Flag carrier Philippine Airlines opened a five-times-a-week service to Doha, Qatar on March 28.
“Following our successful launch to Jeddah and Kuwait last January, PAL continues to grow its routes in the Middle East by opening a new route to Doha in Qatar,” PAL president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista said in a statement.
“Our overseas Filipino workers in Qatar can now enjoy that distinct Filipino service that will bring them much closer to home,” Bautista added.
The service, which runs every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, will utilize one of PAL’s newest aircraft, the Airbus 330.
The aircraft offers economy and premium economy service with free Wi-Fi for 30 minutes and 15Mb of video streaming using the passengers’ personal devices through the application myPAL player which can be downloaded through iTunes or Google store.
PAL said the new service will allow some 200,000 Filipinos living and working in Qatar a convenient route to and from the Philippines. Likewise, Qataris will now have an easier time visiting the Philippines through connections to any of PAL’s 30 domestic and 43 international destinations.
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