The Philippines and Myanmar have reached a deal on air services,allowing three flights per day, equivalent to up to 3,780 passengers perweek, to be conducted between the countries by their designatedairlines.
In addition, the two sides agreed on unlimited trafficrights between all points in the Philippines, except Manila, and betweenall points in Myanmar.
This year, the Philippines has already signed similar aviation agreements with New Zealand, Singapore and France.
TheSoutheast Asian country will discuss aviation services with Canada onMay 27-28, and plans to hold negotiations with South Africa and Ethiopiaas well.
These discussions are a part of the Philippines’ "opensky" policy. The country targets doubling the number of itsinternational arrivals to 10 million by 2016.-VNA