Philippine Airlines said Thursday it implemented measures to normalize operations and minimize disruptions amid supply chain delays and unexpected technical issues.
“To minimize disruptions and restore normalcy to our flight schedules, we are making adjustments to our flight operations,” PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said.
“To enhance efficiency and reduce aircraft servicing time, we are making changes to our maintenance procedures without compromising safety and aircraft reliability,” she said.
Villaluna said PAL is regularly reviewing flight capacity to ensure that maintenance schedules are met.
She said one of the measures that PAL is undertaking is seeking more sources of critical parts in the market.
“The airline is also looking at acquiring an additional A321CEO to join PAL fleet in the first week of July and finalizing lease arrangements for additional one Q400 and one A330,” she said.
PAL is expecting an additional A320 to return from storage in the first week of August.
Villaluna said PAL recently signed a purchase agreement for nine A350-1000 aircraft from Airbus.
The A350-1000 was selected under PAL’s Ultra Long Haul Fleet project and will fly on non-stop services from Manila to North America, including to the East Coast of the US and Canada.
The new aircraft will join two A350-900s already in service at the airline.
