Airlines In The Philippines IV

[Solblanc]

Arianespace wrote

Spirit have three 7 years old plane which perfectly fit GAP density and configuration. PAL could be contacting lessors of these birds as this is posted.

Not just three. By the looks of it, there are enough NEOs to replace GAP’s entire A320 family fleet right now.

I can’t think of other airlines in the world off the top of my head that would appreciate Spirit’s config as is. And with a crunch in supply for seats, I can imagine that anyone that has to reconfigure the jets will think twice.

If domestic is a really big money maker for PAL like Richard says it is, maybe they’ll take a little risk and spend a little more now and not worry about having to order more planes for GAP in the future.

[kilohakdog]

Is it the video circulating in Tiktok? That seems to be old video showing RP-C3507, the first LoveBus, who now flies with Lufthansa. Still hoping they come back to PAL as LH winds down its operations.

[Arianespace]

Solblanc wrote

If domestic is a really big money maker for PAL like Richard says it is, maybe they’ll take a little risk and spend a little more now and not worry about having to order more planes for GAP in the future.

I think that might be in the works

[filipinoavgeek]

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/us-carriers-signal-no-objection-to-pal-alaska-airlines-codeshare-expansion
In other news, Philippine Airlines and Alaska Airlines will be expanding their partnership to codeshares. Given Nutall's recent comments, I guess this means PAL joining Oneworld is becoming more a question of when, not if?