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Flight to Manila set to take wings

Come third quarter of the current year and the Filipinos living in Oman will have

new reasons to rejoice, as they celebrate the 113th anniversary of the Declaration

of Philippine Independence.
Oman Air and Philippines Airlines are expected to launch their direct flights between

Muscat and Manila latest by September.
Announcing this during an exclusive interview with Times of Oman, Omar M. Pangarungan,

office-in-charge of the Philippine embassy in Muscat, said the service was long overdue.

In fact, the maiden flight of the service ought to have taken off in June last year, rued Pangarungan.
Oman and Philippines had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 14,

2009, updating the bilateral Air Service Agreement (ASA) signed way back on October 11, 1992.
The MoU took provisional effect from the very day it was inked designating the maiden fligh

t to take off within six months.
Unavoidable circumstances delayed the launch of the service.
Yet, beaming with optimism, Pangarungan said that the normal service would start soon after

the maiden flight takes off the ground.
Looking forward to the launch of the direct flight between Muscat and Manila, Pangarungan said

the service would bring in its wake a plethora of benefits to both Oman and Philippines in

sectors including tourism, trade, health care and investment.
Cultural exchanges between the two countries, sharing a friendly relation since a very long time,

are expected to gain new boost.
The direct flight would benefit the Filipinos in ways more than one, and the foremost will be

freedom from the hassles of break journeys.

Times Of Oman