Happening Now: Media Presscon at Radisson Blu today. PAL expands Cebu hub with new routes, pioneer services
By Minerva Newman
CEBU CITY— Philippine Airlines (PAL) Philippine Airlines is expanding its Cebu hub and pioneering services as it launched new connections to Baguio, Borongan, Bangkok and BARMM in Dec 2022, with its "Larga Ta, Cebu!"campaign, introducing brand new regional and domestic routes out of Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
For December 2022, the Philippine flag carrier is pioneering services to link Cebu with Baguio in northern Luzon and Borongan in Eastern Samar.
PAL will also connect Cebu with Cotabato City and Tawi-Tawi, the key commercial and tourist gateways for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Internationally, PAL is resuming flights between Cebu and Bangkok on December 9, adding a new regional connection to PAL's existing flights between Cebu and Tokyo's Narita Airport.
"Philippine Airlines hopes to build up Cebu as the Queen of Gateways, strategically positioned as the ideal gateway to the tourist islands and provincial economic centers of the Visayas and Mindanao, and beyond to Northern Luzon and Palawan," PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Capt.
Stanley Ng said during a press conference at Cebu's Radisson Blu hotel.
"We aim to fly in visitors from
overseas and give them easy access to holiday resorts, business hubs and emerging economic centers throughout the Philippines via Cebu," Rabbi Ang, OIC-President of PAL Express.
Ang added, PAL's goal is to revitalize domestic travel and economic development by leveraging the strength of the Queen City of the South and enhancing its connectivity to all corners of the nation. This is a vital step in support of the government's thrust to revitalize Philippine tourism and the national economy.
From Mactan-Cebu, Philippine Airlines will offer more than 200 weekly flights to 19 destinations, comprising 17 cities in the Philippines as well as Bangkok and Tokyo. Philippine Airlines
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