Philippine Airlines

This article is about the airline based in the Philippines. For a full list of all active Philippine-based airlines, see List of airlines of the Philippines.
Not to be confused with PAL Airlines or PAL Airlines (Chile).

Philippine Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
PR PAL PHILIPPINE
FoundedFebruary 26, 1941; 83 years ago (1941-02-26)
(as Philippine Air Lines)[note 1]
Commenced operationsMarch 15, 1941; 83 years ago (1941-03-15)
AOC #2009001[4]
HubsManila
Secondary hubs
Frequent-flyer programMabuhay Miles
SubsidiariesPAL Express
Fleet size48[5]
Destinations73[6] (including PAL Express)
Parent companyLT Group
(PAL Holdings, Inc.)
Traded asPSE: PAL
HeadquartersLucio K. Tan Jr Center, Andrews Avenue, Pasay, Philippines
Key people
FounderAndrés Soriano
RevenueIncrease ₱179.12 billion (2023)
Operating incomeIncrease ₱21.77 billion (2023)
Net incomeIncrease ₱21.29 billion (2023)
Total assetsIncrease ₱219.73 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease ₱33.30 billion (2023)
EmployeesIncrease 6,461 (2023)
Websitewww.philippineairlines.com
Notes

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the flag carrier of the Philippines.[11] Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay City, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the oldest operating commercial airline in Asia.[12][13][14][note 2]

The airline's main flight operations are located at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila. Its subsidiary PAL Express mainly operates regional routes while PAL operates both domestic (Cebu, Davao, General Santos, Kalibo, Laoag, Manila, and Zamboanga, among others) and international routes mainly in the Asia Pacific region.[15][16]

  1. ^ Piad, Tyrone Jasper C. (March 16, 2023). "82-year-old PAL to grow fleet with refurbished aircraft". Inquirer Business. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Martelino, Anna (March 18, 2023). "New discoveries, new routes and a new look as PAL celebrates its 82nd anniversary". philstar.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "PATCO (Philippine Aerial Transport Co.)". Airline History. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "ACTIVE/CURRENT AOC HOLDERS" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "Airfleet". Philippine Airlines. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "Philippine Airlines on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lucio Tan to serve as PAL interim president". ABS-CBN News. July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "A new era begins: Lucio Tan III assumes presidency of PAL Holdings". May 25, 2023.
  9. ^ Abadilla, Emmie V. (January 31, 2022). "PAL appoints new president". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  10. ^ "Financial Reports: PAL Holdings, Inc". Philippine Stock Exchange. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  11. ^ Donoso, Isaac (2013). "Sociolingüística histórica del español en Filipinas" [Historical sociolinguistics of Spanish in the Philippines]. In Donoso, Isaac (ed.). Historia cultural de la lengua española en Filipinas: ayer y hoy [Cultural history of the Spanish language in the Philippines: then and now] (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. p. 341. ISBN 9788479628130 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "About PAL". Philippine Airlines. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  13. ^ ""Philippine Airlines". Pacific Asia Travel Association. Retrieved October 3, 2009. [permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ Donohue, Ken (April 2012). "Philippine Airlines: Asia's first, striving to shine". Airways (Sandpoint, Idaho). 19 (2). Sandpoint, Idaho: Airways International, Inc.: 26–33. ISSN 1074-4320. OCLC 29700959.
  15. ^ "PAL Airport Terminals - Domestic Flights". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "Featured Destinations". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.


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