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Article: New Manila airport terminal to start international flights in August
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 24, 2008
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New Manila airport terminal to start international flights in
August
MANILA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' new terminal at its
capital airport will start serving international flights in August,
months earlier than initially schedule, media reports said on
Friday.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Passenger Terminal-3,
partly opened on Tuesday, could start accommodating flights to and
from the country as early as Aug. 8 this year after local carrier
Cebu Pacific agreed to the move, Philippine newspaper BusinessWorld
reported, citing Michael T. Defensor, head of a government task
force in charge of the terminal.
"(The terminal) can be used for international flights around Aug. ...