Philippine Airlines is pushing forward with plans to utilize Boeing 777-300s on its Manila-London route beginning next month.
The move is part of efforts to enhance the total passenger travel experience and inflight service delivery.
“With its range and operational capability, the flag carrier will be at par with other full service carriers along the route,” said PAL president and COO Jaime Bautista.
“We will also increase capacity as the aircraft will have a 370-seating capacity on a two?class configuration (42 on business and 328 on economy) as compared to the 254-seating capacity of the A340,? Bautista added.
PAL aims to be the country’s full-service five star airline in five years. To achieve this, the Lucio Tan-owned carrier is embarking on a fleet modernization which includes: the acquisition of six brand new Airbus A3350s for delivery starting mid-2018 and the reconfiguration of 8 monoclass Airbus A330s to tri-class lay-out.
