Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Tuesday said it will reopen more domestic routes from Cebu to Luzon and Mindanao in preparation for the long Christmas holidays.
From 15 December this year, PAL will operate daily flights between Cebu and General Santos City as well as daily flights between Cebu and Legazpi’s Bicol International Airport in Daraga, Albay.
From 16 December, PAL will resume regular thrice weekly flights between Cebu and Ozamiz City.
“We look forward to flying more passengers and creating more healthy connections through the resumption of our Cebu-General Santos, Cebu-Legazpi and Cebu-Ozamiz routes, in time for the peak holiday season,” said PAL president and chief operating officer Captain Stanley K. Ng.
“Our new routes will also allow for residents of GenSan, Legazpi and Ozamiz to connect more conveniently via Cebu to Iloilo, Bacolod, Tacloban, Davao, Busuanga and other domestic destinations, as well as to Bangkok, Tokyo Narita and Seoul Incheon,” he added.
Data from Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) show PAL and PAL Express carried a combined 4.09 million domestic passengers in the first half of the year.
PAL booked a net income of $250 million during the period, up 257 percent from $70 million last year.
The airline said it is investing $3.2 billion to acquire nine Airbus A350-1000 long-range jetliners based on the list price of $366.5 million per aircraft.
In the first half of 2023, PAL restored flights on several routes to mainland China and launched nonstop service to Perth along with flights from Clark to Caticlan and Boracay.
In addition to an extensive network to 32 domestic destinations served from hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark and Davao, the flag carrier operates the largest network of nonstop flights between the Philippines and North America, Japan, the Middle East and Australia.
