US firms United Airlines and aircraft interiors supplier Collins Aerospace Facility aim to grow their businesses in the Philippines.
At a side event of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Taguig City yesterday, Pam Navarro,
country manager of United Airlines said flight operations from the Philippines will increase from the current 16 per week to 25 per week this year to provide convenient travel options and seamless connectivity for passengers in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region.
Navarro said in October, United will become the first US airline to connect Cebu with the US mainland via overnight and connecting flights at Narita, Japan.
In October of last year, United launched a new trans-Pacific service, the first mainland US nonstop flight to the Philippines to be offered by the US airline via United’s San Francisco route.
Mary DeStaffan, general manager of Collins, said the company is looking at options to grow its manufacturing in the First Philippine Industrial Park in Batangas for interior aircraft products that would complement its existing line that includes main cabin seating, galleys, lavatories and galley insert.
Collins currently sells to Boeing and to Airbus and is part of RTX, the largest aerospace and defense company in the world.
