Reuters / Yahoo Asia News - 2006-12-07 10:38
KUALA LUMPUR, December 6, (Reuters) - Four southeast Asian nations have agreed to permit unlimited flights among each other as the region heads towards an "open skies" policy by 2008. Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will sign a pact to free up air links at a meeting of southeast Asian nations in the Philippines next week, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday.
"It marks a milestone development towards aviation liberation within ASEAN countries," it quoted Malaysian Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy as saying, and added that the pact would allow unlimited flights among 13 cities in the four countries.
Only airlines designated by the respective governments can participate, however.
The cities involved are Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei; the cities of Balikpapan, Manado, Pontianak and Tarakan in Indonesia; the towns of Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Labuan and Miri in Malaysia; and Davao City, General Santos, Puerto Princesa and Zamboanga in the Philippines, Bernama said.
ASEAN, which includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, hopes that liberalisation of passenger and air cargo services by the end of 2008 will help promote the group's goal of creating an economic community in Southeast Asia.
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