Saturday 19 March 2016

Philippine Airlines launches Cebu's first long-haul scheduled flight

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



Philippine Airlines celebrates its 75th Anniversary this month by launching Cebu's first long-haul scheduled flight to Los Angeles on 17 March 2016.

At 6.25 pm, Philippine Airlines' flight PR122 departs from Cebu for Los Angeles and arrives in Los Angeles at 5.55 pm American time. One day later, flight PR113 leaves Los Angeles at 8.40 pm for Manila and touches down in Manila at 3.30 am. Cebu-bound passengers have to transfer to Philippine Airlines' domestic flight which will depart at 5 am and arrive in Cebu at 6.15 am on 19 March 2016 Cebu time.

Flights departing from Cebu for Los Angeles are operated by Philippine Airlines' Airbus A340-300 aircraft every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 

The Los Angeles-Manila route is not new.

Philippine Airlines first launched flight operations on 15 March 1941 as Asia's oldest airline. It plans to launch direct commercial flights to Saipan from Manila from 15 June 2016.

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