Philippine Airlines Adds Kuwait and Jeddah Services
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Updates Philippines -
National flag carrier, Philippine Airlines is adding flights to Kuwait and
Jeddah that complements with its existing Dubai route starting January 2016.
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| Philippine Airlines will be flying to Kuwait and Jeddah via Dubai using its Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Photo by Manuel R. Nierra II |
According to the
airline route tracker AirlineRoute.net,
Philippine Airlines will introduce its Manila - Dubai - Kuwait route on January
1, 2015 and Manila - Dubai - Jeddah route on January 2, 2015, respectively.
The Kuwait route
will be operating 4 flights per week while the Jeddah route will be operating 3
flights per week with a total of 7 flights per week for the Dubai route. All
flights will be operated by Philippine Airlines' Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
For Kuwait flights,
PAL flight PR658 departs Manila at 10:00 PM and arrives Dubai at 3:30 AM the
following day. It will then depart Dubai at 5:45 AM and arrive at Kuwait at
6:55 AM. The return flight, PR659, departs Kuwait at 3:10 PM and arrives Dubai
at 6:10 PM. The flight will depart from Dubai at 7:40 PM and arrive Manila at
8:15 AM the following day.
Philippine
Airlines Flight 658 (for Kuwait) operates every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. Flight 659 (for Kuwait) operates every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, and Saturday.
For Jeddah
flights, PAL flight PR658 (departing every Wednesday) departs Manila at 10:00
PM and arrives Dubai at 3:30 AM the following day. It will depart Dubai again
at 5:45 AM and arrive Jeddah at 8:15 AM. PAL flight PR 658 (departing every
Monday and Friday) departs Manila at 10:30 PM and arrives Dubai at 4:00 AM the
following day. It will then depart Dubai at 6:15 AM and arrive Jeddah at 8:15
AM.
The return flight
of the Jeddah service, PR 659, departs Jeddah at 2:15 PM and arrives Dubai at
6:15 PM. It will depart Dubai at 7:45 PM and arrive Manila at 8:20 AM the
following day. Flights will be operating every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
by an Airbus A330-300.
The airline has
been using this kind of routing until April 1998. It also stopped serving
Kuwait in 2000.
Source: AirlineRoute.net
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