Makes Honolulu Hub
PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said this will mark the beginning of a broader partnership by PAL with Hawaiian Airlines as it funnels Manila passengers to Hawaii for onward connections to North America.
Villaluna said this is part of the flag carrier rationalization plan as it intensifies US operations under a business recovery plan. It would rely on codeshare and interline agreements to support the strategy.
According to the airline, PAL will fly passengers to Honolulu daily and then Hawaiian will connect to listed destinations in North America in one PAL ticket and vice versa.
PAL earlier has been wanting to fly Seattle but the plan was thwarted by Delta (United) Airlines which objected to its flight. Delta instead applied with US DOT for flights to Manila from Seattle but was caught up with the pandemic. Delta eventually suspended all flights to the Philippines.
Delta? I thought a previous reporting by you identified United Airlines.
ReplyDeleteNot my word. Theirs. Probably out of confusion to American carriers. But you are correct. It was United that they have issues with regarding Seattle. Delta applied to operate SEA-MNL. So information could be easily mixed up. Thanks for the correction.
DeleteDelta was offered flight at NAIA. But the flights were going to land around 2am and takeoff at 4am.
ReplyDeleteWhile some how PAL was able to add more flight to LAX during prime hours and not at 2-4 am. That is why Delta protest any expanded flight by PAL to the west coast.