Re: PAL Rescue/Mercy Flights

Posted by Eurest on
URL: http://philippine-aviation-forum.259.s1.nabble.com/Airlines-in-the-Philippines-tp2p341.html

PR seems to have gotten a bit more media savvy under SMC, so hopefully they'll take this chance to "save the Filipino heroes" in Malta with some press.

On to other things, I've read a local daily citing a 9 hour flight to Malta with iether an 343 or 333, I wonder how this is feasible.
The B77W Middle East flights take around 7+hrs ex-MNL and around 9 hrs back.
I don't think any Airbii aside from the A350 has a cruise speed that comes close to any of the Boeing widebodies.
If it takes 5J and PR around 9 hrs to DXB/AUH, wouldn't MAL take longer than that considering its around 2000+ miles further at the tip of Italy at the Mediterranean sea?