Philippine Airlines to Add Flights to U.S. West Coast During Christmas

Philippine airlines to add flights to U.S. West coast during Christmas

MANILA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Philippine Airlines (PAL), the country’s major carrier for international routes, on Tuesday said it will increase the flights to the U.S. West Coast during the Christmas season.

In a statement posted on the website, PAL said Starting on Nov.25, the airline will add two flights per week between Manila and Los Angeles, while an extra weekly flight between Manila and San Francisco will be operated starting on the same date.

The additional flights in West Coast will increase the current 17 to 20 flights weeklywith 11 flights between Manila and Los Angeles and nine flights between Manila and San Francisco.

PAL said it will also consider increase the flights to Melbourne and Sydney of Australia, Singapore and Bangkok of Thailand during Christmas, the busiest travel season in the year.

PAL said its check-in counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal in Manila will be open to serve passengers as early as 04:00 a.m. local time for the internationalflights.

The United States is a major destination for overseas Filipino workers who will usually come home for family reunion at Christmas,taking back their hard-earned money after one year toil on foreignsoil. Most of the Filipinos settle on the western coast of the United States.

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