PAL adds local, foreign flights to attract more passengers this summer
03/09/2009 | 03:20 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Airlines (PAL) will serve more local and foreign routes to attract more passengers this summer.
Besides offering a daily service to Vancouver, the flag carrier controlled by liquor and tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan will also add more flights to and from tourist spots such as Boracay in the Visayas and Busuanga in Luzon.
Starting March 23, PAL will fly daily to Vancouver, including Monday and Wednesday, the carrier said in a statement. Previously, Mondays and Wednesdays were the only days in which PAL didn’t mount a flight to the Canadian city. These flights will utilize the entitlements the Philippines received during last year’s air talks with Canada.
Unlike flights mounted on five other days, the service will not proceed to Las Vegas but will immediately head back to Manila.
By increasing passenger capacity in the only direct flight between Canada and the Philippines, the route will accommodate more Filipino visitors to the North American country and at the same time, allow more Vancouver-based Filipinos to come home.
Flight PR 116 will depart Manila every Monday and Wednesday at 1:05 PM and arrive in Vancouver at 10:20 AM of the same day. The return flight – PR 117 – will leave Vancouver at 1:00 PM and arrive in Manila at 5:50 PM the next day.
Airbus A340-300 aircraft, which seats 264 passengers, will be used to serve the route.
The current five times a week service to Vancouver onward to Las Vegas and vice-versa every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be kept.
Similarly, a weekly service will be added to PAL’s trans-Pacific flight to
to Los Angeles and San Francisco for the summer.
From April 10 to June 19, an extra Airbus A340-300 will fly to Los Angeles every Friday, bringing total flights to ten times a week.
The airline will also mount flights to San Francisco every Sunday from April 12 to June 21, bringing frequency to eight times weekly.
Next: PAL Express to mount more flights to Caticlan, Busuanga
Besides offering a daily service to Vancouver, the flag carrier controlled by liquor and tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan will also add more flights to and from tourist spots such as Boracay in the Visayas and Busuanga in Luzon.
Starting March 23, PAL will fly daily to Vancouver, including Monday and Wednesday, the carrier said in a statement. Previously, Mondays and Wednesdays were the only days in which PAL didn’t mount a flight to the Canadian city. These flights will utilize the entitlements the Philippines received during last year’s air talks with Canada.
Unlike flights mounted on five other days, the service will not proceed to Las Vegas but will immediately head back to Manila.
By increasing passenger capacity in the only direct flight between Canada and the Philippines, the route will accommodate more Filipino visitors to the North American country and at the same time, allow more Vancouver-based Filipinos to come home.
Flight PR 116 will depart Manila every Monday and Wednesday at 1:05 PM and arrive in Vancouver at 10:20 AM of the same day. The return flight – PR 117 – will leave Vancouver at 1:00 PM and arrive in Manila at 5:50 PM the next day.
Airbus A340-300 aircraft, which seats 264 passengers, will be used to serve the route.
The current five times a week service to Vancouver onward to Las Vegas and vice-versa every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be kept.
Similarly, a weekly service will be added to PAL’s trans-Pacific flight to
to Los Angeles and San Francisco for the summer.
From April 10 to June 19, an extra Airbus A340-300 will fly to Los Angeles every Friday, bringing total flights to ten times a week.
The airline will also mount flights to San Francisco every Sunday from April 12 to June 21, bringing frequency to eight times weekly.
Next: PAL Express to mount more flights to Caticlan, Busuanga
