The airline’s 6.1-percent net income growth comes off a low base, following a 58-percent earnings slowdown in 2024, signaling that profitability remains fragile as industry conditions tighten.
Taipan Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines secured a global credit rating from Moody’s Ratings that opens the door to international borrowing, even as Middle East risks mount.
Delta Air Lines is planning a return to Manila after six years, raising competition among US carriers and Philippine Airlines on one of the busiest trans-Pacific travel corridors.
The Philippines’ long-running airline rivalry between Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines has taken an unexpected turn, moving from fares and routes into the realm of music, as both carriers rolled out new theme songs designed to reinforce brand identity and emotional resonance with travelers.
The country’s top airlines said the Philippines needs longer, upgraded runways so airports can handle bigger jet aircraft, a move essential to expanding capacity and structurally lower domestic fares.
Philippine Airlines will discontinue all turboprop flights to and from Manila effective March 29, 2026, as part of a slot reallocation ordered by regulators.
With The Safetynovela, the flag carrier turns a routine, often-ignored inflight requirement into a cultural export that introduces passengers to Filipino emotion, scenery, and storytelling before they even arrive in the Philippines. Instead of promoting destinations outright, PAL embeds national identity into a moment every traveler must experience.
Philippine Airlines has opened an internal review after confirming an inflight lavatory malfunction on PR113, a Boeing 777 operating from Los Angeles to Manila.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has started the first nonstop flights between Cebu and Guam, opening a direct air bridge between Central Visayas and the western Pacific island of Guam.