Asian nations' air accord

Asian nations' air accord

MANILA (Reuter): Members of the East Asian Growth Area (EAGA) are completing an air agreement to allow unhampered entry of flag carriers to key destinations in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, a Philippine aviation official said yesterday.

Civil Aviation Board executive director Sylvestre Pascual said the board had approved a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) allowing the foreign carriers unlimited access to four Philippine destinations.

The four airports are Puerto Princeso on the western island of Palawan and General Santos, Davao and Zamboanga on southern Mindanao.

"The MOU will make the Philippines attractive to these countries," Pascual said.

The EAGA was set up in 1994 to promote trade between Brunei and relatively undeveloped areas of the other three nations.