Airlines In The Philippines IV

[Arianespace]

Solblanc wrote

And Richard also admitted that some of their high-density A330s are grounded. Which goes to show that having a significant number of widebodies for just one market is a dumb idea.

Which is not his idea to begin with.

perhaps they can send that A359 to Europe

That is the general idea he was driving at.

[Arianespace]

seven13 wrote

PR to halt CEBGUM/SGN starting mid April except certain dates in May for SGN

And some domestics too!

MANILA -- Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Thursday it was suspending some of its flights as global oil prices continue to climb.


INTERNATIONAL

PR120/PR121 - CEBU-GUAM (From April 16 until further notice)
PR587/PR588 - CEBU-HO CHI MINH CITY (From April 19 until further notice (Except May 1, 3, 24 and 31)

DOMESTIC

PR2875/PR2876 - CLARK-SIARGAO (From May 4 until further notice)
PR2893/PR2894 - CEBU-OZAMIZ (From May 5 until further notice)
PR2668/PR2669 - CEBU-CALBAYOG (From May 6 until further notice)
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/26/philippine-airlines-suspends-some-routes-amid-soaring-global-oil-prices-1505

In the interview Nutall never mentioned the countries with restricted aviation fuel. Well, one of that country is posted above.

[ewh1]

Arianespace wrote

Solblanc wrote

And Richard also admitted that some of their high-density A330s are grounded. Which goes to show that having a significant number of widebodies for just one market is a dumb idea.

Which is not his idea to begin with.

perhaps they can send that A359 to Europe

That is the general idea he was driving at.

Time to get rid of the “hybrid” config and put back the original economy seats with PTVs now that they have the opportunity. Will it need to go an MRO in China or can it be done in MNL, if it’s even possible?

I don’t think having a sub fleet of aircraft with a different configuration is bad, you just can’t make it worse than the standard product! The A321NEOLRs and NEO/CEOs are a better example of how to do it since those aircraft are always an unexpected surprise when the regional config is swapped for the longer range config.

For all of SMC’s capital expenditures in PAL, they truly made cheap decisions. The irony.

Anyways, this year Is turning out to be more eventful for aviation than expected . Looking forward to hearing when PAL hopefully relaunches LHR or even somewhere else in the EU.

[seven13]

RP-C9907 is already reconfigured. Currently, PR has 4 reconfigured A321: 9905-7 and 9919

[ewh1]

seven13 wrote

RP-C9907 is already reconfigured. Currently, PR has 4 reconfigured A321: 9905-7 and 9919

Thanks. Yeah it’s good the A321s are slowly being configured.

I was mostly talking about the A330s though. They reconfigured some of them hybrid style with the 16” seats and the Thompson biz seats. I was wondering if they could easily take the opportunity now to revert it back to to the original premium version w/ IFE?

I realized I mixed things up and yeah, the high densities are hopeless until 2027+ or unless they can replace it earlier.  Maybe they can get rid of some rows of economy and have them 33-34” as a consolation for having a narrow crappy cabin with just streaming IFE?

[seven13]

ewh1 wrote

seven13 wrote

RP-C9907 is already reconfigured. Currently, PR has 4 reconfigured A321: 9905-7 and 9919

Thanks. Yeah it’s good the A321s are slowly being configured.

I was mostly talking about the A330s though. They reconfigured some of them hybrid style with the 16” seats and the Thompson biz seats. I was wondering if they could easily take the opportunity now to revert it back to to the original premium version w/ IFE?

I realized I mixed things up and yeah, the high densities are hopeless until 2027+ or unless they can replace it earlier.  Maybe they can get rid of some rows of economy and have them 33-34” as a consolation for having a narrow crappy cabin with just streaming IFE?

That’s highly unlikely, unnecessary expenses in uncertain times. If the war persist, PR might even need to halt the refurbishment, imo. They need the cashflow badly. I read somewhere fuel stock is until June. Let’s hope the war stops sooner than later.

Surprisingly, PR can sell all seats with its current cabin offering. I do not have concrete numbers but they have been experiencing high LF for regional flights and PRs fare aren’t the cheapest. I think most pinoys have adopted to the current cabin product and sadly came to accept the bare and tight seating. Though despite high LF, i’m not really sure with the yield.

[airline_builder]

seven13 wrote

RP-C9907 is already reconfigured. Currently, PR has 4 reconfigured A321: 9905-7 and 9919

So how many more to go? 14?