Christmas may not be as jolly as how it was due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but the encouragement and spirit of Filipinos to celebrate Christmas lives on. We see villages, public places, major thoroughfares, and business establishments, now decorated with Christmas lights and parols, a reminder to everyone that Christmas will always stay in our hearts. A bus terminal in Zamboanga City proves that, as they decorate their premises with parols and lights. The terminal, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary, had thought to celebrate Christmas to uplift the spirit of Zamboangeños at these trying times. Like all bus terminals in the country, their operations remains limited as inter-provincial routes has been suspended due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Despite that, the terminal received upgrades, such as new X-Ray Scanner, rehabilitated comfort rooms, and security outposts.
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China, a powerful and influential nation in the east, is now trying to make an influence that will link their country to the entire world. The Belt and Road Initiative, a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government since 2013 is now investing in nearly 70 countries and international organizations. And the Philippines is one of their strategic locations for The Belt and Road Initiative, linking the east to the west through this initiative by improving its transportation linkages, through their private corporations and organizations in their country. One of these companies that are helping the Chinese's initiative is Sino-LAC Airlines, a Macau-based company that has plans to connect Macau to the rest of the Portuguese speaking nations across the globe. Their first step right now is to connect Macau to a tiny nation in South-East Asia, Timor Leste. With their handful fleet of Embraer ERJ 145, the airline began to link Macau to Dili, Timor Leste. But their plans to link Macau and Dili would not be possible without a stop-over in between. After all, they utilize a regional jet, an Embraer ERJ 145 that has limited capabilities to do international flights and could not able to perform a direct flight between Macau and Dili. And this is where Zamboanga comes in, as the city is the most strategic spot to stop over in between and to carry more passengers to the cities of Macau and Dili. Aside from Zamboanga, they see the cities of Surabaya and Denpasar in Indonesia; and Darwin in Australia as their connecting cities from Dili to Macau. As of now, Zamboanga serves as a stopover airport for Sino-Lac Airlines for their flights between Macau and Dili. This was because Zamboangeño Authorities do not encourage their locals to do leisure travels abroad due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In their post on Weibo, the airline company said that they cannot cater to passengers as of the moment for their flights in Zamboanga, Surabaya, Denpasar, and Darwin due to COVID-19 Pandemic. But they said that they shall open these flights for passengers, as soon as the pandemic subsides. Currently, Sino-LAC has three flights a week from Zamboanga to Dili every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; then Dili to Zamboanga every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Sino-LAC also have three flights a week from Zamboanga to Macau every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays; then Macau to Zamboanga every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Likewise, these flights are limited for refueling, maintenance, embarking and disembarking cargoes. The said flight however is a good start for Zamboanga International Airport as it is currently the only city in Mindanao that has direct flights to Timor Leste and Macau. Once passenger flights will be allowed for Sino-LAC in Zamboanga, tourism in Zamboanga, as well as for Dili and Macau will surely improve, a development that is in need to recover their business, commerce, and economy.
Sources: Sino-Lac Weibo, CAAC In order to help address commuter woes in Cebu City, 73 passenger buses will be deployed starting next week, with longer hours of operation since the new normal.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Central Visayas ordered the additional buses to operate 18 hours a day to address the need for more transportation for those working and going home at midnight. The 73 buses will be composed of 40 units from MyBus and 33 from Ceres operator Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI). Excerpts from SunStar Cebu Pan Pacific Airlines, one of the youngest airline company in the Philippines is now serving flights to and from General Santos City. Serving with their Airbus A320s, Pan Pacific is now accepting cargoes from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport to General Santos City Airport once a week, every Thursday. As of the moment, Pan Pacific's flights to General Santos will be limited with cargoes due to the community quarantine we are having to curb COVID-19 Pandemic.
But insiders told Transport.PH that the airline is interested to serve passenger flights to General Santos as soon as the pandemic subsides. Internal Sources, GenSan LGU With the booming motorcycle delivery service in the Philippines, AirAsia will enter said delivery service by introducing Teleport. Yes, the leading low-cost airline brand in Asia will launch a new business venture that will compete the likes of GrabFood and FoodPanda. Pete Chareonwongsak, the Chief Executive Officer of Teleport promises that they do faster than the existing competition, saying that Teleport can deliver its customers in just under an hour. “With a one hour delivery promise, we hope that all local merchants and businesses will benefit," Chareonwongsak said in a statement. "Soon, businesses can experience 24 hour express deliveries between cities as well as cross-border delivered to you by Teleport,” Chareonwongsak added.
AirAsia said that Teleport is now in the Philippines with an upcoming presence in Manila, Bacolod, Cebu, Davao, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Clark, Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga. Aside from their services in the Philippines, Teleport will launch in 70 cities across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. “The goal is by next year, with a click of a button, you can send almost anything instantly to anywhere AirAsia flies to,” Chareonwongsak said. Info source: Manila Times, AirAsia |
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