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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7909 - AN ACT
GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO PACIFIC AIRWAYS CORPORATION TO ESTABLISH AND
MAINTAIN RURAL AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND ALLIED SERVICES IN THE
PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. There is hereby granted to Pacific Airways
Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the grantee, a franchise to
establish, operate and maintain rural transport services for the
carriage of passengers, cargo and mail, industrial flights, aerial
agricultural spraying, aerial environmental protection and management
and related services, in and between municipalities, cities or
provinces and all points and places throughout the Philippines and to
enhance efficiency in the provision of such services to manufacture,
overhaul, assemble and repair aircraft components, parts, tools,
engines, airframes, propellers, and related parts.
Sec. 2. As used in this Act, the phrase "rural air transport" shall mean the service of providing air transport in and between municipalities, cities or provinces and all points and places throughout the Philippines as short-haul carriers, making such service an essential part of the national transportation network. Sec. 3. Excepting cases of force majeure and whenever weather conditions permit, the grantee shall maintain scheduled or non-scheduled air transport services in and between any and all points and places throughout the Philippines at such frequencies as traffic needs may require. Sec. 4. The grantee shall secure the prior approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board in determining its routes and rates for scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and/or freight services. Sec. 5. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Philippine government may prescribe, the grantee may use the landing and replenishment facilities on land or water, as may be maintained or owned by the government of the Philippines, excepting those which, in the opinion of said government, may not be used by the grantee because of military or naval considerations, and reciprocally, the Philippine government shall have the right to use such landing and replenishment facilities on land or water maintained and owned by the grantee in the Philippines. Sec. 6. The grantee shall have the right at its terminals and landing fields, as it is allowed to use under Sec. 5 hereof, as well as in its aircraft, to construct, operate and maintain stations or transmitting sets for wireless telegraphy and direction findings, and other radio aids to air navigation using wavelengths or frequencies in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the National Telecommunications Commission: provided however, that the wireless communications facilities shall be used solely for receiving and transmitting weather forecasts and messages relating to the grantee's aircraft and other matters in connection with the grantee's services. Sec. 7. The grantee shall be authorized to establish a responsive system with the Philippine Air Force involving the agreement of service credits that will permit drawings of the grantee from the Philippine Air Force of such services as aircraft parts and fuel in order to meet its needs, and the repayments by future goods and services to be drawn by the Philippine Air Force. Sec. 8. The grantee shall be authorized to enter into transportation contracts with the Philippine government, including the carrying of mail, under such terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon. The grantee may likewise enter into transportation and/or servicing contracts and such other contracts relating to air transport with other foreign-owned airline particularly those with international routes. Sec. 9. The grantee may, from time to time, be
deputized by the Air Transportations Office especially in areas
relating to the enforcement of air safety standards. Approved: February 23, 1995 |
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