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AIR FRANCE will launch a nonstop Manila-to-Paris flight beginning in December, Air France-KLM general manager for Southeast Asia and Oceania, Femke Kroese said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The move is expected to boost trade and tourism exchanges between Manila, France, and the European Union, the official added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kroese said the airline will operate three times a week \u2014 Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said the flights will complement existing services of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which is currently operating on other days of the week \u2014 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The flight time will be approximately 14 hours. The airline will also offer night flights. \u201cSo you will be arriving very early in the City of Paris to have the full day to explore,\u201d Kroese said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista assured that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is \u201cvery much prepared\u201d for the nonstop Manila-Paris flights.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNAIA is always ready to accept these passengers. Of course, you know that NAIA is a very congested airport and this is the reason why we are privatizing it and making some more improvements,\u201d the DOTr chief said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bautista said NAIA will work closely with officials of Air France-KLM to ensure Air France has smooth operations in Manila.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo, no worries about getting some issues or problems for the passengers of these nonstop flights from Paris to Manila,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AIR FRANCE will launch a nonstop Manila-to-Paris flight beginning in December, Air France-KLM general manager for Southeast Asia and Oceania, Femke Kroese said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8502,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8500\/revisions\/8502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}