KLM to reconsider Manila if aviation taxes are repealed

MANILA,
 Philippines
–
Netherlands-­based 
airline KLM
 will
 reconsider 
flying 
to
 Manila 
if 
the 
Aquino administration 
makes 
good 
on 
its 
promise 
to remove 
taxes 
currently 
hampering 
the 
economic viability 
of 
foreign 
carriers 
flying 
to 
the 
Philippines, an 
airline 
official 
said.

This 
developed 
even 
as 
the 
Board 
of 
Airline Representatives 
(BAR), 
an
 organization
 of 
some 30 
foreign carriers 
with 
services
 to 
the Philippines,
 commended
 the
 Aquino administration 
for 
implementing
 reforms liberalizing
 the
 country’s
 aviation
 sector.

Cees
 Ursem,
 regional 
manager 
for 
KLM 
in 
the Philippines 
and
 the
 Far 
East, 
said 
the 
airline “welcomes 
the 
developments 
in 
the 
tax 
issue 
and is 
looking 
forward 
to 
the 
final 
implementation 
of abolishing
 these
 taxes
 for
 the 
benefit
 of
 tourism, trade,
 and
 the 
network 
of 
overseas 
Filipinos. 
This 
decision 
will 
definitely 
help to
 reconsider 
our 
operations 
in 
the 
future 
and 
continue 
our 
60 
years 
of uninterrupted
 services 
to 
the
 Philippines.” (Read the rest in InterAksyon.com, July 29, 2012)