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PAL expecting delivery of 5 Bombardier turboprops

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Philippine Airlines said it expects the delivery of five Q400 turboprops from Bombardier before the end of the year to replace older aircraft. 

“We’re taking delivery of our first Q400 next month, this is an 86-seater airplane which we will fly domestically, we will use this for our Cebu hub to replace older Q400,” PAL president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista said.

“The delivery will be July, August, September, October, November, every month starting July until November,” he added.

PAL last year ordered six Q400 aircraft with option for another six planes worth $401 million to expand its inter-island domestic operations. 

PAL currently owns four Bombardier DHC 8-300 aircraft and five Bombardier DHC 8-400 aircraft which PAL dry leased to sister company PAL Express. A dry lease is a leasing arrangement in which an airline provides an aircraft, without crew, to another airline.

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PAL Express uses these aircraft to fly to provincial destinations.

PAL’s domestic network, including those operated by PAL Express, covers 31 cities and towns in the Philippines. 

It serves Bacolod, Basco, Butuan, Busuanga, Cagayan, Calbayog, Catarman, Caticlan, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Jolo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legazpi, Manila, Masbate, Naga, Ozamiz, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Surigao, Tablas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.

The airline led by tycoon Lucio Tan expects delivery of two Boeing 777-300 ER in December and ordered six A350s, with an option for six more. The aircraft is capable of flying non-stop from Manila to New York.

The additional B777-300 ERs will be deployed to the London and North American routes.

PAL’s parent PAL Holdings Inc. earlier posted a net loss of P904.7 million in the first quarter, a reversal from a P2.71-billion income last year.

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