PAL and Airbus officials sign the Purchase Agreement for 9 Airbus A350-1000s on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show: PAL President Capt. Stanley Ng (center), PAL Holdings President Lucio Tan III (leftmost), Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer…
Philippine Airlines has suspended flights to and from London till the end of February 2021 as Britain battles a new coronavirus strain, said a report. The airline said it supports all measures that seek to curb any potential increase in Covid-19 cases during…
Philippine Airlines will fly a single round-trip flight between Manila and London Heathrow on April 4 “in response to an urgent public need amid Covid-19 quarantine situation,” the airline said in a notice posted on its website. While the airline initially…
When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pursued closer foreign relations with China, he helped attract planeloads of Chinese tourists to the Southeast Asian nation. Now, the coronavirus outbreak is reversing the trend, much to the chagrin of airline…
Once debt-ridden, Philippine Airlines (PAL) has emerged as one of the fastest growing carriers in its region. On June 8 it launched a daily Manila-Kuala Lumpur flight using Airbus A321 aircraft after a lapse of four years. Despite the presence of Malaysia…
Philippine Airlines is to increase capacity on its London to Manila route. The airline is replacing its 254-seat Airbus A340 to a 370-seat Boeing 777 from mid-December. It will also take delivery of six new Airbus A350-900s over the next two years, one of…
Philippine Airlines will resume daily flights between Manila and Kuala Lumpur in June 2017 after a three-year hiatus, targeting at least 80% in load factor over the next 12 months. Its senior vice-president for commercial group, David A. Lim, said the flight…
Inflight Sales Group (ISG) founder and CEO Jean-Marcel Rouff has confirmed that the retailer has been awarded a five-year contract to operate the Philippine Airlines (PAL) duty free contract. This follows the narrowing down of the list of bidders to a final…
Philippine Airlines is ramping up its operations at Clark International Airport, north of Manila. The national carrier is aiming to ease pressure at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport by launching new services connecting Clark with Cebu, Davao and…
Translations.com, a division of TransPerfect, the world’s largest privately held provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced that Philippine Airlines has chosen its GlobalLink Connect technology to launch and maintain…
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is launching on Dec. 16 its first regular international and domestic flights from Clark International Airport (CIA). This is PAL’s response to President Duterte’s call to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) .…
Philippine Airlines has firmed an order for five Bombardier Q400 turboprops, with purchase rights for an additional seven aircraft. The five Q400s, which will be configured with 86 seats in two classes, will be delivered throughout 2017, says Bombardier in a…