..naa diay

http://www.sriwijayaair-online.com/

fleet of 15 b737s....

^^

Balo na man ka kay LCC man unya basin ug start up pud mao wala pay WS. The owners might be pinning their hopes in the Manado- Davao and vice-versa flights and make a killing on it... Then they could now afford a WS. LOL

wa may davao sa ilahang sked :dunno:

;10433632']so i googled this 'SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE'..darn tinuod siya nga airline...pero..... wala siyay webiste..the links were from other webpages pero walay kaugalingon webpage ning "SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE"


ooops my bad..naa diay

http://www.sriwijayaair-online.com/

fleet of 15 b737s....

wa pa lagi..

sa walay panghinaway sa mga indones...maot lagi mga website sa ila airlines noh?

like merpati,ug kining swardingjaya airlines...walay ka taste-taste ang pagkabuhat..iba talga ang pilipino :D

ang hirap i-pronounce .... parang sabadiha airlines :lol: :runaway:

;10433780']wa pa lagi..

sa walay panghinaway sa mga indones...maot lagi mga website sa ila airlines noh?

like merpati,ug kining swardingjaya airlines...walay ka taste-taste ang pagkabuhat..iba talga ang pilipino :D

;10433632']so i googled this 'SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE'..darn tinuod siya nga airline...pero..... wala siyay webiste..the links were from other webpages pero walay kaugalingon webpage ning "SRIWIJAYA AIRLINE"


ooops my bad..naa diay

http://www.sriwijayaair-online.com/

fleet of 15 b737s....

Nice to hear, this is the 7th biggest airline in Indonesia, and it's my province airlines (South Sumatra). They have a plan to flight to Manado - Davao - Manado, I've heard it before. Sometimes I will fly to Davao:) It's looks a nice place...

Nice to hear, this is the 7th biggest airline in Indonesia, and it's my province airlines (South Sumatra). They have a plan to flight to Manado - Davao - Manado, I've heard it before. Sometimes I will fly to Davao:) It's looks a nice place...

SAlam Paradyto:)

you are very much welcome here in Davao

Please do come and surely you will find DAvao and the people very nice :)

Sriwijaya likely will deploy Boeing 737-300 to Davao from Manado...Its a nice airline anyway, i flew them couple times and its our 7th largest airline with 17 Boeing airplanes.

from Manado it has direct flight to Jakarta, Makassar and Surabaya.

cheers

ang hirap i-pronounce .... parang sabadiha airlines :lol: :runaway:

joker talaga 'to si pareng Jude :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/274555684_cfdfe96f98654654.jpg


:lol: :lol:

joker talaga 'to si pareng Jude :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

^^

Pagkaguapo ani na angle sa DIA. Mai migrate nga sa Davao thread.

A SHOT OF THE DIA CARPET



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

^^ dia shot pa rin...... :) (do you notice the parked plane outside?..anong airline yon?)

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/DavaoAirport17.jpg

wala naman eh.. puro reflection lang ng loob nakikita ko..

sa may kanan lower portion malapit sa bonsai :)

wala naman eh.. puro reflection lang ng loob nakikita ko..

ay oonga..eh bat ang baba yata..?

hindi kaya asian spirit... maliliit ang mga eroplano nila diba?

ay oonga..eh bat ang baba yata..?

either Asian Spirit or SEA Air siguro yan..

airplane ba yon? di kaya isang object lang na may hawig sa hugis nong plane? kung yon, parang CPacific siya dahil may pagka tangerine and kulay

it's a PAL B737. hehe you can tell from the two small windows above the main, larger cockpit windows. plus ako ang kumuha nung picture na yun eh... back in August 2005. our ~6 PM flight was delayed to ~9 PM. at that time, by 7 PM we were the last passengers waiting to leave the terminal already. haha i dunno about now, since there are so many new flights going into and out of DVO. anyway, because of the delay, we requested and were granted lounge passes for the Mabuhay Lounge even though we were booked on discounted PALakbayan Fiesta Class fares! haha

either Asian Spirit or SEA Air siguro yan..

wala namang SEAir sa Davao ah..plus yun asian spirit namin medyo malaki..

e ano yung nasa tarmac? bakit parang ang baba...? hindi naman pwedeng boeing or airbus yun...

^^ baka nasa 2nd floor ang lounge

^^ baka nasa 2nd floor ang lounge

kahit pa..

eto yun.. yung nasa right side banda..
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/DavaoAirport17.jpg

im still convinced that's PAL B737 :D

diba yung mga aerobridges nasa level na yan?

oo, kaya nga natabunan yung door ng plane

Possible nga..
http://majesticdavao.50webs.com/buhangin/Buh08.jpg

alam ko yung DC-9 ng cebupacific di kaya gumamit ng Aerobridge eh.... wala lang..

ganun din siguro ang Asian Spirit..maglalakad ang tao

^^ dba wala na ang mga DC-9 nila? hehe

BEFORE BA! B E F O R E :bash: hehe :jk: HUBAG!

Hindi..meron pa rin yata, kc hindi pa dumarating yung last 2 A319 nila..

:lol: :rofl:

to na plane ba pinag uusapan nyo? klaro naman ah...
nasa 2nd floor ang lounge eh kaya mababa ang plane...
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f368/badith/junax.jpg

^^ uy bago yan ah, Junax Air :lol:

so muadto sad na Macau ug Indonesia? :D

nope bai markii, direct flight to tagum city yan. chartered nga lang 6 am and 5 pm ang sked nyan daily.

it's a PAL B737. hehe you can tell from the two small windows above the main, larger cockpit windows. plus ako ang kumuha nung picture na yun eh... back in August 2005. our ~6 PM flight was delayed to ~9 PM. at that time, by 7 PM we were the last passengers waiting to leave the terminal already. haha i dunno about now, since there are so many new flights going into and out of DVO. anyway, because of the delay, we requested and were granted lounge passes for the Mabuhay Lounge even though we were booked on discounted PALakbayan Fiesta Class fares! haha

thanks for making it clear to us absent-minded. a lot of guesses.. a lot of misses.:) :)

sorry brod., na pirate ko yata ang picture mo :ohno:

it's a PAL B737. hehe you can tell from the two small windows above the main, larger cockpit windows. plus ako ang kumuha nung picture na yun eh... back in August 2005. our ~6 PM flight was delayed to ~9 PM. at that time, by 7 PM we were the last passengers waiting to leave the terminal already. haha i dunno about now, since there are so many new flights going into and out of DVO. anyway, because of the delay, we requested and were granted lounge passes for the Mabuhay Lounge even though we were booked on discounted PALakbayan Fiesta Class fares! haha

;10456355']BEFORE BA! B E F O R E :bash: hehe :jk: HUBAG!

oops... bad. magagalit si sinjin.

see... see... what drugs can do.:lol:

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=409330
^ Could you recheck the thread fundraiser? Yes, I deleted posts in the Luzviminda Malls thread, and those were the ones that were chatty and pertained to the subject of girlfriends and hubags (nothing to do with malls), but your post with BTC photos are still there. And once again, I do not delete posts without basis, I'm not like that. Perhaps they just didn't load because of the dozens of photos in my post, which I now deleted as per request. I've said this many times but it won't hurt to say again, if you have any requests (e.g. deletion of the dozens of photos in my post), don't post it anywere, post it in the Tinig ng Kababayan thread or send me a PM, because we are not robots to open and read all threads. We do not know that you've posted requests in threads everywhere and then after a few days, you'll accuse us for not attending to your request at once.

it's a PAL B737. hehe you can tell from the two small windows above the main, larger cockpit windows. plus ako ang kumuha nung picture na yun eh... back in August 2005. our ~6 PM flight was delayed to ~9 PM. at that time, by 7 PM we were the last passengers waiting to leave the terminal already. haha i dunno about now, since there are so many new flights going into and out of DVO. anyway, because of the delay, we requested and were granted lounge passes for the Mabuhay Lounge even though we were booked on discounted PALakbayan Fiesta Class fares! haha

thanks lance for clarifying. and thanks for the pics. maraming pics mo na suki na ng davao thread.:)

ha ha, abused and overused na nga mga pics ni Absentminded eh. Thanks for your tolerance Absent...

^^ dia shot pa rin...... :) (do you notice the parked plane outside?..anong airline yon?)

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/DavaoAirport17.jpg

it looks like an Airbus 330 from PAL:ohno:

the owner of the pic has already confirmned it.. that is a b737.

the owner of the pic has already confirmned it.. that is a b737.

oh, sorry was not able to read the earlier post:nuts:

Whatever happened to the proposed additional international flight to Davao? Any news?

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h129/rajah_soliman/9999%20DAVAO%20PIX/5987128_71088e6e39.jpg

Whatever happened to the proposed additional international flight to Davao? Any news?

the airlines that were scheduled to start operations to the city moved their schedules. they said that their papers in manila were not moving. imperial manila at its best

:ohno:

there you go..if only I could throw them all to ***l!!

Ang office ng Air MAcau is at the second floor of one of the buildings along Bajada just across VP. Its signage: Davao - Macau/Seoul :)

Most probably tuloy pa rin...:)

a nice shot of the davao international airport terminal....
thanks to rommel dorado...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/06110903A1-DVO_jpg_30386.jpg

a380 at the davao international airport.....hehehehehe....

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/1117887983.jpg

my favorite aircraft photos at the dia....

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/05022801.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/0156392.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/MyAviationNetPhotoID00198237.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/MyAviationNetPhotoID00124316.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/MyAviationNetPhotoID00098151.jpg

a nice shot of the davao international airport terminal....
thanks to rommel dorado...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/06110903A1-DVO_jpg_30386.jpg


nice shot!

So, is it Viva Macau or is it Air Macau that is planning to fly to Davao?

^^ both ata

So, is it Viva Macau or is it Air Macau that is planning to fly to Davao?

both

a nice shot of the davao international airport terminal....
thanks to rommel dorado...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/06110903A1-DVO_jpg_30386.jpg

Nice! best davao airport aerial shot for me.. :cool:

my wife was pissed off last night when she arrived on the pal flight from manila....:bash: ....the reason? they were made to walk on the wet tarmac of the dia to the terminal building. pal's 330 was made to park on the remote stand. :ohno:

natawa talaga ako sa kanya...i asked her why the plane was parked there. she told me that all the 4 tubes were being used; 2 by cebu pacific, 1 by airphil, and one unidentified plane that was guarded by people in suits...by the way she described it, it was a 747 that was colored white and blue. but she was not so sure because the lights on that area where that plane was, was off...hmmmmm...sino kaya yun....

Air Force One? :lol:

the reddish-pinkish house on the right side of the picture bugs me. i think it ruins the whole atmosphere of DIA.

^^ dont say that karl..si "son of god" ang may ari nyan :lol:

;10573084']^^ dont say that karl..si "son of god" ang may ari nyan :lol:

The self-proclaimed "The annointed one." But I agree. Dapat wala yan dyan but the property was developed long before the airport expansion project. And it grew bigger after the new terminal opened. It could be a security hazard. A moving target from that vantage area could be an easy kill. ATO is clearing other areas for security reasons. Why not that building? Double standard? Just thinking aloud.

Air Force One? :lol:

pwede...hahahahaha....but the only air force one i got close to was the one in sucat...hehehehehe....

but kidding aside. maybe it was..heheheh... i think there are four air force one's in the us air force... as i have understood, when ever bush is out, the three flies out. one, is where bush will ride, the next is an escort or dummy, and the third parked in a nearby country for back up...maybe dito sa dia naka park yun...hehehehehehe:nuts:

^^ marahil nga dahil si Bush ay nasa Indonesia di ba

pwede...hahahahaha....but the only air force one i got close to was the one in sucat...hehehehehe....

but kidding aside. maybe it was..heheheh... i think there are four air force one's in the us air force... as i have understood, when ever bush is out, the three flies out. one, is where bush will ride, the next is an escort or dummy, and the third parked in a nearby country for back up...maybe dito sa dia naka park yun...hehehehehehe:nuts:

i think is true. murag diversionary tactic nila. but if kung mga nakasuit nga nagbantay, you're guess is as good as mine.

The self-proclaimed "The annointed one." But I agree. Dapat wala yan dyan but the property was developed long before the airport expansion project. And it grew bigger after the new terminal opened. It could be a security hazard. A moving target from that vantage area could be an easy kill. ATO is clearing other areas for security reasons. Why not that building? Double standard? Just thinking aloud.

it is. well with lots of friends in the upper echelons of the bureaucracy, he'll be entitled to anything. but the fact is, this should not be allowed for safety reasons. remember that building near the old dia, murag hotel unta kaso wa na gihuman for so many reasons. kinsa kahay tag-iya ato?

my wife was pissed off last night when she arrived on the pal flight from manila....:bash: ....the reason? they were made to walk on the wet tarmac of the dia to the terminal building. pal's 330 was made to park on the remote stand. :ohno:

natawa talaga ako sa kanya...i asked her why the plane was parked there. she told me that all the 4 tubes were being used; 2 by cebu pacific, 1 by airphil, and one unidentified plane that was guarded by people in suits...by the way she described it, it was a 747 that was colored white and blue. but she was not so sure because the lights on that area where that plane was, was off...hmmmmm...sino kaya yun....

http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/relations/images/bush24Sept04/Air%20Force%20One%20Taxi%20For%20Take%20Off.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/548/meninblack2movie4lr.jpg

:lol: :lol: walang nagkamaling kumuha ng picture ng AF1 sa davao tarmac (from among those passengers who arrived) ??? baka naman meron, we have to start googling for that picture now :lol:

http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/relations/images/bush24Sept04/Air%20Force%20One%20Taxi%20For%20Take%20Off.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/548/meninblack2movie4lr.jpg

BREAKING NEWS

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Direct flight from Seoul to Davao starts Dec. 16
By Joy Romares-Sevilla

THE Philippine Airlines (PAL) will soon operate a direct flight from Seoul, South Korea to Davao City via Manila starting December 16.

Art Boncato, sales promotion director of the Marco Polo Davao, said in Wednesday's Club 888 press forum that he learned about this after his visit with some representatives from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in South Korea two weeks ago.

"The trip was purposely for the promotion that Davao City is a destination here in Mindanao," Boncato said adding that the visit included a road show of 23 resorts and hotels in the region, two (Marco Polo Hotel and Pearl Farm Resort) were from Davao City.

Boncato added that a Korean newspaper has already published an advertisement about Davao as a destination in Mindanao.

"This is the proof that Korea is set in flying to Davao," Boncato said presenting the newspaper to the media.

Meanwhile, a Korean magazine also features Davao City not only as a beach and hotel destination, but also a golf destination.

^^ now i understand why the Initial flight of Air Macau was postponed...

PAL talga... tsk tsk

syempre sila muna bago ang iba...tsk tsk.. mamang lucio lumang style na yan :ohno: :ohno: :ohno:

BREAKING NEWS

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Direct flight from Seoul to Davao starts Dec. 16
By Joy Romares-Sevilla

THE Philippine Airlines (PAL) will soon operate a direct flight from Seoul, South Korea to Davao City via Manila starting December 16.

Art Boncato, sales promotion director of the Marco Polo Davao, said in Wednesday's Club 888 press forum that he learned about this after his visit with some representatives from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in South Korea two weeks ago.

"The trip was purposely for the promotion that Davao City is a destination here in Mindanao," Boncato said adding that the visit included a road show of 23 resorts and hotels in the region, two (Marco Polo Hotel and Pearl Farm Resort) were from Davao City.

Boncato added that a Korean newspaper has already published an advertisement about Davao as a destination in Mindanao.

"This is the proof that Korea is set in flying to Davao," Boncato said presenting the newspaper to the media.

Meanwhile, a Korean magazine also features Davao City not only as a beach and hotel destination, but also a golf destination.

Can't they make it a "non-stop" flight between DVO and ICN instead? :dunno: Why route the flight via MNL? :rant:

^^ tsk tsk PAL and Imperial Manila talaga oh...

paano na ang air macau nyan?

pwede...hahahahaha....but the only air force one i got close to was the one in sucat...hehehehehe....

but kidding aside. maybe it was..heheheh... i think there are four air force one's in the us air force... as i have understood, when ever bush is out, the three flies out. one, is where bush will ride, the next is an escort or dummy, and the third parked in a nearby country for back up...maybe dito sa dia naka park yun...hehehehehehe:nuts:

So the two Bushes will ride two AF1s? the first one being the older bush and the next will be the current president George W. Bush?(dummy)

BREAKING NEWS

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Direct flight from Seoul to Davao starts Dec. 16
By Joy Romares-Sevilla

THE Philippine Airlines (PAL) will soon operate a direct flight from Seoul, South Korea to Davao City via Manila starting December 16.

Art Boncato, sales promotion director of the Marco Polo Davao, said in Wednesday's Club 888 press forum that he learned about this after his visit with some representatives from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in South Korea two weeks ago.

"The trip was purposely for the promotion that Davao City is a destination here in Mindanao," Boncato said adding that the visit included a road show of 23 resorts and hotels in the region, two (Marco Polo Hotel and Pearl Farm Resort) were from Davao City.

Boncato added that a Korean newspaper has already published an advertisement about Davao as a destination in Mindanao.

"This is the proof that Korea is set in flying to Davao," Boncato said presenting the newspaper to the media.

Meanwhile, a Korean magazine also features Davao City not only as a beach and hotel destination, but also a golf destination.


it's a good news, pero hindi ako natuwa.... VIA MANILA? anak ng ******** meron naman air or viva macau na willing non-stop flight pero para makakain lang talaga ang manila at pal na yan... hindi pa ba sila busog sa lagay na yan?

so paano na ang Davao-Macau-Incheon flight?

hmmm

pero i checked wit the PAL website wala may Davao-Seoul..still hoping it'll be air macau instead of PAL though..p

This is nice aerial shot of DVO... you can still the rural surroundings of davao. But still the airport is the masterpiece, are those red designs are additional designs of the airport... its nice, it added color to the airport.

a nice shot of the davao international airport terminal....
thanks to rommel dorado...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/06110903A1-DVO_jpg_30386.jpg

they are promo materials from SMART..same as the ones in MCIA

;10587395']so paano na ang Davao-Macau-Incheon flight?

hmmm

pero i checked wit the PAL website wala may Davao-Seoul..still hoping it'll be air macau instead of PAL though..p

Sa totoo lang, I try to avoid flying PAL since I flew with them to Vancouver last time. Mayayabang ang mga FA (sorry for griping!) porke Pinoy kami. Super nice naman sila sa mga forengers. Ang sama ng loob ko non. :ohno: :ohno:

^^ i noticed that too. when they're assisting pinoys, parang sila pa ang irritated. and it's like, they're not willing to help you pero pag foreigner they seem so nice.

^^ baka kasi naasar sila kasi sa domestic pinoy na inaasikaso nila, pati ba naman sa international? :rofl: why isnt PAL doing something about it? wala ban nagcocomplain?

^^ ay ako, opposite of your experiences, my vietnam trip... crews were really nice and friendly, especially the flight purser is very attentive and they talk to you as if you known each other for a long time. In my japan trip, when i separated in seat from my mom and siblings, bec. flight was full, the FA kept me comfortable, and chats with me os that I wouldn't feel alone coz of my stranger seatmates. it also feels good wen FAs address you in first ur name rather than calling you sir or mam.

But there were really cases na ganyan... BTW, have u experience be with Korean FA's of PAL, they are more friendly and attentive too, ang gganda pa.

^^ i noticed that too. when they're assisting pinoys, parang sila pa ang irritated. and it's like, they're not willing to help you pero pag foreigner they seem so nice.

I don't wanna bash PAL but with my very unpleasant experience with them I'd rather fly JAL, Cathay or NorthWest.

Got this info from the other thread.

Top 10 busiest airports in the Philippines in terms of passenger traffic in 2005

1. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Metro Manila - 16,485,178
2. Mactan International Airport, Cebu - 1,897,675
3. Davao International Airport - 1,347,034
4. Iloilo Airport - 708,469
5. Bacolod Airport, Negros Occidental - 563,571
6. Caticlan Airport, Aklan - 521,518
7. Cagayan de Oro Airport - 464,054
8. Zamboanga Airport - 360,925
9. Puerto Princesa Airport, Palawan - 267,778
10. Kalibo Airport, Aklan - 242,183

the only way to teach these mal-educated PAL Air Servants is through the "open skies" tan-awon nato kung na pay musakay nila!!!! :ohno:


Sa totoo lang, I try to avoid flying PAL since I flew with them to Vancouver last time. Mayayabang ang mga FA (sorry for griping!) porke Pinoy kami. Super nice naman sila sa mga forengers. Ang sama ng loob ko non. :ohno: :ohno:

For now, DIA serves:

Singapore- Silk Air and Cebu Pacific
Hong Kong- Cebu PAcific
Manado- Merpati
Palau- Asian Spirit

Coming soon:

Macau- Viva Macau
Manado- Another Indonesian Airline
Seoul-Philippine Airlines (Dec16) Air Macau(Jan3)

Under Negotiations:

Kota Kinabalu- Royal Brunie
Seoul- AsianaBy the Way, Cebu Pacific's offering connecting flights
to Kalibo(Via Manila), Puerto Princesa(Via Cebu), Clark(via Cebu) and Legaspi City...

while Air Philippines offers DVO-Palawan via Manila

Thanks for the update, Global!

Friday, November 24, 2006
Airlines vow to bring more tourists to Davao

DAVAO'S tourism players who joined the Korea and China trade missions brought home the good news as they continue to market the city as the destination of the south.

Art Boncato, Davao Tourism Association president and marketing manager of The Marco Polo Hotel, said that after selling Davao to 200 tour operators during the trade missions and after several planning and negotiations, airline companies are convinced to fly to Davao and bring tourists from both countries.

Boncato said the Philippine Airlines will open its new route to Seoul-Manila then connect to Davao on December 16.

Another good thing that happened during the trade mission, he said, is that Air Macau will finally launched its maiden flight on January 3, 2007 with route Seoul-Macau then Macau to Davao.

"We had the chance to talk with the chief executive officer of the fifth biggest tour operator in Korea, the Freedom Tours which is the general sales agent of Air Macau and we were informed that they had decided to come down to Davao," he said.

Boncato said Secretary Ace Durano of the Department of Tourism (DOT) will be among the guests of the premier flight.

He said Davao is being promoted to the Korean market as golf and honeymoon destination because during winter in Korea golfers move out and the city is the ideal site for golfers.

Boncato said flights will be chartered but on a regular basis like twice weekly as there are already buyers back in Korea of the Davao destination.

He added that in Shanghia, the group joined the biggest International Travel Mart and the Davao delegation were among those who participated in the Philippines booth No. 5 where it was very well attended.

Boncato even said that they were able to convince Consul General Jaime Yabes to bring his group of golfers to Davao by January who will also be among the tourists to avail of the maiden flight.

"We informed them that everything in Davao is stable now and things are gearing to an upward trend," he said.

Boncato said other consular generals from other countries will be joining in the golf tourney early 2007.

He said a lot of individual travelers want to see the destination and among them is the China market.

"There really is a need to work hard for international visitors to see Davao for themselves and we are also compensated by our domestic travelers and we are lucky we have that market," he said.

Got this info from the other thread.

Top 10 busiest airports in the Philippines in terms of passenger traffic in 2005

1. Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Metro Manila - 16,485,178
2. Mactan International Airport, Cebu - 1,897,675
3. Davao International Airport - 1,347,034
4. Iloilo Airport - 708,469
5. Bacolod Airport, Negros Occidental - 563,571
6. Caticlan Airport, Aklan - 521,518
7. Cagayan de Oro Airport - 464,054
8. Zamboanga Airport - 360,925
9. Puerto Princesa Airport, Palawan - 267,778
10. Kalibo Airport, Aklan - 242,183


parang magkapareho ang passenger traffic sa population ng cities ah..hmmm may connection kaya yun?

^^ Oo, nga... tama ka...:lol: :happy:! (for the top three metropolises).

For Metro Manila, NAIA's annual passengers is, roughly, 2 million more than its latest estimated population, which is 14 million.

For Metro Cebu, MCIA's annual passengers is 290,000 more than the current estimated population, which is 1.6 million.

For Metro Davao, DIA's annual passengers is exactly on par with its metropolitan population of 1.3 million.

niice

I don't wanna bash PAL but with my very unpleasant experience with them I'd rather fly JAL, Cathay or NorthWest.

have you ever tried air canada? they are the coldest flight crew i've ever encountered. my goodness, feeling nila beholden na kaayo sila tungod sa ilang union.

^^ Oo, nga... tama ka...:lol: :happy:! (for the top three metropolises).

For Metro Manila, NAIA's annual passengers is, roughly, 2 million more than its latest estimated population, which is 14 million.

For Metro Cebu, MCIA's annual passengers is 290,000 more than the current estimated population, which is 1.6 million.

For Metro Davao, DIA's annual passengers is exactly on par with its metropolitan population of 1.3 million.


Davao's pop is close to 1.6M at recent estimate.

have you ever tried air canada? they are the coldest flight crew i've ever encountered. my goodness, feeling nila beholden na kaayo sila tungod sa ilang union.

Tried but they were ok except that yes, they are as cold the weather in Canada. I like flying Westjet, the crews are friendly and very helpful.

Davao's pop is close to 1.6M at recent estimate.

eh tama ba to, haven't heard this one. if it is dang it's growing fast.

eh tama ba to, haven't heard this one. if it is dang it's growing fast.


It is the 2006 estimate. It is based on average growth rate of Davao's population.

eh tama ba to, haven't heard this one. if it is dang it's growing fast.

it was also the estimated pre2000 count for it's daytime high (including transients). in the late 60s or early 70s, it was around 300k (?). davao as really grown since then.

Tried but they were ok except that yes, they are as cold the weather in Canada. I like flying Westjet, the crews are friendly and very helpful.

yeah, really cold as in kaayo. also when it was lunch, they gave my wife an opened meal (inosente kaayo akong wifey) which later gave her tummy troubles for a week. lami lagi kaayo pang-santakuhon.

Saturday, November 25, 2006
CEB offers connecting routes from Davao starting from P999

CEBU Pacific (CEB), the country's low fare leader and leading domestic carrier, has expanded its domestic coverage further by introducing 17 domestic route connections from Davao.

Last November 22, CEB started offering 17 connecting routes from Davao via Manila and Cebu, with through fares starting from P999 one-way. Fares are exclusive of surcharges and government tax.

"It's always been our vision to make air travel available to more Filipinos. From offering three direct services from Davao, now, with these route connections, we are able offer 17 additional routes and connect more islands from Davao, further serving the needs of the Davaoeno. Once again, we are giving travelers more options and providing a convenient alternative for traveling within the country," Candice Iyog, CEB marketing director, said.

CEB will provide an attractive through fare as part of the connecting product, together with a check-through baggage connection service from the origin station to the end-destination of the guest.

CEB's domestic flight connections will significantly expand its domestic network coverage and will benefit both business and leisure markets.

"CEB is now reaching more people and connecting more islands by air and, more importantly, providing the lowest airfare for these connecting routes. Guests can save as much as 13 percent by availing of our through fares than if they were to buy separate tickets for their flight connection. Many of our guests have been requesting for this enhanced service because they are already taking advantage of our year-round low fares on the direct services and want the same when they travel to other destinations," Iyog added.

CEB will provide connecting flights from Davao to Bacolod, Clark, Iloilo and Zamboanga for P999, to Laoag and Legaspi for P1,099, to Bacolod, Iloilo, Kalibo, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran and Dumaguete for P1,299, and to Butuan, Cotabato, Cagayan de Oro and Dipolog for P1,499.

Now in its 11th year, CEB has the newest fleet in the Philippines with a fleet age of less than nine months, and one of the newest in Asia as it operates 12 brand new Airbus aircraft to its 20 domestic and six regional destinations. The airline awaits the delivery of two more Airbus aircraft in early 2007 to complete its $670 million re-fleeting program

yeah, really cold as in kaayo. also when it was lunch, they gave my wife an opened meal (inosente kaayo akong wifey) which later gave her tummy troubles for a week. lami lagi kaayo pang-santakuhon.


Good thing our company stopped flying with them.

^^ the next i'm going home i wanna try singapore then davao. air canada has to retrain and reeducate their flight crew on courtesy and manners.

Davao's pop is close to 1.6M at recent estimate.

the night time population of davao is 1.6m....

the day time population of davao is 2.0m...

i read this somewhere.... it was about early this year...:banana:

http://images1.jetphotos.net/images/img2/0/06110501.jpg.17017.jpg

http://images1.jetphotos.net/images/img2/0/06110903A1-DVO.jpg.30386.jpg

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/0/06060115-DVOtower.jpg.89950.jpg

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=427902

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/0/05021005.jpg.96030.jpg

the night time population of davao is 1.6m....

the day time population of davao is 2.0m...

i read this somewhere.... it was about early this year...:banana:

were that crowded huh? we better start pruning the population...lols

^^ the next i'm going home i wanna try singapore then davao. air canada has to retrain and reeducate their flight crew on courtesy and manners.

Now I realize why they bahave that way. It's because majority of them are Quebecoir and they are known to be airy and snobbish.

;10611099']were that crowded huh? we better start pruning the population...lols


Yeah, that's why the mayor is sponsoring free tubal ligation for the wives and vasectomy for the husbands.

http://images1.jetphotos.net/images/img2/0/06110903A1-DVO.jpg.30386.jpg

Does anyone know what are those whitish structures on top of the celing of DIA (mid part)? Are those part of the DIA complex or they are roofings of new commercial buildings there?

commercial buildings po yun for restaurants outside DIA..peropart pa rin ng DIA complex..may chickies and patties po dyan..:D

Di ko alam na meron palang ganyan dyan kasi walang nagmention tsaka walang pics. Taka nga ako ano yon, kala ko rin yong pergola or canopy for waiting passengers pero parang malayo siya at malaki. ANo pang meron dyan the stores Boyet?

Now I realize why they bahave that way. It's because majority of them are Quebecoir and they are known to be airy and snobbish.

i guess they won't be snobbish in this situation :lol: this is a scary video about aircanada :ohno:

http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-7832043939212729970

Di ko alam na meron palang ganyan dyan kasi walang nagmention tsaka walang pics. Taka nga ako ano yon, kala ko rin yong pergola or canopy for waiting passengers pero parang malayo siya at malaki. ANo pang meron dyan the stores Boyet?

mga kainan yan nandyan vic, pero di masyado ok na kainan..like i said, may chickies and patties dyan..pero yun na pinaka ok..:D

;10618605']mga kainan yan nandyan vic, pero di masyado ok na kainan..like i said, may chickies and patties dyan..pero yun na pinaka ok..:D


Murag pareho ra siguro sa dating strip mall sa atbang sa old terminal sauna. Naay daghan pasalubong stores.

i guess they won't be snobbish in this situation :lol: this is a scary video about aircanada :ohno:

http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-7832043939212729970


I got goosebumps watching the video. Really a life-altering moment for those in this plane.

scary.... but... how am I suppose to live without airplanes :hahaha: parang kanta!!

I got goosebumps watching the video. Really a life-altering moment for those in this plane.

scary.... but... how am I suppose to live without airplanes :hahaha: parang kanta!!

pwede nga masgbanca na lang ka gikan diha padung davao. menos gastos daghan kag pasalubong.:lol: :lol:

kung mahimo pod lagi nga mag bangka... problema lagi pod asa pod nako ipamutang ang pasalubong gamay man pod kaayo ang bangka :lol: :lol:

pwede nga masgbanca na lang ka gikan diha padung davao. menos gastos daghan kag pasalubong.:lol: :lol:

let me share a secret...di ba nga clark ang name ko...tapos may glasses ako....got it? so rajah, tell me lang kung kailan mo kailangan iumuwi and marami kang dala...:D

apil ko tagbo kay Jude, para naa pud ko bahin sa pasalubong.

Saturday, November 25, 2006
CEB offers connecting routes from Davao starting from P999

CEBU Pacific (CEB), the country's low fare leader and leading domestic carrier, has expanded its domestic coverage further by introducing 17

I just have never seen any official place put the population that high. From the Medco people kasi they did not estimate it that high yet. Anyway the more the merrier.



Last November 22, CEB started offering 17 connecting routes from Davao via Manila and Cebu, with through fares starting from P999 one-way. Fares are exclusive of surcharges and government tax.

"It's always been our vision to make air travel available to more Filipinos. From offering three direct services from Davao, now, with these route connections, we are able offer 17 additional routes and connect more islands from Davao, further serving the needs of the Davaoeno. Once again, we are giving travelers more options and providing a convenient alternative for traveling within the country," Candice Iyog, CEB marketing director, said.

CEB will provide an attractive through fare as part of the connecting product, together with a check-through baggage connection service from the origin station to the end-destination of the guest.

CEB's domestic flight connections will significantly expand its domestic network coverage and will benefit both business and leisure markets.

"CEB is now reaching more people and connecting more islands by air and, more importantly, providing the lowest airfare for these connecting routes. Guests can save as much as 13 percent by availing of our through fares than if they were to buy separate tickets for their flight connection. Many of our guests have been requesting for this enhanced service because they are already taking advantage of our year-round low fares on the direct services and want the same when they travel to other destinations," Iyog added.

CEB will provide connecting flights from Davao to Bacolod, Clark, Iloilo and Zamboanga for P999, to Laoag and Legaspi for P1,099, to Bacolod, Iloilo, Kalibo, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran and Dumaguete for P1,299, and to Butuan, Cotabato, Cagayan de Oro and Dipolog for P1,499.

Now in its 11th year, CEB has the newest fleet in the Philippines with a fleet age of less than nine months, and one of the newest in Asia as it operates 12 brand new Airbus aircraft to its 20 domestic and six regional destinations. The airline awaits the delivery of two more Airbus aircraft in early 2007 to complete its $670 million re-fleeting program

I've never been able to get any of these. I tried booking through the internet a manila-davao return and each time it comes out to the same price as PR and always higher than airphil!:nuts: :omg: :eek2:

Anyway look forward to any new flight serving davao.

^^ ang air macau naa naman sa system, the only problem is they're only a regional airline ... no bookings possible yet for flight originating from other continents (i guess)... viva macau->murag wala pa gyud.

apil ko tagbo kay Jude, para naa pud ko bahin sa pasalubong.

o ba... usually mag da kog daghan aspirin ug katakotakot na präservative (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rai_regenbogen/253693662/) for my social service work ug sa hubag :lol: :lol: :lol: (ayaw ka balaka, bahinan tamo daan :lol: :lol: :lol: )

^^ ang air macau naa naman sa system, the only problem is they're only a regional airline ... no bookings possible yet for flight originating from other continents (i guess)... viva macau->murag wala pa gyud.



o ba... usually mag da kog daghan aspirin ug katakotakot na präservative (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rai_regenbogen/253693662/) for my social service work ug sa hubag :lol: :lol: :lol: (ayaw ka balaka, bahinan tamo daan :lol: :lol: :lol: )


I'm game for social work thingy when I go home. I'm in the works for collecting usable items here and bring it to the needies in beloved Wadab. Wish me luck!

^^ the next i'm going home i wanna try singapore then davao. air canada has to retrain and reeducate their flight crew on courtesy and manners.

Ditto. I wanna try Singapore Air from Vancouver to Singapore and Silk Air from Singapore to Davao or fly via Seoul or Japan which would then have flights to Davao. Via Hongkong is snother good option.

air macau is here (well the office..at least..:D)

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Ssc083.jpg

Thursday, November 30, 2006
Sriwijaya's Davao-Manado route to be launched Thursday
By Ben O. Tesiorna

THE Davao-Manado route will be revived Thursday with the launching of first commercial flight of Sriwijaya Airlines expected to arrive in Davao City Thursday morning.

The Jakarta-based Sriwijaya Air's Boeing 737-200 will arrive at the Davao International Airport around 11:30 a.m. and will be flying back to Manado at 12:30 pm.


The regular run is scheduled every Monday to Thursday with arrival in Davao City at 10 a.m. and leaving for Manado at 10:45 a.m. The airline can accommodate 124 passengers and can carry cargo up to 3.5 tons in weight.

Sriwijaya's Davao-Manado route is projected to play a significant role in encouraging more movement for trade and tourism within the Bimp-Eaga.

The route is also envisioned to enhance the Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani Cooperation Triangle (Jags-CT) trade links with North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The trade links have been forged with the Jags-CT's trade mission to Indonesia last September.

A memorandum of understanding was earlier forged between the municipality of Glan and the city of Bitung on the establishment of a sister-city municipality cooperation in the areas of education, socio-cultural development, tourism promotion, fisheries and marine resource development as well as trade and commerce. (BOT/With press release)

I've never been able to get any of these. I tried booking through the internet a manila-davao return and each time it comes out to the same price as PR and always higher than airphil!:nuts: :omg: :eek2:

Anyway look forward to any new flight serving davao.

boss, you need to book early.. dun sa P10 promo nila I got a roundtrip mla-dvo for only P2050.. CEB is lousy though when it comes to refunds... naexcite kasi ako at nagbook ng marami! 3 roundtrips ata hehehe but I had to cancel one. pangit rin customer service nila.. laging busy

^^ty bai pero lagi man ako nauunahan, I know you can get it theoretically but it's not like everyday low prices like airasia or something, sana a true low cost carrier comes in and flies, I look forward to the day ASEAN open skies rules in 2008 so we can have a variety of airlines nagababakan for our business, then hopefully we can also have800Php regular flights from manila to davao like clark to KK.

boss, where is KK? is clark-KK distance similar to davao manila? if so php800 one way would be great!
Is there something stoping airasia or the other low budget carrier from doing business in our country?

I think he means KK as Kota Kinabalo.

where is Kota Kinabalo? sorry Im a bit off in geography...

^^ Kota Kinabalu is a city in the Malaysian state of Sabah. :colgate:

thanks! is it as from Manila as Manila-Dvo?

you're asking if it takes the same number of hours flying the Davao-Manila route with the Davao-KK route? granting we're on the same page....i'm not really sure but I know that KK is in a Malaysian region closer to Davao so that flying distance from this province to Davao might be close to the number of hours flying the Manila -Davao route.

i see... thanks! sorry for the typo..

boss, where is KK? is clark-KK distance similar to davao manila? if so php800 one way would be great!
Is there something stoping airasia or the other low budget carrier from doing business in our country?

clark to kk is further than manila to davao so bottom line if an airasia came then the price would be lower.

Airasia is malaysian hence not allowed to fly within the country. In 2008 theoretically there is no more restriction for these kinds of airlines. In reality airlines like 5j will lobby that their gravy train not be interupted and will not want these guys to service these routes.

^^^ sorry boss, what is 5j? hehehe full of questions
but I guess local airlines will lobby for protection, like other industries do.. afraid of competition from outside - thats why we dont grow

Pa post rin ng pics ko nung umalis ako hehehe, pasensya na lang madilim

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4569.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4574.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4571.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4572.jpg

at meron pang sambahan, wala sa mga Naia to noh
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4570.jpg

^^ some parts of it look like the bufallo airport.

Ganda ng dating nung mga ilaw...
Pa post rin ng pics ko nung umalis ako hehehe, pasensya na lang madilim

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4569.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4574.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4571.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4572.jpg

at meron pang sambahan, wala sa mga Naia to noh
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/davao/IMG_4570.jpg

Asian Spirit defers IPO plan
By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes
The Philippine Star 12/02/2006

Asian Spirit has deferred plans to go public with the sale of at least 30 percent of its shares, moving its timetable to 2008 instead of this year, company officials told The STAR.

The company was aiming to become the first airline to directly list its shares in the local stock market. About P300 million is expected to be generated from the public listing.

In postponing its plan to sell equity, Asian Spirit may find itself competing with bigger airlines. Philippine Airlines plans to go public also by 2008, depending on its ability to post three consecutive years of net profit while Gokongwei-owned Cebu Pacific plans to undertake an initial public offering (IPO) either next year or in 2008.

In line with the planned public offering, Asian Spirit plans to seek the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase its authorized capital stock to P1 billion, from the present P300 million.

Asian Spirit got a 25-year congressional franchise in March 2003 but began commercial operations in 1996. It was given five years from the issuance of its legislative franchise in 2003 to go public, or until 2008.

"We decided to postpone our public offering because we believe we are not yet ready," Asian Spirit vice-president for commercial operations Butch Rodriguez told The STAR.

Asian Spirit earlier said it expects revenues to grow by around 20 percent this year to P1.38 billion, brought about by its expansion to additional foreign routes and continued growth in passengers.

The company has been growing its revenues at a rate of about 20 percent yearly. Revenues hit P1.15 billion in 2005 compared to around P900 million in 2004, marking the first year that Asian Spirit hit the P1-billion revenue mark.

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) earlier revoked Pacific East Asia Cargo Airline’s entitlement to fly to Korea and just last week, gave this to Asian Spirit.

The RP-Korea air agreement limits the designation of Philippine carriers that can fly to Korea to only four, namely Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines, and Pacific East Asia. But since Pacific East Asia has not been using its entitlement for the last seven years, Asian Spirit requested last August the transfer of the permit to operate air transport services to Korea.

Rodriquez said the CAB has given Asian Spirit six months to start using this entitlement. "Thus, we plan to launch the services to Korea by the latter part of next month or early January next year," he disclosed. This timetable will also depend on how fast Asian Spirit can get its permit from Korea, the official added.

Asian Spirit will be operating daily flights from Manila to Korea, and will be using Boeing 737-400 170-seater aircraft which it will be leasing. There will also be four flights a week from Davao to Korea starting early next year and three times a week from Clark to Korea.

Saturday, December 02, 2006
Indon airline launches Davao-Manado flight

CLOSE on the heels of the successful trade mission of Southern Mindanao's Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani Cooperation Triangle (Jags-CT) to Indonesia last September, a new Indonesian airline company started serving the Davao-Manado route Saturday.

The move is aimed at boosting trade ties between the Philippines and Indonesia, which are both under the development thrust of the East Asean Growth Area (Eaga).

The Jakarta-based Sriwijaya Air uses Boeing 737-200 to provide an alternate service for the Davao-Manado route, which is currently being served by Merpati Airlines.

The airline launched its maiden flight to Davao Thursday and was welcomed with a ceremonial program by local officials and tourism players here.

For its regular run, Sriwijaya is scheduled to fly every Monday and Thursday, arriving in Davao City at 10 a.m. and leaving for Manado at 10:45 a.m.

The airline can accommodate 124 passengers and can carry cargo up to 3.5 tons in weight.

"The new additional flight directly connecting Davao and Manado is an affirmation of growing vibrancy on the potentials for tourism, trade and investment within the Bimp-Eaga," said Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana, chair of the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco).

Leyretana said that the new Davao-Manado air link is a welcome addition to the existing air and sea linkages from Mindanao to Indonesia.

Mindanao is currently connected to Indonesia through the Davao-Manado flight by Merpati Airlines and the direct shipping services of M/L Aljamar covering Glan (Sarangani)-Tahuna-Bitung (Indonesia) sea route, which started in October.

"Sriwijaya's Davao-Manado flight is expected to contribute to our aim of enhancing trade and socio-cultural links. I hope this air route will be sustained, as it will certainly boost Mindanao's ties with Indonesia," Leyretana added.

In October this year, a five-day trade mission was initiated by the Jags-CT (Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani Cooperation Triangle) local government and private sector players to explore possible areas of partnership with their Indonesian counterparts.

Headed by Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Dominguez and Philippine Special Envoy for Bimp-Eaga Efren Abu, the trade mission was able to secure a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Municipality of Glan and the City of Bitung in Indonesia, which established sister-city cooperation in the areas of education, socio-culture, tourism, fisheries, marine resource, as well as trade and commerce.

"Things are looking up between Mindanao and Indonesia and we really have to support these initiatives," Leyretana stressed.

A four-country meeting of Bimp-Eaga leaders has been slated next week in Cebu, ahead of the Asean Summit, to discuss progress of the sub-region's development roadmap and projects.

Open-skies policy to create 1m jobs

By Roderick T. dela Cruz

Air travel liberalization in Subic and Clark can bring in one million more foreign tourists to the country and generate another one million jobs, said Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri.

Neri, who is also the director general of the National Economic and Development Authority, said the open skies policy was the right path for the air travel sector as this would result in more Asians traveling to the Philippines aboard budget airlines.

He said while there were powerful individuals resisting reforms in the air travel sector, the government would issue an executive order to implement the open skies policy.

The order will clarify the final position of the government on air travel and replace Executive Order 500-A, which restricted the entry of foreign budget airlines like Tiger Airways and Air Asia to the developmental routes of Subic and Clark.

Data shows that in 2004, the Philippines attracted only 150,000 visitors from other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In comparison, Malaysia drew 12 million visitors from other Asean countries during the same year; Singapore, three million; Thailand, 2.9 million and Indonesia, 2.4 million.

Amid pressure from local airlines, the government earlier issued EO 500-A, which provided that foreign governments should officially designate international carriers to Clark and Subic first, before they can bring in passengers to the two special economic zones.

Neri said politically well-connected individuals with vested interests resisted the government’s economic reforms, particularly in the aviation sector.

Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air, Asian Spirit and other local carriers argued that there would be a lack of reciprocity if the Philippines grants foreign airlines unlimited access to the airports and passengers of Subic and Clark(These Air Companies are afraid of competition sa madaling salita!!!!). They said local airlines were denied similar access by other countries mindful of the interests of their own airlines. (This isn't true, i guess, dahil ang gusto naman nila targetin ay mga major cities lang ... imo)

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator Armand Arreza hit back at those who were trying to stifle the open skies, saying this reform policy would be crucial in Subic’s and Clark’s campaign to become an international logistics hub.

“What we want to see is more open skies in Subic and Clark. Tourism is growing right now. Why do they want to restrict it?” he said. the same applies to DAVAO!!!

Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan, chairman of Subic-Clark Alliance for Development, said the two economic zones were the best bet of the country for economic development.

“The United States now considers Subic and Clark as the gateway to Asia-Pacific,” Pamintuan said.

SBMA deputy administrator Ferdinand Hernandez said the policy would help Subic regain its position as a one-stop tourist destination.

Resort owners and hotel operators in Subic also pushed for the open skies policy, saying this would facilitate the movement of dollar-spending foreign visitors to the Philippines.

George Lorenzana, chairman of the White Rock Resort Hotel in Subic, said the respective private sector-led visitors bureaus of Subic and Clark had recently passed a resolution asking the government to implement the open skies policy soon.

Air travel services is one of the 11 priority sectors that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is set to liberalize starting January 2007.

Thanks for dissecting that article that way Jude. I've read that article in a national daily but I was not as attentive to the details like you did.

^^Sana magkatutuo na iyan, for the whole philippines, as this will ultimately be beneficial to all. the ironic part is that the whole industry makes less than a billion in profit a year yet they want to stifle everyone else preventing the country to make billions of dollars in tourism money to protect their measly profits.

By the way omrpong, 5J is cebu pacific, call sign nila iyan like PAL is PR

you were talking to me? its xxpmrong :)
5J - yup I thought so too! I remember seeing 5J.. so it was in my boarding pass hehehe

Thanks for dissecting that article that way Jude. I've read that article in a national daily but I was not as attentive to the details like you did.

avec plaisir,
ma-highblood ko everytime makabasa kog open skies nga topic :lol: :lol: :lol:

avec plaisir,
ma-highblood ko everytime makabasa kog open skies nga topic :lol: :lol: :lol:


I know how it pains us to be reminded of Manila's imperialiasm (lol)

Open-skies policy to create 1m jobs

By Roderick T. dela Cruz

Air travel liberalization in Subic and Clark can bring in one million more foreign tourists to the country and generate another one million jobs, said Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri.


“What we want to see is more open skies in Subic and Clark. Tourism is growing right now. Why do they want to restrict it?” he said. the same applies to DAVAO!!!

Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan, chairman of Subic-Clark Alliance for Development, said the two economic zones were the best bet of the country for economic development.

“The United States now considers Subic and Clark as the gateway to Asia-Pacific,” Pamintuan said.

SBMA deputy administrator Ferdinand Hernandez said the policy would help Subic regain its position as a one-stop tourist destination.



sa best bet nalang tanan grasya.:ohno: open skies na lang unta tanan airport.

mao lagi, unta.... unsa-on man ning mga technocrats nato sa manila, puros man tanga (kung dili gani corrupt) :ohno:

sa best bet nalang tanan grasya.:ohno: open skies na lang unta tanan airport.

Actually there's already been an announcement for immediate liberalization for EAGA airports for designated carriers. Basicaly open skies with some limits. A good start for a full blown trial run.

^^

I haven't read any article on that...can you please post the link here?

This article could be relevant to the point raised by Bustero

Air linkages to expand within East Asia Growth Area
06 Dec 2006
Hamidah Atan

PUTRAJAYA, WED.:
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Malaysia is one of four countries expected to sign an agreement to expand air linkages within Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines East Asia Growth Area (Bimpeaga).

Under the arrangement, Malaysia will be opening up Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Labuan and Miri as its cities of destination while Brunei has identified Bandar Seri Begawan.

Balikpapan, Manado, Pontianak and Tarakan will be offered by Indonesia while Philippines has identified Davao City, General Santos, Puerto Princesa and Zambango.

Both national carrier Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia will be designated to fly to all the cities.

The signing ceremony is expected to take place during next week’s Asean Summit in Cebu in the Philippines.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the Cabinet in its weekly meeting today agreed that Malaysia should sign the agreement to realise the Asean aviation road map.

"There will be an unlimited number of frequency and aircraft. There will be no restriction and it is going to be a very liberal arrangement.

"For instance, from Kota Kinabalu, you can fly to all the cities in Indonesia and all relevant cities in airlines which have been designated by the Malaysian Government and the other governments," he said.

He also said the agreement will be over and above the bilateral agreements of the respective countries.

"Malaysia and other countries like Indonesia already have air agreements but on top of that, we have this extra arrangement."

He said the four nations also agreed to unlimited “fifth freedom” whereby designated aircraft can pick up passengers and fly to the scheduled destinations.

"Let say from Kuching to Davao City, they can pick up passengers in Davao and go to other cities. We can expect a lot of movement in terms of tourists, traders and investors. We are happy that after taking quite some time, we are about to sign the agreement."

Fifth freedom, which is listed under Schedule B of the agreement, comprises Bandar Seri Begawan, Balikpapan, Pontianak, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Davao City and Zamboanga.

^^you got it.

the one i read was from the first page of businessworld.

best place to start.

when the whole eaga thing was started over 10 years ago. it was the "yagit" na regions of the 3 countries MaPhilindo (hehe remember this) + saling pusa si brunei and Darwin. who were pushing for this. All three subregions mindanao, insular malaysia, and eastern indo all had a "imperial ______fill in the blank) mentality.

now time to see if there is a market that can be developed, no more reason not to have it. The question is will people from this region use these airlinks. The interesting part indeed! abangan

Sunstar Davao dated Dec. 9, 2006...page 5

Cebu Pacific increases frequency to Hong Kong and Singapore


Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s low fare leader and leading domestic airline, will increase its Davao-Hong Kong frequency from 3 to 4 times weekly and Davao-Singapore frequency from 3 to 4 times weekly starting January 25, 2007. CEB started the Davao-Hong Kong service on October 2 and the Davao-Singapore service on October 23.

The Davao-Hong Kong service departs from Cebu every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at 6:00pm, arriving in Hong Kong at 11:50pm. The flight then leaves Hong Kong at 12:50am the following day to arrive back in Davao at 6:00am. The additional service will operate on a Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Davao-Singapore service is scheduled to operate from Monday , Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday and departs from Davao at 6:00pm, arriving in Singapore at 11:35pm. The flight then departs from Singapore at 12:25am the following day and arrives back in Cebu at 6:00am. The additional services will operate on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“With these additional frequencies into Davao, we are effectively increasing our capacity from Hong Kong by 25% and from Singapore by 50%. This will allow us to offer more seats at the lowest fares and stimulate travel from these regional destinations to Davao and the surrounding provinces,” Candice Iyog, CEB marketing director said.

CEB has extended its system-wide seat sale offer of P98 for all domestic routes and P999 for all regional routes from December 6 to 12. All quoted fares are for one-way travel only. The promo is good for travel from January 1 to March 31, 2007. The seat sale fares are exclusive of surcharges, government tax.

“We are very encouraged that after just 2 months of operating these regional services from Davao, that we are already increasing our frequencies and we hope that with the extension of the seat sale, we will be able to further grow travel and tourism in Davao and the surrounding provinces,” Iyog added

It really should be a good flight for them. There are enough ofw from mindanao in both hk and sing! I think a daily flight from them would be easy. Only the peeps from western mindanao would not prefer to fly off from DVO.

so kumusta na yung Davao-KOrea flight ng PAL? malapit na ang December 16, and di pa dumarating ang Asiana, Viva Macau and Air Macau :(

Only the peeps from western mindanao would not prefer to fly off from DVO.


Can you cite any reason why?

Can you cite any reason why?

imo proximity wise they are nearer to KK, KL KUCH, SING and MLA, and they are also fighting for an open-sky policy (i.e. they also want to have international direct flights..... :)

@bustero: am i right?

DHL Express bares plan to establish third gateway
Manila Standard 2006-12-10

DHL Express is considering the possibility of putting up a third gateway either in the Subic-Clark-Bataan triangle in Central Luzon, or in Mindanao amid increasing volume of goods from and into these areas.

Larry Llamson, country manager of DHL Express Philippines, said the company planned to increase the number of its service points all over the country from the current nine to 20 by next year as part of its expansion binge.

DHL now operates two gateways—one in Metro Manila where 90 percent of its shipments are coursed through, and another one in Metro Cebu.

A gateway is a facility dedicated to the movement of shipments in and out of the country. In this case, DHL uses its Manila and Cebu gateways to ship goods to and from Hong Kong, its central hub in the Asia-Pacific. DHL operates through chartered planes once a day.

Llamson said the location of the third gateway would require the proximity of an international airport. There are already international airports in Clark, Subic and in Davao City.

“If there is an opportunity to grow big, that can be serviced. Davao is an opportunity,” he said.

Llamson the Central Luzon corridor was still an area of enormous opportunities despite the presence of competitors, Federal Express, which presently operates a hub in Subic and UPS, which has one in Clark.

“There is a reason why they [competitors] are there,” he said.

The possibility of a third gateway in the country comes as a consolation of sorts after DHL announced it is definitely not taking over the logistics hub in Subic that Federal Express would vacate after it transfers its hub operations in China by 2008. Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos

imo proximity wise they are nearer to KK, KL KUCH, SING and MLA, and they are also fighting for an open-sky policy (i.e. they also want to have international direct flights..... :)

@bustero: am i right?

So it's no brainer. The one big problem there I suppose is their market and economy are not viable enough for more international carriers to service the province.

imo proximity wise they are nearer to KK, KL KUCH, SING and MLA, and they are also fighting for an open-sky policy (i.e. they also want to have international direct flights..... :)

@bustero: am i right?

I'm agree:banana:

@dvoeagle - layo kaayo man! I remember when we had peeps from our company try to go to zam del sur near ipil, wahhh sabi nila mabilis pa to go to cotabato city then take a boat then take like a 14 or 18 hour bus trip ! That's really far by road then. Really better for them to fly to Davao than a road trip . So for them to fly to davao eastward then fly to kk or other points in malaysia where their air traffic is biggest , westward makes it a back and forth flight. Hindi sa walang lilipad, but just not as popular! Besides those guys have always been different from an economic integration than central/eastern mindanao, parang different frame of mind because of the distance.

I'm agree:banana:

@dvoeagle - layo kaayo man! I remember when we had peeps from our company try to go to zam del sur near ipil, wahhh sabi nila mabilis pa to go to cotabato city then take a boat then take like a 14 or 18 hour bus trip ! That's really far by road then. Really better for them to fly to Davao than a road trip . So for them to fly to davao eastward then fly to kk or other points in malaysia where their air traffic is biggest , westward makes it a back and forth flight. Hindi sa walang lilipad, but just not as popular! Besides those guys have always been different from an economic integration than central/eastern mindanao, parang different frame of mind because of the distance.


That could very well explain it. But if there's no carrier willing to do mission flights for them then I guess they have no choice but to do the circuitous route which is to go east in Davao and hover up on their airspace on the way to say KL or KK. :lol:

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A YouTube find. Landing in Davao International Airport

^^ kakita kos among venue sa una... RMC ug City High..

is this the one from Cebu?

^^ kakita kos among venue sa una... RMC ug City High..

is this the one from Cebu?

The same flight that flew from Cebu.

Linggo, Disyembre 17, 2006 3:07:00 AM

22 - PAL to open Seoul-Manila-Davao route on Dec. 16

Wednesday, November 22 2006 @ 06:51 PM GMT

Business

Philippine Airlines (PAL) will open its new route to Seoul-Manila then connect to Davao on December 16.

Davao tourism players who joined the Korea and China trade missions brought home the good news as they continue to market the city as the destination of the south.

Davao Tourism Association president and marketing manager of The Marco Polo Hotel Art Boncato, in a press briefing Wednesday, said after selling Davao to 200 tour operators during the trade missions and after several planning and negotiations, airline companies are convinced to fly to Davao and bring tourists from both countries.

Another good thing that happened during the trade mission, he said, is that Air Macau will finally launch its maiden flight on January 3, 2007 with route Seoul-Macau then Macau to Davao.

"We had the chance to talk with the chief executive officer of the fifth biggest tour operator in Korea, the Freedom Tours, which is the general sales agent of Air Macau and we were informed that they had decided to come down to Davao," he said.

Boncato said Secretary Ace Durano of the Department of Tourism (DOT) will be among the guests of the premier flight.

He said Davao is being promoted to Korean market as golf and honeymoon destinations. During winter in Korea, golfers move out and Davao City is the ideal site for golfers, he said.

As this developed, Boncato said flights will be chartered but on a regular basis like twice weekly as there are already buyers back in Korea of the Davao destination.

Meanwhile, he said, in Shanghai, the group joined the biggest International Travel Mart and the Davao delegation were among those who participated in the Philippines' booth No. 5 where it was very well attended.

Boncato even said they were able to convince Consul General Jaime Yabes to bring his group of golfers to Davao by January who will also be among the tourists to avail of the maiden flight.

"We informed them that everything in Davao is stable now and things are gearing to an upward trend," he said.

Boncato said other consular generals from other countries will be joining in the golf tourney early 2007.

He said a lot of individual travelers want to see the destination and among them is the China market.

"There really is a need to work hard for international visitors to see Davao for themselves and we are also compensated by our domestic travelers and we are lucky we have that market," he added.

He said since the government has already come up with direction for the super region where Mindanao is tasked to provide food for the country and the Visayas to cater to tourism, "we have to do our part of promoting our own destinations and that has to be done otherwise we will be left behind." (PNA)

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Honestly... DIA is far more better than Naia1... sus... Kadiri naman ung NAIA... madumi...old...Low tech...Cheap... sana mag open na ung term 1...

^^ and when the new International Airports in Laguindingan, Iloilo and Bacolod opens, NAIA T1 will be buried to the ground with shame :)

By then the national gov't shall have torn down (MAYBE NOT) the structures or has moved service to the new main terminal.

WELL-WISHERS MILLING AT THE DIA

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^^pinayagan naman ang wellwishers sa waiting area ulit, di na sa parking lot?

^^

i think so....medyo current yong pic eh. not sure though kasi ninakaw ko lang yang pic na yan (lol)

^^ Nope. Hanggang parking area pa rin lahat ng mga sasalubong....:)

this was already posted here in 2004 :lol: thanks for reposting Sir Davaoeagle

WELL-WISHERS MILLING AT THE DIA

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hehe for a moment na excite ako, oh well

this was already posted here in 2004 :lol: thanks for reposting Sir Davaoeagle

huh? may SSC Davao na ba nong 2004?

huh? may SSC Davao na ba nong 2004?

yeah... pero yoong thread parang ganito ang title "Any picture of davao or zamboanga" .... that was the time i started pirating pictures :lol: :lol: :lol:

really, so it must have really been late in the day when I discovered SSC in March this year then. :ohno:

really, so it must have really been late in the day when I discovered SSC in March this year then. :ohno:

not too late i guess, kay sa una gamay man lang ang postings, dili kaayo active (ang manila ug makati atb. thread lang)... nag boom sya mga mid 2005 (i remember the riverfront postings nga hapit ko kahilak sa kalipay... :lol: )

murag nabasa ko na nang mga previous threads na na nad yes, daghan ang posting regarding Riverfront. Wa na ko nakurat kaayo kay perme ko na na gi survey (murag korek!) ang Riverfront sauna after nahuman ang road network sa area. Unya naka tan-aw pud ko diha ug drag race ug off road race pud sa pikas nga side. Wala pa noon to nabalhin ang croc park pero just the same lingaw gihapon mga "pag-umangkin" sa attactions sa sulod.

kelan ang inaugural flight ng air macau????pls update

dunno, january daw, pero may office na sila sa harap ng victoria plaza

eh yung royal brunei airlines??i heard it would be on the first quarter of next year flying directly to bandar seri begawan or it's also a connecting flight??

early next year din daw yon. direct to davao yon.

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updates from air macau???royal brunei???

dia reminds of adelaide airport for some reason ahah

:okay: :okay:


BIMP-EAGA leaders ink air agreement

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:12pm (Mla time) 01/12/2007

CEBU -- Leaders of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) on Friday signed a landmark agreement expanding air freedom rights in seven major international airports in the region.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in her opening statement at the signing ceremony at the Shangri-la Hotel in Mactan, called the memorandum of understanding is one of the "important achievements" in the area of economic integration among the four nations in the growth area.

The memorandum of understanding designates seven major international airports to will be granted fifth freedom traffic rights, namely Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, Pontianak and Balikpapan in Indonesia, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching in Malaysia, and Davao and Zamboanga in the Philippines.

The MOU provides for the multiple designation of airlines, without restrictions on frequency and capacity, and co-terminalization with stopover rights, and code sharing arrangements, according to a summit statement.

... and the rest is yet to come. we hope that they'll start flying soon :)

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BIMP-EAGA leaders ink air agreement

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:12pm (Mla time) 01/12/2007

CEBU -- Leaders of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) on Friday signed a landmark agreement expanding air freedom rights in seven major international airports in the region.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in her opening statement at the signing ceremony at the Shangri-la Hotel in Mactan, called the memorandum of understanding is one of the "important achievements" in the area of economic integration among the four nations in the growth area.

The memorandum of understanding designates seven major international airports to will be granted fifth freedom traffic rights, namely Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, Pontianak and Balikpapan in Indonesia, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching in Malaysia, and Davao and Zamboanga in the Philippines.

The MOU provides for the multiple designation of airlines, without restrictions on frequency and capacity, and co-terminalization with stopover rights, and code sharing arrangements, according to a summit statement.

Open skies pact among BIMP-EAGA countries forged
By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star 01/13/2007

CEBU — The Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) agreed yesterday to an "open skies" policy to spur tourism and development in the places covered by the sub-grouping.

EAGA includes the entire sultanate of Brunei Darussalam; 10 provinces in the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Irian Jaya; Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan in Malaysia; and Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines.

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudyohono, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and President Arroyo signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the expansion of air linkages during the BIMP-EAGA summit here.

The MOU designates seven major international airports to be granted fifth freedom traffic rights — Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, Pontianak and Balikpapan in Indonesia, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching in Malaysia and Davao and Zamboanga in the Philippines.

[B]The MOU also provides for the multiple designation of airlines without restrictions on aircraft type, frequency and capacity and co-terminalization with stop-over rights and code sharing arrangements.

These initiatives are expected to gradually increase the number of air links that will lead to the steady growth of tourism in the sub-region as well as trade, investment and cultural exchanges.

"There is no limit on capacity and frequencies so it’s literally open skies," Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and Mindanao Economic Development Cooperation chairman Jesus Dureza said in a press briefing.

The airlines of each country are allowed to operate scheduled and chartered international air services for the carriage of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail.

^^ what about Manado, Indonesia or Gensan?

^^ ^^

I guess the MOU covers only the major international airports. Gensan'd airport might not belong to the same category whereas Davao's and Zambo's are. I'm not sure with Manado's.

dia reminds of adelaide airport for some reason ahah

theyre both new

dia is best in philippines today according to many who's seen it and probably the most modern

adel airport (http://www.aal.com.au/) is considered the best in the country today after it recieved the capital city airport of the year award last year

;11275366']^^ what about Manado, Indonesia or Gensan?
probably granted and existing along with singapore city. just guessing

not the greatest but better than nothing.

the thing with bimp-eaga is that the traffic is still very low and will probably continue to be low for quite a while, best served by turboprops for most part

i hope we can have dia as a full fledge open skies airport, that way other airlines can just base there and serve it.

SeaAir seeks BoI perks for aircraft buy
By FIL C. SIONIL

Southeast Asian Airlines (SeaAir) will seek for the incentive package under the Board of Investments’ (BoI) Investment Priority Program (IPP) for its acquisition of two new aircraft, a move that would reduce its operating expense.

In an interview with a select group of reporters, SeaAir President and Chief Executive Officer Avelino L. Zapanta disclosed the airline management is seriously considering applying for BoI registration to avail of the perks granted by the BoI under the IPP.

"We are looking into that, conceivably to reduce our operating cost," said Zapanta.

In 2006, BoI opened-up incentive package to tourism and other tourism-related sectors and facilities under the IPP.

Already, two airline firms, Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines have filed their respective application before the BoI to take advantage of the package of incentives and other privileges, which include tax holidays.

SeaAir is currently wrapping up negotiations for two Airbus 320 with Air Asia under lease agreement as part of its expansion program that will improve its market share.

Zapanta explained SeaAir is awaiting for the approval from the regulators, namely, Civil Aviation Board and Air Transport Office, among others, tariff schedules.

The target is to complete all the necessary documentation requirements within the month. "Our target is before the end of the month to finish our filings. Then, we can enter into lease contract agreement," he said.

Roll-out is tentatively scheduled sometime next month.

The two aircrafts would increase its passenger capacity. A320 has a seating capacity of 180. SeaAir has 19 aircraft in its existing fleet.

It, too, will pave the way for SeaAir’s offering "low-cost" flights to Singapore and Macau out of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in the former US –military stronghold, Clark Airbase.

At the onset, Zapanta said the plan it to offer flights to Singapore and Macau out of Clark three to four times a week.

"But, we want to buildit-up into daily flights," he added.

SeaAir will, likewise, be flying to Cebu and Davao out of Clark Airbase.

^^

Davao-Clark and vice-versa used to be serviced by C Pacific 3-4 years ago. It's a bit of good news to me that they will now reinstate the flight.

^^ ^^ mao ba, so revival lang ni nga stretch, btw, did you mean Cathay of Cebu Pacific, naa man lagi'y picture sa una nga ang CX ni land sa Davao, kanus-a man na sila mubalik?

^^Pambihira naman iyang article gani, mali man ang lessor, it's tiger air which has announced the lease not air asia, hilo talaga, anyway good development pa rin, they could use davao as a hub to hk or macau, hehe

yung viva macau naging Asian Spirit pala no? they (asian spirit) will use Viva Macau's planes para sa Davao-macau flight

^^ ^^ mao ba, so revival lang ni nga stretch, btw, did you mean Cathay of Cebu Pacific, naa man lagi'y picture sa una nga ang CX ni land sa Davao, kanus-a man na sila mubalik?

Sorry Cebu Pacific diay. :lol:

;11310760']yung viva macau naging Asian Spirit pala no? they (asian spirit) will use Viva Macau's planes para sa Davao-macau flight

so how will i book? Asian Spirit and Viva Macau are not in my Reiseburo's system :dunno: i want to fly directly to davao :cry:

^^hot air baloon :D

http://www.asianspirit.com/graphics/map_destination.jpg

a/c inventory (soon to fly or has forgotten to fly :lol: to davao)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/d2/Seair_dornier_do-328.jpg

http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/downloads/photos/ground/ground4_sm.jpg

http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/downloads/photos/ground/ground3_sm.jpg


this plane looks dirty
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A320_AirMacao.jpg/800px-A320_AirMacao.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cathay.b747-400.b-hud.arp.jpg/800px-Cathay.b747-400.b-hud.arp.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Asiana_Airlines_HL7414_frankfurt_100_0557.JPG/800px-Asiana_Airlines_HL7414_frankfurt_100_0557.JPG


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/KLIA_jets3.jpg/800px-KLIA_jets3.jpg


http://news.aunz.yimg.com/xp/fafp/20060806/13/2868496459.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ms/thumb/e/ec/Sriwijaya732dipolonia.jpg/800px-Sriwijaya732dipolonia.jpg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Royal.brunei.airlines.b767.arp.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Royal.brunei.airlines.b767.arp.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Ansett_aircraft.jpg

http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/relations/images/bush24Sept04/Air%20Force%20One%20Taxi%20For%20Take%20Off.jpg

http://www.cebupacificair.com/banners/gofares012007B.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A320_AirMacao.jpg/800px-A320_AirMacao.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cathay.b747-400.b-hud.arp.jpg/800px-Cathay.b747-400.b-hud.arp.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Asiana_Airlines_HL7414_frankfurt_100_0557.JPG/800px-Asiana_Airlines_HL7414_frankfurt_100_0557.JPG


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/KLIA_jets3.jpg/800px-KLIA_jets3.jpg


http://news.aunz.yimg.com/xp/fafp/20060806/13/2868496459.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ms/thumb/e/ec/Sriwijaya732dipolonia.jpg/800px-Sriwijaya732dipolonia.jpg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Royal.brunei.airlines.b767.arp.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Royal.brunei.airlines.b767.arp.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Ansett_aircraft.jpghttp://http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/d2/Seair_dornier_do-328.jpg

All these carriers fly to DVO?

All these carriers fly to DVO?

soon :cheers:

Ansett Australia is Bankrupt...
how does that work? :D

The AsianSpirit in Davao

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72239590.IXx0qXJL.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72239168.nb2zhqCU.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72239437.g6D7hhNt.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/78/737778/1/72239442.HggxpXqo.ASBAe146RPC2999021606054548.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72239555.pcEfIypr.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72239619.XincBlqP.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72241225.dmGDZNAt.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72241226.dKPyv77H.jpg

(reliable made in Germany engine... Dornier :okay: )
http://i5.pbase.com/g6/78/737778/2/72241232.gF9qo7ka.jpg









The End :cheers:

Ansett Australia is Bankrupt...
how does that work? :D

huh... then they should be spanked :lol: , can you post an article regarding Ansett's bankruptcy, for our info, thanks :)