MANILA, Philippines—To strengthen tourism and investment relations between Iran and the Philippines, the first Manila-Tehran direct flight is being eyed in the next few months, Iranian Ambassador Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani said.
In an interview at the celebration of National Day of Iran at Mandarin Hotel on Tuesday night, he said, “We will be having direct flights from Tehran to Manila. In two or three months, it will take off.”
The plan stems from air services agreement signed between the two countries last year. The air pact seeks to respond to the growing demand for flights to the Middle East, the number one destination of overseas Filipino workers.
Rouzbehani said Tehran’s Mahan Air, an Iranian private airline company, is planning to have four direct flights to Manila a week. He said this may increase to 14 weekly flights to airports outside Manila, as in those in Clark and Cebu.
“We suggested to have four flights in a week. We are eyeing to expand it to 14 flights, including in other Philippine airports,” he said.
Rouzbehani said the Philippines may get as many as seven million tourists from Iran once the flights take off.
“It is very important to have Iranian tourists here. I am pushing for that,” he said.
Aside from Iran, the Philippines has reached new and amended air agreements with Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Canada, and Finland.
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