Authorizing The Civil Aeronautics Board And The Philippine Air Panels To Pursue More Aggressively The International Civil Aviation Liberalization Policy
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Authorizing The Civil Aeronautics Board And The Philippine Air Panels To Pursue More Aggressively The International Civil Aviation Liberalization Policy
Executive Order No. 29
March 14, 2011
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Summary of Executive Order No. 29Authorizing the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Philippine Air Panels to Pursue More Aggressively the International Civil Aviation Liberalization Policy
- Guided by the need to:
• Promote domestic tourism by providing travelers more and varied choices of access to the Philippines through improved and increased aviation services. (Section 1a)
• Promote investment, trade, and employment generation in the Philippines through aviation. (Section 1b)
• Spur competition in the Philippines aviation industry by enticing the entry of more players for the greater benefit of travelers. (Section 1c)
• Enhance the competitiveness of Philippine domestic carriers. (Section 1d)
- In negotiating Air Services Agreements (ASAs), the Philippine Air Panels may offer and promote:
• Third, fourth, and fifth freedom rights to the country's airports other than the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) without restriction as to frequency, capacity and type of aircraft. (Section 2)
• Other arrangements that will serve the national interest as determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). (Section 2)
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the relevant ASAs, the CAB may grant any foreign air carriers:
• Increases in frequencies and/or capacities in the country's airports other than the NAIA, subject to conditions required by existing laws, rules and regulations. (Section 3)
• All grants of frequencies and/or capacities which shall be subject to the approval of the President shall operate as a waiver by the Philippines of the restrictions on frequencies and capacities under the relevant ASAs. (Section 3)
- The CAB may impose a period or other conditions on the availment or utilization by foreign air carriers of such additional frequencies and/or capacities. (Section 4)
- The CAB may revoke the waiver granted to foreign air carriers if they fail to comply with said conditions. (Section 4)
- The CAB shall not grant to any foreign air carrier Cabotage traffic rights of any kind, i.e., the right to transport passengers and goods between two or more points within the Philippines. (Section 5)
- The provisions of Executive Order No. 219 dated 03 January 1995, Executive Order No. 500 dated 27 January 2006, Executive Order No. 500-A dated 22 August 2006, and all other executive, department, and agency issuances, are deemed amended or revoked insofar as they are inconsistent with this Order. (Section 6)
- The CAB is directed to draft the appropriate guidelines implementing the provisions of this Executive Order within thirty (30) days after its effectivity. (Section 7)
- This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. (Section 8)
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Authorizing The Civil Aeronautics Board And The Philippine Air Panels To Pursue More Aggressively The International Civil Aviation Liberalization Policy
Executive Order No. 29
•March 14, 2011
MALACAÑAN PALACEMANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 29
AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD AND THE PHILIPPINE AIR PANELS TO PURSUE MORE AGGRESSIVELY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION POLICY
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 219 dated 03 January 1995 established a liberalized domestic and international civil aviation policy to encourage the entry into the Philippines of more domestic and international players providing air services;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 500 dated 27 January 2006, as amended by Executive Order No. 500-A, dated 22 August 2006, provided for the grant of unlimited third and fourth freedom rights to foreign air carriers operating in the Diosdado Macapagal international Airport (DMIA) and the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA), subject to evaluation by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), taking into consideration its impact on the Philippine carriers and the domestic civil aviation industry;
WHEREAS, to boost the country’s competitiveness as a tourism destination and investment location, there is a need for the country to pursue more aggressively a liberalization policy in international aviation through the grant of third,...
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