DAVAO CITY – A Filipino co-operative will resume the regular flights abandoned by commercial airline companies on the route connecting this city with the northeastern most city of Manado of Indonesia.
The resumed flights will be the early gains of post-Covid-19 pandemic period for the Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines–East Asean Growth Area , a sub-economic grouping in Southeast Asia, said Jonathan Miral, chief of the international relations division of the Mindanao Development Authority .
This was also confirmed by the co-operative, which as an aviation arm of Leading Edge Air Services Corp. , to undertake the revival of the flights. Its chairman, retired Major General Gilbert Llanto told the Philippine Information Agency that the company would target “a 65 to 70 percent load, including cargo,” adding that the previous Garuda Indonesia “had been flying at more than break-even.” He said the route was robust market.
Early this year, the ACDI-MPC flew the route to Manado in a one-day exploratory mission with 33 delegates from government and the business sector. The company used the 72-seater ATR 72-500.
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