ROYAL Brunei Airlines is looking at expanding its operations in the country, starting with more flight frequencies and possibly flying to other points outside of Manila in the future.

The airline’s senior vice president for commercial sales and marketing, Wong Peng Hoon, said the Civil Aviation Board  had been informed of its plans to increase flights for the Manila-Brunei route to daily from the current five times weekly.

“We would want to service daily flights for our Manila-Brunei route. The Philippines is one of our strong markets,” he said after Friday’s short program on the company’s tie-up with cargo carrier Global Air Services Corp.

The airline’s Manila-Brunei route is being expanded to serve New Zealand and Australia.

“We are diversifying to serve other routes, as well. Soon, we would want to take a look at expanding our flights in the Philippines via other points such as Cebu and Davao,” he added.

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