All Nippon Airways starts Manila-Narita daily flights fron NAIA 3

**Monseratto** · April 11th, 2011 02:21 PM

Finally...

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/i...d=2011/march/1

by Eric Apolonio

Japan’s second biggest carrier All Nippon Airways mounted its inaugural flight through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal-3 on Monday, marking the start of its regular Manila-Narita flight, seven times a week.

All Nippon utilized a 214-seater Boeing B767, taking off with 108 passengers.

Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, airport general manager Jose Angel Honrado, Japanese Embassy officials headed by Consul General Motohiko Kato and All Nippon’s Executive Vice President for Marketing & Sales Shiya Katanozaka and Manila Office General Manager Hideaki Izumin held a ceremony to mark the inaugural flight.

“This is a historic occasion in line with President Aquino’s promise to lure more tourists to come to the Philippines,” Honrado said. “ANA is the first to heed the call.”

All Nippon Airways officials said that the Tokyo Narita-Manila service will also serve demand for onward travel to North America by convenient transfer at Narita. Its new service competes with that of Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, which also serve the Manila-Narita route.

All Nippon’s new route expands its Southeast Asian network which covers Bangkok, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore.

Together with the Narita-Jakarta service, which was launched on January 7, the inauguration of the Narita-Manila service will expand All Nippon’s flights to nine daily.

Apart from All Nippon, other international airlines are being encouraged to hold flights through terminal 3 and make way for repair-rehabilitation work on terminal 1.

The travel boom is expected to raise the current tourism arrivals from 3.5 million a year to six million, five years down the road, said Lim.

“I don’t want to overestimate because it took us 40 years to reach the three million (tourist arrivals),” Lim said. Last year, tourism arrivals rose by 17 percent, with Japan accounting for third biggest source of visitors, after the US and Korea.

“One of ten arriving tourists in the Philippines is Japanese,” Lim said.

Honrado revealed that Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines are also keen on relocating to NAIA terminal 3.

Both airlines are just waiting for the MIAA to give the go-signal before they start building their own passenger lounges and check-in counters as well as installing their computer system and other facilities.

Honrado told Manila Standard that a team would conduct viability tests on the NAIA terminal 3’s other facilities such as baggage handling, passenger landing brdiges, ramp control, camera syste, flight info and other systems.

“There are fears that after more than a decade since the equipment and machineries were tested, moisture and rust might have rendered these facilities defective,” Honrado said.

**CVT** · April 11th, 2011 02:49 PM

Apart from All Nippon, other international airlines are being encouraged to hold flights through terminal 3 and make way for repair-rehabilitation work on terminal 1.

Ito ang kailangan nilang gawin kaagad. Kawawa na talaga ang kondisyon ng NAIA T1....

Mahaba nga lang ang taxi, lalu na kung ang take-off ay sa direksyon papuntang C5....

OT: Wala pa bang political will ang gobyerno para gumawa ng parallel runway at palawagin ang buhay ng NAIA?

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**lancy09** · April 11th, 2011 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

Ito ang kailangan nilang gawin kaagad. Kawawa na talaga ang kondisyon ng NAIA T1....

Mahaba nga lang ang taxi, lalu na kung ang take-off ay sa direksyon papuntang C5....

OT: Wala pa bang political will ang gobyerno para gumawa ng parallel runway at palawagin ang buhay ng NAIA?

12.8K:toma:

I think DMIA in Clark will be the main hub and it will be linked to Metro Manila via NorthRail.

**coiter** · April 11th, 2011 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by lancy09

I think DMIA in Clark will be the main hub and it will be linked to Metro Manila via NorthRail.

unfortunately, mangyayari lang ito kung related kay Macapagal uli yung presidente natin. sa ngayon, since Aquino ang nakapwesto, mukhang at least 5 years pa na magiging main hub natin ang NAIA

**shakatak70** · April 11th, 2011 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by lancy09

I think DMIA in Clark will be the main hub and it will be linked to Metro Manila via NorthRail.

sorry pero NorthRail... nakupow kailan kaya mag resume iyan? Maganda talaga kung yung DMIA ang magiging hub, ang problema kulang na kulang sa infrastructure para mag materialize yan.

**lancy09** · April 12th, 2011 10:39 AM

There's no longer any room for NAIA to be expanded. DMIA will be the best option. I think DMIA can even accommodate A380 jumbos unlike NAIA. If the government wants the country to be a gateway of the region, they should consider DMIA over NAIA. Impose open-space policy to invite major airlines of the world to drop-by in the country thru connecting flights. Even passengers on business trips can have a chance to become tourists for a day. This can boost tourism in the country. To support local airlines for their survival, they can use NAIA exclusively. Airport names should be apolitical and simple. NAIA to be just Metro Manila International Airport and DMIA to be just Clark Field International Airport.