Air Philippines adds routes

Air Philippines adds routes

MANILA (Dow Jones): Air Philippines Corp. has moved the
scheduled launch of its international flight operation to Jan.
2000 from end-1999, Air Philippines President Sherwin Gatchalian
said Thursday in a television interview.

Air Philippines, the country's second biggest carrier after
Philippine Airlines Inc., received from Manila's Civil
Aeronautics Board in March a license to fly overseas after
Philippine Airlines was forced to reduce its overseas flights due
to its financial woes and a rival airline, Grand International
Airways, suspended operations.

By this month, Air Philippines is expected to secure
permission from foreign aviation regulators, including the U.S.
Federal Aviations Authority, to fly to several destinations in
Asia and the U.S.

Gatchalian said Air Philippines intends to establish
international routes from Cebu and Davao provinces to Asian
countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and
Japan.