PAL boosts southern connections with launch of new flights

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is expanding its route network from Cebu and upgrading Zamboanga to a mini-hub with the introduction of three new routes designed…

Lucio Tan’s grandson takes key posts in family enterprises

Lucio “Hun hun” C. Tan III, grandson of tycoon Dr. Lucio C. Tan, Sr., has been elected as director of PAL Holdings, Inc. (PHI)…

PAL, Cebu Pacific further enhance their OTPs

Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific continue to register higher flight on-time performance (OTP) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in October 2019.…

PAL’s new OIC gets nod of board of directors

Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) board of directors (BOD) has approved the appointment of Vivienne K. Tan as officer-in-charge (OIC) of the flag carrier and its…

PH airlines register 16% growth in 2018 cargo volume

Cargo volume handled by Philippine airlines rose 16.11% in 2018 to 323.384 million kilograms (kg) from 278.509 million kg airlifted in 2017 as almost…

ANA Holdings purchases 9.5% stake in PAL Holdings

ANA Holdings, Inc (ANA HD), parent of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-star airline for six consecutive years, will invest US$95 million…

PAL dubbed ‘most improved airline’ by global ratings body

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has earned the world’s Most Improved Airline for 2019 award, according to the Australia-based airline review firm AirlineRatings.com. The airline review…

PAL’s Jan-Sep losses widen as fuel costs rise

Philippine Airlines (PAL) reported a comprehensive loss of P3.29 billion for the first nine months of the year, 42.2% higher than the P2.31 billion…

PAL, Bangkok Airways in Manila-Bangkok codeshare deal

Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Bangkok Airways have entered into a codeshare partnership to expand convenient connections for passengers traveling between the Philippines and Thailand.…

New airline terminal assignments at NAIA not yet final, says DOTr

The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that there is no final decision yet on the new terminal assignment of airlines at the Ninoy…

PAL deepens loss to nearly P800M in Jan-Mar on higher costs

Philippine Airlines (PAL) posted a wider net loss in the first quarter of 2018 to P799.691 million from P750.791 million in the same period…

PAL incurs P4.6B loss in 2017 as operational costs balloon 26%

Philippine Airlines (PAL) recorded a P4.6 billion loss in 2017, a reversal from the P5.9 billion income it posted in 2016, attributing the loss…

PAL mounts more flights to China

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is ramping up its operations to China by increasing flight frequency on existing routes and opening up new destinations in the…

PAL halts Cebu-SG service, raises Cebu-Bangkok flights to daily

Effective March 25, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will suspend its Cebu-Singapore operations, and increase its Cebu-Bangkok flight frequency from thrice a week to daily as…

PAL embarks on polar service with nonstop Toronto-Manila flights

Philippine Airlines (PAL) flew its milestone ultra-long polar flight from Toronto, Canada nonstop to Manila—the first ever crossing of the polar region by a…

PAL opens more local flights from Clark

Four new destinations—Bacolod, Tagbilaran, Cagayan de Oro, and Virac—have been added this mid-December to Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) route network out of Clark International Airport…

PAL swings to net loss in first three quarters

Philippine Airlines (PAL) posted a total comprehensive loss of P3.546 billion for the first nine months of 2017, a significant downturn from the P2.961…

PAL settles P6B navigational dues

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has accepted the offer of Philippine Airlines (PAL) to settle P6 billion in navigational dues it has owed the…

PAL renews proposal to build new passenger terminal at NAIA

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is reviving an earlier proposal to build a new annex building at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 in…

PH domestic air cargo swells 4.7% in first half

Cargo volume carried by Philippine domestic airlines in the first half of 2016 grew 4.7% to 123.300 million kilograms from 117.813 million kg in…