Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines yesterday said it would temporarily slash flight frequencies over the next two months as part of a cost-saving program that would also eliminate 2,600 jobs.
Speculations are rife that Philippine Airlines is for sale. The business sections of Manila dailies are replete with stories of tycoons and taipans casting a covetous eye on PAL.
A week before it spins off its non-core businesses on Oct. 1, flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said on Saturday that it will temporarily reduce the number of selected domestic flights by 30 percent and international flights by 12 percent.
Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo reportedly advises the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA). Was it on his counsel that they blocked the roads leading to the Manila International Airport last Monday? That planking inconvenienced not only passengers of PAL, but of other international and domestic airlines as well. Traffic snarled for hours in southern Metro…
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has declared as illegal the Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) retrenchment of 1,400 flight attendants in 1998.
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court affirmed a decision tagging as illegal the Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew personnel in 1998.
MANILA, Philippines – Last Friday’s protest actions by some members of Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) ground union and their sympathizers had no material impact on airline operations, the flag carrier said yesterday.
■ Some 2,600 workers in the airline’s catering, airport services and call center operations get the pink slip PHILIPPINE Airlines said Thursday it had sent termination notices to about 2,600 workers as it started outsourcing jobs such as catering amid losses.