FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Thursday it had started nonstop flights to Seattle.
The inaugural flight, PR 124, departed from Manila on October 2 for the 12-hour journey to Tacoma International Airport.
“[T]hrough these nonstop Manila-Seattle-Manila flights, Philippine Airlines is proud to take the latest big investment in its long-term strategy of building stronger connections to the vast United States travel market,” PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Stanley Ng said.
“Seattle is also our newest gateway to the rest of America. Our aim is to stimulate value-added tourism and healthy business activity between the Philippines and not just Washington State, but beyond to Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, and the US Midwest and Sunbelt regions,” he added.
The airline said the thrice-weekly service, using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, is the first and only nonstop link between the Philippines and the US Pacific Northwest.
Seattle joins San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Guam and Honolulu as PAL’s sixth US destination.
Shares of PAL’s parent PAL Holdings Inc. fell by 5 centavos to close at P5.27 each.
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