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Evodesire
How I wish their premium economy had a 2-3-2 so at least there would be more shoulder room
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romantic_guy08
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Anyone know if PAL will have any retirement ceremonies for the Queen when she gracefully exits the fleet?
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Re: some PR news

Evodesire
Thats the news going around... Ariannespace would know
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Re: New Long Haul Fleet

jetsetex
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I'm so thankful you are back. For the longest time had been a lurker at SSC. I would always watch out for you and flight_83 even way back in PEx. Then after a while you vanished. Welcome back and will be eagerly wait for more.
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romantic_guy08
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RP-C7472 will be transferred to CRK on Saturday...
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Evodesire
Sad to see those beautiful jumbos go...   But they just got to
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Evodesire
PAL to retire 747s on Monday
By Miguel R. Camus
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:13 am | Saturday, May 10th, 2014

Philippine Airlines is set to retire its aging fleet of Boeing 747-400s on Monday, making way for newer, fuel-efficient Boeing 777-300ERs for its flights to the United States after the American air safety regulator lifted a multiyear restriction last month.

PAL president Ramon S. Ang confirmed in a text message that the retirement ceremony for the planes, which have served as the backbone of PAL’s long-haul fleet since the early 1990s, would take place on May 12 at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.

PAL had four Boeing 747-400s at the end of 2013 under finance lease agreements, its annual report showed.

It was not immediately known if PAL would announce the acquisition of more Boeing 777s during Monday’s event, where Boeing officials would also be present.

Ang said previously that they were considering more 777s or Airbus 350s (which have a longer waiting list) to augment the airline’s expansion in the United States, allowed last month by the Federal Aviation Administration when it restored the Philippines’ category 1 status.

The retirement of aircraft is part of plans to make PAL more efficient as high costs and declining revenues against no-frills budget carriers continued to eat into the company’s bottomline.


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Re: some PR news

romantic_guy08
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Any chance they can transfer those Recaro seats from the B744s to the A333s/A343s?

I find them comfortable.
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New planes for PAL

Evodesire
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More 77Ws? Or the 777X?

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PAL to order new planes

By Lawrence Agcaoili, The Philippine Star
Posted at 05/10/2014 8:59 AM | Updated as of 05/10/2014 8:59 AM

MANILA, Philippines - National flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc. (PAL), jointly owned by taipan Lucio Tan and diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is likely to place new orders for Boeing aircraft as it is scheduled to retire 20 aircraft including its old Boeing 747 planes.

PAL president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang confirmed that the airline is set to decommission the aging fleet of Boeing 747 fleet.

“Yes,” Ang said in a text message when asked if PAL was retiring its fleet of Boeing 747 as it started using the more fuel efficient Boeing 777 for its flights to the US.

PAL is in the middle of a fleet renewal program involving the acquisition of 100 aircraft after SMC bought into the company in April 2012.

The airline has acquired close to 65 aircraft from Airbus worth about $10 billion and is also looking at putting up its own airport that would serve as an alternative gateway to the congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

SMC’s wholly-owned subsidiary San Miguel Equity Investments Inc. (SMEII) acquired a 49-percent equity interest in Trustmark Holdings Corp. for $500 million in April last year. Trustmark owns 97.71 percent of PAL Holdings which in turn owns 84.67 percent of PAL through PR Holdings Inc.

PAL is now gearing up for flights to the US after the US Federal Aviation Administration (US-FAA) upgraded the country’s aviation safety rating back to Category 1 last April 9 after being downgraded to Category 2 in January 2008 which had prevented Philippine carriers from mounting additional flights to the US.

Currently, PAL operates a total of 26 weekly flights to the US, with frequencies to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu and Guam.

For its flights to Honolulu and Guam, PAL would continue to utilize new wide body Airbus A330-300s and single-aisle A320-200s.

PAL is initially looking at flying to New York and Chicago within the year. It used to fly to New York until 1997 after it was forced to stop due to the Asian financial crisis.

Since the entry of SMC in April 2012, PAL embarked on a massive re-fleeting program involving the acquisition of 100 aircraft. It entered into two separate purchase agreements with Airbus in August worth $7 billion for the firm order of 40 44 Airbus A320 aircraft and options for 20 Airbus A320 for delivery in fiscal years 2014 to 2020. Likewise in September PAL ordered another $2.5 billion worth of 10 Airbus A330-300 aircraft and options for 10 aircraft for delivery in fiscal years 2014 to 2016.

Based on its website, the airline has an operating fleet of 53 aircraft consisting of six Boeing 777-300ER, four Boeing 747-400, eight Airbus A340-300, 13 A330-300, 12 A320-200, six A321-231, and four A319-100.

Following the refleeting, PAL would own one of Asia ’s youngest fleet at 3.5 years with the completion of a modernization program that involves the replacement of 20 aging aircraft with modern, fuel-efficient planes.

Ang said earlier that PAL is still on track to improve the company’s financial and operational performance under an ambitious refleeting program.

“2013 was a clean-up year for PAL as we go through the costly yet necessary fleet renewal process, but we are on track with our goals and we remain committed to improving your airline’s financial and operational performance,” he stressed.

The retirement of PAL’s old fleet is part of a turnaround strategy aimed at transforming the flag carrier into Asia’s airline of choice through a simple game-changing program of fleet modernization, network expansion and service innovation.
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Arianespace
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Why would a Boeing Official be present during a retirement ceremony?
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romantic_guy08
as a special witness to the retirement of one of the most successful and popular wide body program of Boeing? or take the 744 back?


Or to make an announcement and have a signing ceremony?
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Arianespace
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Frankly, there is no Boeing officials that were present whenever airlines retire an old jet. Certainly, there was no Boeing official when Singapore Airlines retire theirs. Tomorrow is a big day for PAL.  
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Evodesire
Wow, can't wait for that announcement. I will definitely be glued to this.
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romantic_guy08
Heard PR will launch MNL-NRT-HNL next month?
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Evodesire
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My guess would be:

More 77Ws, 777X and 787-9
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aahimself
Sharing guys. Spotted RP-C7472 yesterday 05/10/14 rotating for the last time as she was ferried to CRK for storage.

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Arianespace
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Passengers tomorrow from San Francisco would be so lucky. I don't know if they are even aware of why it is so. If I'm on that flight I would be the last to get out. I hope somebody gets the idea.
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Re: some PR news

Solblanc
I checked flightaware... One flight of PR105 was indicated as flown by a 777-200 last 09 May. How accurate is that?
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Evodesire
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Is PR105 the farewell flight of the 747?
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Evodesire
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It shows 777-200ER in mine too but its actually a 777-300ER. So the aircraft type is not really accurate.
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