Maiden flight of Baguio-Cebu route lands at Summer Capital’s only airport
BAGUIO CITY — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama flew in the maiden flight of the flag carrier Philippine Airlines’ Baguio-Cebu route at past 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, reviving the city’s only airport, which had been idle for decades.
The Turboprop plane bearing tail number RP-C5903 descended without a hitch, and was welcomed by dancers of Loakan community.
PAL had been flying passengers to Baguio since 1941, before World War II but ceased operations in the late 1990s. A PAL official said this flight from a Manila airfield started Philippine commercial aviation.
The Cebu route is the airline’s return to the mountain city. INQ
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