Philippine Airlines ( PAL ), the trade name of PAL Holdings, Inc. (PSE: PAL), also known historically (up to 1970) as Philippine Air Passage , is a flag carrier from the Philippines. Headquartered in PNB Financial Center in Pasay City, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial carrier in Asia operating under its original name. From its headquarters at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Clark Angeles International Airport and Cebu-Cebu International Airport, Cebu, Philippine Airlines serves 31 destinations in the Philippines and 41 overseas destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Oceania, North America and Europe.
Previously one of Asia's biggest airlines, PAL was deeply affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In one of the Philippines' biggest failures, PAL was forced to reduce its international operations by completely cutting flights to Europe and the Middle East, cutting almost all domestic flights except the operated from Manila, reduced the size of its fleet, and laid off thousands of employees. The airline was placed under the curator in 1998, and gradually restore operations to many destinations. Following the release of PAL from the curator in 2007, PAL initiated a frequent management change. However, PAL's vision of rebuilding itself as one of Asia's top carriers is still the most important issue. Philippine Airlines operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft with Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, and Boeing 777-300ER.
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History
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Enterprise management
Philippine Airlines is owned by PAL Holdings (PSE: PAL), the parent company in charge of airline operations. PAL Holdings in turn is part of a group of companies owned by business tycoon Lucio Tan. PAL is the ninth largest company in the Philippines in terms of gross revenue, as stated in 1000 Largest Corporations in the Philippines by 2017. In April 2018, PAL employs a total of 8,278 employees, which includes 1,332 pilots and 3,016 cabin crew. PAL is the sixth largest airline in the world in terms of revenue flown by kilometers, with more than 16 million flown to 21 million available seat seats, averaging 76 percent load factor. PAL has flown about. 12 million passengers by 2014 and 16 million by 2016.
For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, Philippine Airlines reported net profit of US $ 140.3 million, the largest profit in its 76-year history. It's possible to get out of the curator in October. PAL has forecast a net profit of $ 32.32 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, $ 26.28 million in 2009 and $ 47.41 million in 2010, but this proved difficult to achieve, with huge losses announced in early 2009 caused some concerns.
However, Philippine Airlines reported total comprehensive revenues of $ 20.4 million for 2014, the company's first profit in four years. The Company continued its financial turnover, reporting a net income growth of 4430.04% for 2015. However, PAL reported a loss in 2016, with net income growth of -38.80%.
Destination
Philippine Airlines operates the main hub (Ninoy Aquino International Airport), three secondary hubs (Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Clark International Airport & Francisco Bangoy International Airport), and focus city (Kalibo International Airport) with the majority of routes operating from Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The airline flies to destinations in Asia, North America, Oceania, the Middle East, and the UK.
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Fleet
The Philippine Airlines fleet consists of wide-bodied aircraft and narrow bodies of four families (excluding PAL Express fleets): Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Airbus A340 and flagship, Boeing 777. On June 1, 2018, there are 65 aircraft registered on the PAL fleet.
Brand
Logo
The Philippine Airlines logo has been under four incarnations throughout its length of operation. The first logo is inserted in a blue oval with "PAL" superimposed in white, four-pointed stars whose dots intersect behind "A" in PAL initials, and wings whose positions vary depending on the location of the logo (the wing points to the right if located on the left side plane, left if on the right side). This logo variant uses the globe, not in the blue oval with the PAL initials superimposed. This logo will be used from 1950 to mid 1960s, when it will be replaced by a second logo.
The second logo adopts the blue triangle (with the missing bottom point) and the red triangle overlay it, surrounded by a circle; is intended to generate a vertically displayed national flag (a white being formed by a negative space between the two ends of a triangle). In the mid-1970s, the third logo, which erased the circle and simplified its shape, was introduced. The typeface used in the third logo is then applied to the second logo, which remains the official PAL logo until 1986, when it will be replaced by the current logo.
The PAL logo currently shows the same two blue and red sail triangles used in the second and third logos. However, an eight-ray sunburst called the Boat Screen is superimposed over the blue triangle, and new Helvetica typography is used.
Livery
Liveries PAL has undergone many incarnations. The first PAL aircraft had a simple white top, a silver-colored bottom separated by a solid straight line, with a small Philippine flag superimposed on its tail. The name "Philippine Air Pass" is superimposed on the upper front of the fuselage and the PAL logo lies behind. The next variant of livery, especially on PAL jet aircraft, utilizes the expanded Philippine flag as a cheat, with a PAL logo superimposed on its tail. At this time, the name "Philippine Airlines" is used in livery.
Another variant of the original livery used by PAL is somewhat similar to the current livery. However, use the third PAL logo on the tail with blue, white and red cheats running the center of the fuselage. Then, the underside of the fuselage was also painted white.
The current "Eurowhite" livery, first used with the Short 360, was adopted in 1986 following the PAL corporate rebranding. This livery, (designed by Landor Associates) has the name "Philippines" superimposed on the front of the body in italics (using the PAL logo typeface), while the tail is painted with a logo and the Philippine flag is visible near the back of the plane. The PAL logo is also painted on the plane winglets that own it. The name "Philippines", not "Philippine Airlines", is to show that PAL is the flag carrier of the Philippines. However, this sometimes causes confusion that the PAL aircraft, especially when hired by the President for an official or state visit, is actually the official air transport of the head of the Philippines. Every PAL aircraft with flight number "PR/PAL 001" and callsign "PHILIPPINE ONE" is a special aircraft operated by Philippine Airlines to transport the President of the Philippines.
For the airline's 70th anniversary, special stickers were placed on all of its aircraft. The sticker features a stylish "70" and the words, "First in Asia, shine".
When the airline celebrates its 75th anniversary, a special sticker is placed behind each plane. This sticker has a "75" style.
Frequent flyer program
Mabuhay Miles is a frequent flyer program for Philippine Airlines. Established in 2002 by incorporating all of the PAL frequent flyer programs that existed prior to the Asian financial crisis: PALsmiles, Mabuhay Club and Flying Sportsman, with PALsmiles and Mabuhay Club members transferred to the new program on August 1, 2002. The Flying Sportsman program was later changed to SportsPlus, a three-tier subscription-based program that provides extra baggage allowance for sports equipment. Mabuhay Miles members get nominally redeemable miles in most Philippine Airlines operated flights, as well as joint airline routes.
Mabuhay Miles is divided into several levels:
- Classic - The basic level at which a person starts getting 'miles',
- Elite - Passengers who have earned 25,000 flight miles, fly 30 one-way sectors in any service class, or fly 15 one-way sectors in business class into Elite members.
- Premiere Elite - Passengers who have gained 45,000 flight miles, fly 50 one-way sectors in any service class, or fly 25 one-way sectors in business class to Premiere Elite members./li>
- Million Miler - Passengers who have flown one million (1,000,000) Cumulative Tier/Mil Flight on Philippine Airlines and PAL Express to Million Milers.
The table below shows the privileges of various Mabuhay Miles levels.
Live Lounge
The Mabuhay Lounge is the airport lounge for Philippines Airlines. Mabuhay (Business) Classes and Elite Members of Mabuhay Miles (except those using PAL Express flights) are eligible to use the lounge. All clubs have open bar and catering food.
Between June 15 and August 15, 2015, Philippine Airlines commenced renovation at Mabuhay Lounge at NAIA-2. The passenger lounge, which has a seating capacity of 110, reflects a mix of contemporary and traditional design. Each lounge chair is equipped with a power supply, allowing passengers to charge their personal electronic devices. Wi-Fi is available in the leisure and dining area.
In-flight service
Cabin
Philippine Airlines currently offers three classes, Business, Premium Economy, and Economics, depending on the aircraft. Airbus A330 and Airbus A350 they offer three classes while B777, A340, and A320 they offer two classes.
During the second half of 2006, PAL announced a cab reconfiguration project for Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The airline spent US $ 85.7 million to remove all first class seats and increase the size of its business and economic seats, leading to the new seats mentioned above; as well as adding personal screens with on-demand audio and video (AVOD) in both cabin classes. The cab reconfiguration project was completed in 2009
By 2017, PAL configures the cabin layout of eight A330s, from a configuration of 414 single class seats to third class 309 seats, to Business class, Premium Economy, and Economy Class. The configured A330 was launched in seven months by 2017. IFE is a Zodiac RAVE system. The seats are designed by Lift Strategic Design, and Lufthansa Technik Philippines performs a reconfiguration.
The previously acquired aircraft does not have an embedded IFE, except for Boeing 777-300ERs. Instead, they offer iPad Minis that is leased (Economy) or free (Business) with OnAir's Onair Play wireless IFA solution. The new aircraft acquired has been embedded IFE, due to the failure of PAL's wireless IFE program for long-haul flights. They still offer wireless IFE on all aircraft.
Fiesta Class
Economy Class or Fiesta Class is available on all aircraft. The tray table is found in the seat in front, except for the bulkhead and exit chairs, where the tray table is embedded in the chair. They have four way headrests.
B777-300ERs, A350s, select A330s, and A321neos, feature seats that offer pitch between 31 and 34Ã, inches. Each seat offers AVOD and is equipped with a 9-inch (777-300ER) or 10-inch (A330, A321neos) monitor with headphone jack and a USB port for charging, mounted either on the back of the seat or armrest (for barrier chairs and doors) Exit ). They have four-way headrests, and six inches of lying down. An articulated seat beneath the seat is fitted with extra foam under the seat cover.
Premium Economy
Premium Economy, also known as Economy Plus, is available on A330 and A350-900 aircraft, as well as PAL Express flights using two A320 classes, where business class seats are sold as Premium Economy. They are similar in design to standard economy class seats but feature at least 4-5 inches more leg space providing a minimum of 34-36 inches of legroom.
Some A330s, as well as the A350, have different seat designs, with an additional bearing layer. It is 9.55 "wide, pitched at 38 inches with eight inches of reclining.They also have 13.3 inch IFE with AVOD, with headphone jack and USB port, as well as power on the seats.
On aircraft without IFE, passengers are also treated to free iPads.
Mabuhay Class
Business Class or Mabuhay Class is available on all aircraft. It offers improved leg room and flat chairs (only on A330-300 options, B777-300ER, A350, and A321neo). Currently, Philippine Airlines is the only Philippine operator that offers business class for domestic flights.
Select the Boeing 777-300ER, choose the Airbus A330-300, and the A350 airplane seat with the average seat produced by Recaro and Thompson Aero Seating respectively. It's set in configurations 2-3-2 for 777 and 1-2-1 for A330 and A350. The A350 and A330 Business Class seats are also equipped with Lantal air pillows, four-way headrests, storage shelves for personal items, headphone hooks, and an inner layer of sound-bearing pads. The seat has a personal entertainment system in flight of 15 inches (777) and 18.5 inches (A330) with AVOD, as well as power on the seat. They have a USB port where passengers can charge their mobile device. Passengers are also supplied with noise-canceling headphones.
A321neos also has flat chairs produced by Rockwell Collins. This is set in the 2-2 layout. The seat is equipped with a personal entertainment system in flight of 15.4 inches with AVOD, and power on the seat. It has a 60 inch pitch seat and maximum seat width when completely flat 23 inches.
On older wider aircraft, the old First Class cabin with 82-inch seat pitch (210Ã,  ° C) is sold as a Business Class seat, in addition to the other seat chairs with 50-inch (130à cm¼) seat pitch. Passengers are given free iPad.
Business Class Seats on the A321s lay, and have a 39 inch (99 cm) seating. They have a laptop power supply (both AC and USB). No IFEs are built in seats but iPad is provided on certain flights at no additional cost.
Incidents and accidents
Although Philippine Airlines has been involved in a series of accidents since its inception in 1941, most of the aviation accidents have occurred with propeller planes during the early years of operation. Several PAL jet aircraft have been involved in the crash, the most notable being the explosion on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 aircraft, masterminded by al-Qaeda and the predecessor of the ill-fated Bojinka Project.
Security
Nevertheless, PAL is recognized as the only airline in the Philippines to be accredited by the International Air Transport Association by passing the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), which was accredited in February 2007.
Philippine Airlines also has a 6/7 safety rating according to AirlineRatings.com, which is considered more secure than some of its Southeast Asian counterparts: Malaysia Airlines (5/7), Garuda Indonesia (3/7)), Thai Airways (4/7), Vietnam Airlines (5/7)
Problem
Financial issues
PAL suffered huge financial losses in the late 2000s. As of March 31, 2006, the total consolidated assets of PAL amounted to 100,984,477 PHP, down 11% from March 31, 2005. As of March 31, 2007, the consolidated assets of the Company continued to decrease by 8% by an amount equivalent to 92,837,849 PHP compared with Figures for 2006. The declination of PAL assets is primarily due to a net decrease in property and equipment and advance payments to aircraft manufacturers and machinery, current and other non-current assets. As of March 31, 2007, other current and non-current assets decreased 29% to 2,960.4 million PHP and 20% to 2,941.7 million PHP "due to the effect of re-measurement of the fair value of certain financial assets and derivative instruments". After bringing 17% more passengers in 2009 due to additional aircraft acquisitions and growth in the local market, PAL's annual earnings report showed an increase in revenues of US $ 1.634 billion from US $ 1.504 billion in 2008. Nevertheless, PAL costs increased as a result of more flight operations and higher maintenance costs are exacerbated by fluctuations in fuel prices; Forty-four percent (44%) of PAL's operating income expenditure is used for fuel consumption.
Employment issues
PAL has a history of work relationship issues. On June 15, 1998, PAL fired 5,000 employees, including more than 1,400 flight attendants and stewards who allegedly reduced costs and reduced the financial decline in the aviation industry as a consequence of the Asian financial crisis. Represented by the Aviation Officers and the Philippine Board of Directors (FASAP), employees who were discharged mainly 1400 cabin crew seek solutions to their problems through the judicial process and lodge complaints on the basis of unfair work practices and illegal reductions.
It took a decade before it was finally completed. It passes the Arbitrator Workers to the National Labor Relations Commission then to the Court of Appeals and, finally, to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the Philippines endorses the aggrieved party and on July 22, 2008, in its 32-page decision ordered PAL to "restore the cabin crew personnel covered by the scheme reduction and demotion on June 15, 1998 effective on July 15, 1998, without loss of seniority rights and other privileges, and to pay them full refund, including any allowances and other monetary benefits calculated from the time of their separation until the actual recovery time, provided that with regard to those who have received their respective separation payments, the amount of payments will be deducted from the backwages them. "The Supreme Court further explained that there was a failure on the part of PAL to prove the actual and immediate substantial claim loss. Although the failure of Asian finance greatly affected the airlines, PAL's defense against bankruptcy and rehabilitation is untenable; therefore, austerity policy is not justified.
However, on March 26, 2018, Supreme Court en banc chose to support Philippine Airlines, which affirmed the 2006 Appeals Court's decision that Philippine Airlines is not required to consult the FASAP for its criteria for its reduction program.
Competition
For over 20 years, PAL has monopolized the air transportation industry in the Philippines. It ended in 1995 through the passage of Executive Order No. 219 which allows entry of new airlines in the industry. The liberalization and deregulation of the Philippine aviation industry has brought competition in the domestic air transport industry resulting in declines in airline ticket prices, improved service quality and efficiency in industry in general. Currently, three airlines compete in major international and domestic routes: PAL, Cebu Pacific, and PAL Express (formerly known as Air Philippines) and two airlines serving small routes and short distances: Philippine AirAsia, Cebgo (formerly SEAIR and Tiger Airways) and other small airlines.
See also
- List of Philippine airlines
- List of airports in Philippines
- List of companies in Philippines
- Transportation in the Philippines
References
- Notes
External links
- Official website
- PAL Express official website
- Mabuhay Miles, Philippine Airlines reward program
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