The regional office of the Department of Tourism (DOT 11) is hoping for the resumption of international and domestic flights from Davao City for air routes suspended during the pandemic.
“We really hope that the other routes as well will open soon. We just had a meeting with CAAP at isa yan sa mga pinag-uusapan. Together with our DOT as well specially the Secretary is in talks with the airlines not just international but domestic as well na mag resume na. Hopefully soon mag resume na sila,” said Regional Director Tanya Rabat-Tan of DOT during PEP Talks media forum on Tuesday.
In 2020, 21 domestic flights and four international flights from Davao City we’re suspended due to pandemic. These include Cathay Dragon’s Davao-Hong Kong-Davao and XiamenAir’s Davao-Quanzhou-Davao; Garuda Indonesia’s Davao-Manado-Davao, Qatar Airways’ Davao-Qatar-Davao, and SilkAir’s Davao-Singapore-Davao.
“Sana yung Japan kasi but I know certain groups are also working on that. Also the Doha. For domestic maganda run ang factor for Bacolod, Dumanguete, and Tacloban. Sana soon ma resume na rin yan,” Tan said.
Meanwhile, Cebu Pacific recently announced the resumption of its international operations in its Davao hub, starting with direct flights to Singapore. CEB is the first local carrier to restart international flights from Davao since the pandemic.
On October 30, 2022, CEB will begin operating three times a week from Davao to Singapore, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Flight 5J 715 is scheduled to depart Francisco Bangoy International Airport at 5:15PM, and is set to arrive at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 at 9:10PM. Its return flight, 5J 716, is scheduled to leave Singapore at 9:55PM, and is estimated to arrive in Davao at 1:40AM the next day.
“We are happy for that positive development,” Tan said.
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