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About Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines which was previously referred to as Philippine AirLines, is the national flag carrier of the Philippines. The airline's headquarters is located at the PNB (Philippine National Bank) Financial Centre in Pasay. Philippine Airlines came into existence in 1941 and is recognised as the first and oldest commercial airline across Asia which continues to operate under its original name. Out of the several secondary hubs that Philippine Airlines operates from, its main hub is at Ninoy Aquino International Airport of Manila. Meanwhile, the other important hubs include Francisco Bangoy International Airport of Davao, Mactan-Cebu International Airport of Cebu and Clark International Airport of Angeles. The airline serves about 31 top destinations that are spread across 54 overseas cities in Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, Middle East, Europe and Oceania. Basically, Philippine Airlines has a strong domestic route and international route connectivity with a slew of destinations across major hubs. The airline also operates a mixed fleet which comprises of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

The airline initially called Philippine Air Lines in the time of its genesis, suffered from some serious losses during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The financial concerns gave rise to complications in the operations of Philippine Airlines, leading to the airline being regarded as the biggest corporate. Due to this incident, the airline's management had to further downsize much of its international operations and completely cut off international routes such as the Middle East and Europe. Eventually, they also had to shut down several domestic routes and flights, except for the flights that were en-route Manila. The fleet size was also drastically reduced as thousands of employees were laid off. The inability to meet with the financial obligations, Philippine Airlines was eventually placed under receivership in 1998. Gradually, the airline started to restore its operations and eventually gain its momentum. By 2007, Philippine Airlines finally managed to get out of the receivership. New management came into existence, following exit from receivership and the airline's operations were further revamped and enhanced.

Philippine Airlines' main vision is to become a premier carrier across Asia and regain its position as one of the top airlines. The airline is owned by PAL Holdings which is a holding company that was established specifically to handle management and operations of Philippine Airlines. The company is basically owned by a bunch of companies that are owned by entrepreneur Lucio Tan. All Nippon Airways' holding company, ANA Holdings, also has a 9.5 percent of shares in Philippine Airlines' holding company. In terms of gross revenue, Philippine Airlines is the ninth-largest corporation prevalent in the Philippines. The same was stated in 2017's Philippines' Top 100 Largest Corporations list. As of 2018, Philippine Airlines' staff strength stands at 6,689, which also includes about 999 pilots and 2,647 cabin crew. In terms of revenue passenger kilometres that is flown, Philippine Airlines stands at the sixty-first spot in the world. As of 2016, the airline has recorded passenger traffic of about 16 million. In its 76-year history, Philippine Airlines showed a net profit of USD 140.3 million for the first time in the year 2007. The airline has been recognised as one of the Most Improved Airlines of 2019, as on the airlineratings.com.

Fleet size of Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines' fleet size stands at 72 aircraft. The airline accommodates a mix of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft that have been acquired from five variants of the Airbus family along with a Boeing aircraft. These include Airbus A320, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, the wide-body aircraft and Airbus' flagship Airbus A3350 and the Boeing 777. Philippine Airlines' liveries have undergone some massive changes ever since its inception. When it started as Philippine Air Lines (PAL) with the livery stating the same. With many changes in the airline's branding and management, it further went through some noticeable alterations with its liveries too. The most recent livery which is used on all Philippine Airlines flights is a Eurowhite livery. It was established in 1986, following a corporate rebranding of the airline. This specific livery simply has the name Philippines superimposed on the front part of the fuselage and is written in italics. The tail of the aircraft is painted with Philippine Airlines' logo, and the rear of the aircraft has also painted the country's flag. Logo of Philippine Airlines has also been painted on the aircraft's winglets.

Baggage Allowance

Philippine Airlines has reserved some special baggage allowance that depends on the international destinations chosen by the traveller. On the baggage allowance page of the airline's official website, travellers can find a detailed list of categories and the baggage allowance reserved accordingly. For passengers from Asia, the airline allows about 25 kg weight which is incorporated for passengers with the ticket types Economy Supersave, Economy Saver, Economy Value and Economy Flex. As for passengers who are travelling by Premium Economy, the maximum weight for checked baggage that Philippines Airlines allows is 30 kg. The business class passengers receive better baggage allowance as the airline has reserved 35 kg per for checked baggage. Philippine Airlines has mentioned that the passenger cannot exceed the weight of the baggage beyond 32 kg. In case the baggage does exceed the said weight, the airline would ask the passenger to repack and accommodate items that fall within the baggage allowance bracket. Along with the baggage allowance, the dimension of the baggage is also very important and should not exceed 158 cm.

In-flight services

Philippines Airlines might have had to compromise with their crew due to the financial crisis. However, they have since brought back their employees and worked towards upgrading their in-flight services. The airline has enhanced the seating of their fleet with the best reclining seats. Further, they have also accommodated comfortable legroom and armrest. Other perks of Philippines Airlines' in-flight services also include their entertainment systems that have been attached in their long-haul flights. Not to mention how the airline caters to some lip-smacking in-flight meals.

Popular routes and top cities of Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines has an extensive international route and domestic route connectivity across several destinations in the world. They are presently serving none domestic destinations along with 53 international destinations. These destinations are spread across 24 countries across a majority of continents. Although many of their operations to a bunch of cities have been suspended for now. Europe and Middle East operations have been suspended for now and might be revoked, depending on the position of the airline. As of 2020, Philippine Airlines has services to cities namely Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Phnom Penh, Toronto, Vancouver, Beijing, Quanzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guam, Hong Kong, Denpasar, Jakarta, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Macau, Auckland, Bacolod, General Santos, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Singapore, Busan, Jeju, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Dubai, London, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Hanoi, Seattle and Ho Chi Minh City. Further, the airline also has codeshare agreements with airlines such as Air Macau, Cathay Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, WestJet, All Nippon Airways, China Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Turkish Airlines, XiamenAir, Bangkok Airways, Garuda Indonesia, PAL Express and Vietnam Airlines. With these codeshare agreements, the airline's connectivity has been enhanced with more destinations under its wing. However, they are the main destinations present in the Pacific Ocean and Asia.

Why travel by Philippine Airlines?

Philippine Airlines offers a mileage plan called Mabuhay Miles. The plan basically enables the member to avail several exquisite offers ranging from birthday discounts to freebies and discounts when shopping at some of their affiliated brands. In fact, they also have other offers with respect to travel and accommodation that is sure to attract the attention of prospective members. The miles accumulated can also be converted into flight tickets as one of the offers.

While their mileage plan is quite exciting, some of their other benefits with respect to international route destinations and connectivity within the Philippines is just as excellent. Travellers can book Philippine Airlines flight tickets and pick from some of their destinations which range from Hawaii to Dubai. They basically have a worldwide presence which makes it easier for passengers who wish to visit places that are not well-connected by bigger airlines.

Further, to enhance the passenger's experience with Philippine Airlines, the airline has also worked on improving the user interface of their website. It has introduced several new features online such as web check-in options, updates on flight status and a detailed note on baggage allowance. To know more about the flights, you can check out Philippines Airlines' flight schedule on their website. Passengers can also book a Philippines Airlines flight ticket with the utmost ease. Following the booking of a ticket, the traveller will receive all details regarding their flight, the baggage allowance, the in-flight services and whether they are eligible for airport lounge access. Travellers do not need to be members of the airline's mileage plan to receive some of the benefits and discounts. The same can be availed by booking flight tickets of Philippines Airlines online.