Victorious After More than 60 Years - A Look at Philippine Airlines

There are airlines that America has seen crumble that were once considered mainstays. But because the airline industry is so difficult, that is just the way things happen. And like everyone else, Philippine Airlines has seen its share of hard times. They were able to come out of receivership in 2007 after going into it in the late 90s. But the fighting spirit they started with in 1941 hasn't been lost during their hard times. As part of upgrading their fleet to current standards, they are purchasing the latest technologically equipped aircraft.

The past year of 2010 has seen many exciting things happening for Philippine Airlines. The airlines received Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) earlier in the year (January), and that makes number two for the world's most advanced airliner in their fleet. To add to their already impressive number of international destinations, in March they announced more flights bringing the total to 26 flights abroad. Just last month, November, Philippine Airlines announced a seat selection system that is even more advanced than their previous system. This new service provides a unique and highly convenient process for seat selection for those who book tickets online.

Like many other major airlines, Philippine Airlines offers many hotel and tour packages to their passengers. Packages and programs were carefully chosen to ensure passengers of PAL had the greatest possible variety. This helps ensure that no matter what your preference, you should be able to find something that suits your tastes. This works well with PAL's exclusive catering to corporate frequent fliers. They created a special department to provide custom business frequent flier packages. This how they are able to completely accommodate their corporate business customers.

If you get to travel through the Philippines on Philippine Airlines, you will be able to make use of the offerings from The Mabuhay Lounge. This is, in reality, owned by PAL and is their very own airport lounge. Of course, the lounge is only available to those in Mabuhay Class and to those who are members of the Mabuhay Premier Elite and Miles Elites programs. Now you can also find The Mabuhay Lounge facilities in Hawaii at Honolulu, San Francisco and Los Angeles International airports. This one of the great perks that PAL gives to its most valued customers.

In the 60 plus years Philippine Airlines has operated, they have weathered many storms. In 1941, they started out with only one small Beechcraft airplane, making this even more impressive. In many ways, this story, which isn't a sad one, seems to reflect life. Regardless of what was happening around them and to them, they never gave up. They managed to make it through a world war intact, so that seems to suggest everything else is not quite as bad..

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