{"id":51410,"date":"2019-12-22T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=51410"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T02:45:12","slug":"pal-to-add-direct-flights-between-manila-and-perth-starting-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/pal-to-add-direct-flights-between-manila-and-perth-starting-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"PAL to Add Direct Flights Between Manila and Perth Starting March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone planning a trip to Australia soon? Pack your bags this summer as the <\/span><b>Philippine Airlines (PAL)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is set to fly their first ever <\/span><b>Perth-Manil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>a<\/strong> and<\/span><b> Manila-Perth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> flights next year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51411\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/A321neoPagePhoto-e1576635005441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/A321neoPagePhoto-e1576635005441.jpg 541w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/A321neoPagePhoto-e1576635005441-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Airbus A321neo \/ IMAGE Philippine Airlines<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fly to the capital and largest state of <\/span><b>Western Australia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (WA) <\/span>non-stop<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on-board PAL\u2019s new Airbus<\/span><b> A321neo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which will operate four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday starting <\/span><b>March 30, 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The aircraft can carry up to <\/span><b>168 passengers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211;12 in business class and 156 in economy.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Flights are scheduled to <\/span>depart from Manila at 12:05 a.m<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. and <\/span>arrive at Perth Airport at 7:20 a.m. local time<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51415\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/4-A321neo-SR-Economy-Class-Cabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/4-A321neo-SR-Economy-Class-Cabin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/4-A321neo-SR-Economy-Class-Cabin-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/4-A321neo-SR-Economy-Class-Cabin-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 10pt\">Aircraft A321neo\u2019s Economy Class Cabin \/IMAGE Philippine Airlines<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This will be the first non-stop air link between the Philippines and Western Australia after its first attempt in 2013, helping travelers save at least four and a half hours of travel time to WA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cOur pioneer non-stop flights will allow us to vigorously promote the Philippines as a top-notch tourist experience for residents of Western Australia, and we look forward to extending our gracious Filipino hospitality to them from the moment they step on-board our brand-new planes,\u201d said Eugene Go, PAL Chief Sales and Marketing officer, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passengers, at present, have to pass through Singapore, Hong Kong, or other Australian cities when flying between Manila and Perth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the addition of the Western Australian-route, PAL would now be offering a total of <\/span><b>19 weekly non-stop flights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Manila to a total of four destinations in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below is the schedule of the first flight scheduled March 30th next year:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Flight No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>From<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>To<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Departs<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Arrives<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Days<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR223<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manila (MNL)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perth (PER)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">0005<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">0720<\/span><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR224<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perth (PER)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manila (MNL)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">0840<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1550<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, you may visit Philippine Airlines\u2019 <a href=\"philippineairlines.com\/en\/ph\/home\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or send them a message on their Facebook <a href=\"facebook.com\/PhilippineAirlines\/\" target=\"_blank\">page<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philembassy.org.au\/latest\/news\/philippine-airlines-to-commence-non-stop-perth-manila-flight-march-2020?fbclid=IwAR3U9Yesmxl5bo1WtYtfD5Jr0_PY9goY4dNaLMIAAgQIwgRK4L0wIEsBvQM\" target=\"_blank\">philembassy.org.au<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1088331\" target=\"_blank\">pna.gov.ph<br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Images grabbed from Philippine Embassy in Australia <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and Philippine Airlines<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Written by Dannah Jireh Paloyo<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fly to Perth non-stop on-board PAL\u2019s new Airbus A321neo, which will operate four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday starting March 30, 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