ZAMBOANGA CITY Mayor Beng Climaco has welcomed the resumption of Philippine Airlines flights from here to Kota Kinabalu, saying, this southern port city has a lot to offer to Malaysian investors citing the strong economic growth and excellent business climate.
“This is good news for us and Malaysia, particularly Sabah because we shall both benefit from the economic prosperity this will bring. We welcome the resumption of PAL flights to Kota Kinabalu,” Climaco said.
The Mindanao Development Authority said PAL flights to the Sabah capital will start on March 31, adding, the Zamboanga City-Kota Kinabalu air connectivity is a major project of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) under the Transport Cluster in convergence with the Joint Tourism Development Cluster.
It also said that Datuk Christina Liew, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, expressed optimism to the resumption of PAL flights to Kota Kinabalu.
According to Chairman Carl Moosom, of the BIMP-EAGA Business Council in Sabah, the carrier of the PAL inaugural flight is a Bombardier 400 WD 86-seater aircraft with schedules on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Zamboanga to Kota Kinabalu (8 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.) and from Kota Kinabalu to Zamboanga (10:45 a.m.-12:30 noon).
In Sulu, Governor Sakur Tan also suggested that PAL opens direct flights from the capital town of Jolo to Kota Kinabalu, saying the local airport can accommodate even a C130 cargo plane and has amenities to serve international flights. He said the flights from Jolo to Kota Kinabalu will also benefit travellers and business men from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi province.
Last September, Garuda Indonesia Airlines also opened the Manado-Davao flights. Both the Manado and Kota Kinabalu routes are expected to spur more trade and economic activities between Mindanao and the rest of the BIMP-EAGA sub-region. (Zamboanga Post. With additional report from Che Palicte.)
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“This is good news for us and Malaysia, particularly Sabah because we shall both benefit from the economic prosperity this will bring. We welcome the resumption of PAL flights to Kota Kinabalu,” Climaco said.
The Mindanao Development Authority said PAL flights to the Sabah capital will start on March 31, adding, the Zamboanga City-Kota Kinabalu air connectivity is a major project of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) under the Transport Cluster in convergence with the Joint Tourism Development Cluster.
It also said that Datuk Christina Liew, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, expressed optimism to the resumption of PAL flights to Kota Kinabalu.
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According to Chairman Carl Moosom, of the BIMP-EAGA Business Council in Sabah, the carrier of the PAL inaugural flight is a Bombardier 400 WD 86-seater aircraft with schedules on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Zamboanga to Kota Kinabalu (8 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.) and from Kota Kinabalu to Zamboanga (10:45 a.m.-12:30 noon).
In Sulu, Governor Sakur Tan also suggested that PAL opens direct flights from the capital town of Jolo to Kota Kinabalu, saying the local airport can accommodate even a C130 cargo plane and has amenities to serve international flights. He said the flights from Jolo to Kota Kinabalu will also benefit travellers and business men from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi province.
Last September, Garuda Indonesia Airlines also opened the Manado-Davao flights. Both the Manado and Kota Kinabalu routes are expected to spur more trade and economic activities between Mindanao and the rest of the BIMP-EAGA sub-region. (Zamboanga Post. With additional report from Che Palicte.)
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