Airlines In The Philippines III

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

I think PAL should start thinking about returning to Europe now that  the Ukraine-Russia War is about to end soon

[Solblanc]

Arianespace wrote

Well, Mon Ortiz has a good idea on what their future fleet would be. He seems to have the same idea as mine. And perhaps PAL too!

The last time Boeing won an order at PAL was for the 77W more than 20 years ago, and even that was because of the 744 deposits.

Every other purchase went to Airbus. Even if the 787-9/10 combo is a perfect fit, I'm sure Airbus is not going to make it easy for Boeing. They'll make an offer that will be very, very difficult for PAL to refuse.

Anyway, let's see what 2026 will bring. More importantly, let's also see how the reaction to the 10-abreast A35K is going to be. If passengers accept it, PAL might become the trendsetter.

[Arianespace]

By December this year PAL would have paid the price tags equivalent for 2 35Ks, meaning they could have bought them without the benefit of leases. Those amount goes to pre-delivery deposits of the nine frames. In comparison, it took the airline 5 years to buy 2 frames of Boeing 77w's planes. That goes to show how deep their pockets are right now.

[JNC03]

A Airbus A320 software update fiasco rattled Airlines earlier today requiring them to ground their fleet of A320s

[JNC03]

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has accepted delivery of the first of five newly purchased Airbus A320 aircraft, boosting its fleet for domestic route network.

PAL will add another A320 before the end of 2025, with three more joining the fleet in 2026.

“By expanding our A320 fleet, we are providing travelers with more reliable, convenient and comfortable options,” said Rabbi Vincent Ang, President of PAL Express.

[Arianespace]

JNC03 wrote

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has accepted delivery of the first of five newly purchased Airbus A320 aircraft, boosting its fleet for domestic route network.

PAL will add another A320 before the end of 2025, with three more joining the fleet in 2026.

“By expanding our A320 fleet, we are providing travelers with more reliable, convenient and comfortable options,” said Rabbi Vincent Ang, President of PAL Express.

No. They are not bought. They are let. The soon to be retired aircraft are company owned and there are nine of them. The rest of GAP fleet are operating leases.

Fun fact, GAP new aircraft is actually ordered by PAL for GAP flown in 2011 and subsequently sold to lessor under sale leaseback deals. Now its going back where it started.

So you see, PAL has habit of taking back its originally ordered planes. It has happened in the past, as it is happening now.

[kilohakdog]

Noticed that RP-C9932 is replaced by a stored indiGo plane on LTP. Has it been back to service?

[seven13]

PAL is set to start flying to ROR 2x a week from March 29

[Arianespace]

BOC Aviation has entered into a purchase and lease back deal with two Airbus A350-1000 bought by Philippine Airlines from Airbus which is set for delivery this month. The purchase amount would be used by the airline to fund the acquisition of another set of A35k scheduled to arrive next year.

[filipinoavgeek]

PR's first A35K has made its first flight! Credits to Eurospot for the excellent picture.

[Solblanc]

First flight is a bit late. With the holidays coming up, I guess delivery is going to be next year.

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

Palau is set, next is Maldives by 2026