PAL Express
To meet the increasing demand of the traveling public for a high-quality carrier offering low fares, Philippine Airlines is launching a new, low-fares unit that will operate a fleet of turbo propeller aircraft to mostly domestic island points under the name “PAL Express”.
PAL’s move will help boost trade and tourism, particularly to our smaller and farther islands, thus providing a much-needed lift to the local economy of these communities.
PAL will acquire nine turbo-props –three Bombardier Q300s and six Q400s – to comprise PAL Express’ initial fleet, which will be based, mainly in Cebu. Some flights will also operate out of Manila. PAL Express will primarily fly intra-regional routes in Visayas and Mindanao from its Cebu hub, as well as secondary routes to smaller airports in island provinces that are not able to accommodate PAL’s regular jet aircraft.
PAL Express is scheduled to take off on May 5, 2008 with eight flights daily between Manila and Boracay. Services ramp up dramatically on May 19, when PAL Express’ Cebu-hub operations commence with flights between Cebu and five points in Visayas and Mindanao. To introduce these new services, PAL Express is offering a promotional fare of P88 (excluding taxes and surcharges) for one-way flights between Cebu and Bacolod, Caticlan, Tacloban, Butuan and General Santos.
The special fare can be availed of until May 18, 2008 and is for travel from May 19 to August 15, 2008 only. For booking you may go to their site: www.palexpressair.com.
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Leyte, Samar open more doors to commercial flights
By MELANIE BINGCO
ABS-CBN Tacloban
TACLOBAN CITY – After the successful maiden flight to Calbayog City Airport on July 15 graced by President Arroyo herself, PAL Express is soon to open commercial flights in three other airports in Eastern Visayas.
Airports in Ormoc and Borongan cities, as well as one in Catarman in Northern Samar, will be opened within this year to commercial flights to and from Manila.
The budget carrier PAL Express, a subsidiary of flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), will have its inaguaral flight on the first day of August at Catarman airport. Ormoc will follow on August 15.
However, problems such as the lack of crash fire trucks and other airport facilities in Ormoc were noted by PAL.
“Of course we need the crash fire truck in case of emergency. Also the airport terminal in Ormoc needs improvement,” said PAL area manager Glenn Vallecera.
Merla Negradas of the Air Transportation Office (ATO) branch office said they already have planned out actions to solve the problems and various other improvement needed by Ormoc Airport so that it could effectively host commercial flights.
Borongan airport is also set to open for PAL planes this September.
Negradas said having some more flights bound for Manila in three other key areas in the region will boost the economic, industrial and tourism activities of these places.
The three airports mentioned were formerly identified as non-functioning terminals in the region.
Yehhey!1 im from gensan nga pla..PAL express flies to us too…but hey!! di tlga papalipas ang PAL express..diba unbelievable PAL na affordable pa!! kaya nga PAL express nakaka-impress!! using its bombardier Q300 cguro sa Catarman..Glad to have PAL express in the philippines to extend its routes to other places..and it will accomodate small runways..Before Air Phil ang nag-ooperate sa GES mahal nman..pero iba tlga ang PAL..the Asias sunniest!!Quiet pa tlga..
ahh! that s good news! well asian spirit fare is almost 6000 oneway.. BUTI NAMAN MURA SA PAL EXPRESS! im excited na umuwi sa Catarman! riding Pal ExPRESS! HEHE
so mag kakaroon na ng regular na tao sa mga airport tower sa catarman and cabayog??? that’s a great news!
hmmmm?? anu anu ung days ng flight ng PAL EXPRESS SA CATARMAN?? And how much the fare will it cost?
– sure na bang sa auG 16 ANG start ng OPeRAtion??
tnx for the info! godbless!
IF YOU THINK SAFETY IS expensive!!!… TRY AN ACCIDENT!!!
people… may kilala kayo na politician…be assertive… ive been lobbying/doing this for almost a year pero so far hindi pa nakakarating sa tamang mga tenga… KAMATA NA KITA!!! HERES MY MAIL.. oscar_xray22@yahoo.com LETS DO THIS PEOPLE!!
bago kayo mag celebrate dahil may pal na sa atin…
im from calbayog and work at air transportation office
on air traffic division.. so far so good at lest may sched na kong kelan magsisimula mag operate.. problem is walang air traffic service facilities sa atin… when 2 airlines operates in an airport a tower or traffic advisory is needed to max the safety… so far wala pa tayo nun.. may nakikita kayong tower cab sa airport bot i’ll bet 1yr of my salary walang personnel jan… asian spirit(pilot) lands at catarman and calbayog without information of the runway condition… ex, rain, wind speed. adn wind direction, and thats what happened in catarman, the runway is wet and the plane supposed to land against the wind and IT land with the wind, thats the cause why it overshot at catarman airport. ,.. this is all politics… akala lang natin na pag may plane ok na….pag di nagkaroon ng air traffic facility sa atin, airlines wil back-out… WAKE-UP PEOPLE!!! SAMARNON, PAGMATA NA KAMO… GOV,CONG,MAYOR,COUN KAMO AN PERMI NASAKAY…. MAGHIHINTAY PA BA TAYO… PRINCESS OF THE STAR HAPPENED BECOZ KALA NATIN/NILA OK LANG.., HAPPY FLYING!!! GOOD SPEED..
yeahey! hmmm?? not defienitely in catarman! pero may mga beaches din doon! pag pumunta ka ng CATARMAN try to stay in our pension house. SASa PENSION HOUSE! catarman is the Capital of the Province of northern samar! MARAMING BEACHES and mararaming magagandang lugar samen! Sa San Antonio na nagiging skat na rin for its beautiful and clean beach. Sa Biri ISLAND with ITS famous rock formation! hmmmm?? marami pa! about the RUNWAY, yahh its true na ginagamit as highway pag hapon. binubuksan ung tinttwag na “GATE” na lagusan papuntang north! small cars lang nakaka daan! people went incuding me to the runway for past time and stroling with my scoter! hehe! DOUBLE PURPOSE NGA RAW EH! RUNWAY SA UMAGA! HIGHWAY SA HAPON! HEHE! hmmmmm?? how much will the airfare will cost?? wat days ung fligth! as of now kc only asian spirit operate in Cataraman .. and they monolized kasi la namang ka kumpentensya.! one way cost 6000.. super mahal!
— ANYWAY THNX SA info! hope it will continue!
godbless!
cge2 thnx! pls. confirm ha! doon nga sa pension house namen nag sstay ung pal group na nag plaplan and nag aayos para mag operate ang pal express sa catarman! pls. confirm kung mag ooperate and when will start! tnx!
i heard that pal express will also operate to us!
no definite date yet when will start! i hope its true! sobrang mahal ng fare ng asian spirit eh! la ksing kakompentensya! same as calbayog! pero dis july 15 meron na! SUNOD NA RAW ANG CATARMAN!
hope pal express will operate to our province in catarman n. samar soon! i hope and pray!
hello topdog, the surcharge fee depends on the destinations, the additional tax depends on the 12% VAT for the route fare.
Any estimate on how much the additional taxes and surcharge would be? Thanks.
@Jeff, haha! related naman sa pagiging lakwatsero itong post na ito! XD
teka, akala ko ba wala kang alam sa problogging? eh paid advertisement eto eh! asan yung disclaimer mo? XD
@gibbs
yeah, napapakanta nga ako ng “One beam of light, is enough to see where you’re going… One wrong turn, is enough to loose your way…” ahehe
ey, angel! heard you lovelovelove altar boyz! hehe.
benj &aaronjames,
haha, don’t worry, I will feature cebu pacific’s latest news din, lols
haha. i agree with Benj. lol. panalo sa pag-aadvertise ha! pero ayossss! parang napaisip tuloy ako kung gusto ko mag-unwind. haha
Aba, loyalty award na to! haha