Airlines (Commonwealth Union)_Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed a new codeshare partnership agreement, which will allow the airlines to enhance flight options for their customers travelling between Singapore and the Philippines as well as to other domestic and international destinations via their respective hubs.
The partnership will oversee the Philippine carrier “making a comeback” to previously served destinations in the 1980s and 1990s. SIA will codeshare on PAL’s flights from Manila to 27 domestic locations in the Philippines, while PAL will codeshare on SIA’s flights to 6 European destinations.
Philippine Airlines president and COO Stanley K. Ng placed prominence in the country’s commitment to strengthening ties with Singapore. The codeshare agreement will start on Singapore Airlines’s and PAL’s flights between Singapore and Manila, the Philippines, by 4Q2023, subject to regulatory approvals. SIA will also codeshare on Philippine Airlines’ flights from Manila to 27 destinations within the Philippines, while PAL will codeshare on SIA’s flights to six destinations in Europe – Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Milan, Paris, Rome, and Zurich.
These European codeshare sectors will be progressively rolled out across PAL and SIA sales channels as well as travel agents over the coming weeks.
The codeshare services to Milan and Copenhagen will represent a historical milestone – the first-ever air links to the Danish capital and the Italian commercial hub by a Philippine carrier.
PAL is albeit making a comeback, through codeshare services, to Frankfurt, Paris, Rome, and Zurich, previously served by the Philippine flag carrier in the 1980s and 1990s.
Both SIA and PAL will also explore an expansion of the codeshare agreement to include SIA’s flights to additional points in Europe, as well as destinations in Australia, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.
President and COO, Philippine Airlines, Stanley K Ng said they were happy to offer their Philippine Airlines passengers a wider range of flights between Manila and Singapore through this codeshare partnership, affirming the promise to keep building new connections and opportunities for their customers. He also stated that the partnership was the product of a strengthened relationship with their fellow ASEAN mainline carrier, Singapore Airlines, and an enduring commitment to expanding their presence in Singapore, a top PAL destination that they had been serving for 58 years and counting.
He said they also looked forward to offering increased connectivity to several cities across Europe, home to many overseas Filipinos and to a growing number of tourist and business travellers whom they invited to discover the wonders of the Philippines.
CEO, Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Phong, added that this agreement enabled Philippine Airlines and Singapore Airlines to work more closely together, and find ways to offer their customers enhanced travel connections between Singapore and the Philippines. He stated that this would support the growing demand for both business and leisure travel between the Philippines and Singapore, and beyond that to their markets around the world.
