Cebu Pacific asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to hold air talks with its counterpart in India, an airline executive said.
“There was no available traffic rights for Cebu Pacific. [So] we requested the Philippine air panel to hold air talks with India,” Cebu Pacific vice president of corporate communications JR Mantaring said.
The Philippine negotiating panel is composed of officials from CAB, Departments of Transportation, Tourism and Foreign Affairs, Clark International Airport Corp. and representatives of local airlines.
No local airlines are currently flying between Manila and cities in India.
Data from the Tourism Department showed that 72,381 guests from India visited the Philippines in January to August.
Cebu Pacific also asked the Philippine air panel to hold air talks with the government of Australia.
The airline requested for 872 seats between Manila and Melbourne.
Cebu Pacific operates between Manila and Sydney while Philippine Airlines flies to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin.
Data from the Tourism Department showed that Australian tourists in the Philippines reached 166,993 in the first eight months.
Cebu Pacific reported a net income of P4.38 billion in the first nine months, down 38.3 percent from P7.09 billion in the same period last year. The airline generated revenues of P50.33 billion, up 7.8 percent from P46.69 billion last year.
