Singapore and the Philippines strike agreement to “upgrade and further liberalise” air services

Singapore and the Philippines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to “upgrade and further liberalise international air services” between both countries. The MOU was signed by Yee Ping Yi, Singapore’s Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Enrique Antonio J. Esquivel III, the Philippines’ Assistant Secretary for Aviation and Airports on 9 May 2024. The MOU upgrades the bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA), which was signed in 2010 and last amended in 2015. It allows Singapore and Philippine airlines to offer up to 150 weekly codeshare services to carry passengers between Singapore and Manila, with airlines from third countries