PAL's 'first' commercial flight departs
Aviation Updates Philippines – National flag carrier, Philippine Airlines, sent off its first
post-COVID-19 commercial flight on Monday as it gradually restarts flight
operations this month. According to PAL, the lockdown was the longest
operational pause in its history since World War II.
The first commercial flight is PR-104, a Boeing 777-300ER service bound
for San Francisco. In command of the flight is Captain Juanito Angeles,
assisted by First Officer Joshua Barraquias and Second Officers Jibben
Christopher Ortega and Filemon Francis Mamaril III.
RP-C7777, coincidentally the first Boeing 777 for PAL, departed from
Manila at 10:11 pm local time. Aboard the flight are 292 passengers mostly
American nationals and foreign tourists who were stranded given the
community quarantine.
As of writing, the flight is still en-route and only a few hours away
from touchdown.
PAL announced late-May it will resume flight operations to select
international and domestic destinations as early as June 1, 2020. However,
domestic flight resumption was pushed back to June 8, 2020, pending
approval from the IATF-EID, according to the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
To view the flight schedule and select destinations PAL will be operating
to, click
here.
Photo from Cielo Villaluna, Philippine Airlines
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