Although the CNMI\u2019s Tourism Resumption Investment plan program has officially been disbanded, the program has proven itself beneficial to South Korean airlines that continue to increase air seats to the CNMI. <\/p>\n
During a Marianas Visitors Authority regular board meeting yesterday, Sejin Kim, MVA South Korea office manager, said that T\u2019way Air has decided to add 17 more charter flights to the CNMI starting this month until the month of March. <\/p>\n
\u201cT\u2019way Air will add 17 charter flights this February for the Korea market. No subsidy by the CNMI. Prior to that, T\u2019way added two additional daily flights starting last Jan. 27,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
The charters, which are a collaborative effort by MVA\u2019s tour agency partners, is expected to provide over 6,000 additional seats. <\/p>\n
In addition, these charters are nearly, if not completely, filled as of yesterday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have 100% of the sales of the charter flights so we\u2019re expecting over 90% of the load factor in February. [This is] over 6,000 seats supplied by T\u2019way alone,\u201d Kim said. <\/p>\n
In addition, T\u2019way will also provide charter flight to the CNMI from March to April before resuming regular daily flights on April 26.<\/p>\n
\u201cT\u2019way will also have another charter flight from March to April, which will be every Wednesday and Saturday. [Also] effective April 26, T\u2019way will resume daily flights,\u201d said Kim. <\/p>\n
Before closing out her announcement, Kim added that Jeju Air will also be resuming its twice daily flight service in April. <\/p>\n
\u201cJeju will also resume two daily flight service in April. This will provide an additional over 5,000 seats to the CNMI for the month of April,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis gives us a good opportunity to increase the number of passengers coming to the CNMI,\u201d Kim added. <\/p>\n
Also announced last Tuesday was the disbandment of the TRIP program, which played a large role in the return of the South Korean tourism market. <\/p>\n
During MVA\u2019s regular board meeting, all five remaining MVA board members unanimously agreed to the disbandment of the program. MVA, however, still has an ad hoc committee that\u2019s dedicated to tourism resumption.<\/p>\n
According to acting MVA chair Gloria Cavanagh, the disbandment had to be done for two primary reasons: one is that the CNMI administration that created the program has already been replaced by a new administration, and two, there is no more federal funding to back this program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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