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The Philippine Airlines fleet is composed of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from five families (excluding PAL Express fleet): Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, their flagship Airbus A350, and Boeing 777. As of August 8, 2018, there were 67 aircraft registered in the PAL fleet.[1]

Current fleet

Philippine Airlines Passenger Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers[2] Notes
J S Y Total
Airbus A320-200 10 — 12 — 144 156 To be phased out or transferred to PAL Express and replaced by Airbus A321neo.[3]
Airbus A321-200 24[4] — 12 18 169 199
Airbus A321neo 3[5] 3[6] 12 — 156 168[7] Deliveries began in 2018.[6]
— 15[8]
TBA
 		Deliveries scheduled to begin in 2019.
To replace A320-200.[8]
Airbus A330-300 15 — 18 33 312 363
24 267 309
Airbus A340-300 4[9] — 36 — 218 254 To be phased out by 2021.
To be replaced by Airbus A350-900.
Airbus A350-900 2 4 30 24 241 295 To replace Airbus A340-300

Deliveries will begin in July 2018.[10] 1st A350 delivered in July 14, 2018.[11]

Boeing 777-300ER 10[12] — 42 — 328 370
Total 67 23

Aircraft Types

Current fleet of Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines Airbus A320-200
Philippine Airlines Airbus A321-200
Philippine Airlines Airbus A330-300
Philippine Airlines Airbus A340-300
Philippine Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

Airbus A320

The Airbus A320-200 currently flies in Southeast & East Asia and domestic destinations.

Philippine Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A320 on 5 August 1997. The airline received 25 Airbus A320s since 1997 with the latest delivery in 2012. Since the airline bought Airbus A321-200s and Airbus A321neos, they announced the full retirement of the A320s once the orders of the Airbus A321neos will be completed. The A320 fleet will be transferred to the airline's low-cost and domestic subsidiary PAL Express.

Airbus A321

The Airbus A321 is the main workhorse aircraft for the short haul flights that serves South East, East Asia, Pacific (Guam), and Domestic destinations. They are sometimes deployed in Manila-Brisbane route and vice versa.

On 28 August 2012, Philippine Airlines ordered 34 Airbus A321-200 equipped with 2x IAE V2533-A5 engines, and 10 Airbus A321neos equipped with 2x Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JM engines. The orders was randomly changed, PAL took 11 of the 34 Airbus A321ceo orders and changed them to order 11 A321neos and added one Airbus A321ceo order to its fleet.[13] The first Airbus A321ceo (Current Engine Option) was delivered in August 2013. On 29 March 2015, The airline said that it will be delivering the A321neo starting 2017 but agreed to postpone them and move to May 2018 due to problems with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines.[14]

The first 6 A321neos will end its delivery process by 2018 while the remaining 15 in the ACF variant will be delivered by 2019. The airline will open more routes as new planes arrive and decided to open the Manila to Sapporo route, the Manila to New Delhi route and the Manila to Mumbai route.[15]

The first and second A321neos were delivered in June 2018 and are currently flying on Cebu, Davao, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Sydney and Port Moresby routes.[16]

Airbus A330

The A330s are primarily deployed in Middle East, Australia, and South East and East Asia routes like the cities of Dubai, Riyadh, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, and many more cities. They are also deployed in Honolulu and domestic flights like Puerto Princesa, General Santos City, Davao (flights starting with 1 (ie PR 1811/1812) and Cebu.

Philippine Airlines introduced the Airbus A330-300 in July 30, 1997, with the delivery of their first aircraft (F-OHZM). Philippine Airlines bought eight Airbus A330-300 in order to fill the gaps that the Airbus A300B4 will leave during its gradual retirement. In 2012, Philippine Airlines ordered 10 Airbus A330-300HGW[17], but later expands orders to 15.

The newer A330 HGWs (8 of the 15 A330s were refurbished with a tri-class layout) uses a pair of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines unlike previous A330s which uses a pair of General Electric CF6-80E1. The last A330 equipped with GE engines was retired on August 31, 2014.

Airbus A340

The Airbus A340 is primarily used on North American, and Australian routes particularly the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney, and Melbourne. They are occasionally deployed on Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, and domestic flights from and to Cebu, General Santos and Davao.

PAL originally ordered six A340-200s to replace the 747-200s for service to Europe. This order was later downscaled to four, but it was also part of the huge deal to modernize PAL’s fleet with an order for 36 Airbus Aircraft, which included an additional four of the heavier version of the A340-300. Philippine Airlines bought four A340-200 and four A340-300 making it with a total of eight. It was bought in order to replace the DC10 and 747-200s on routes to Europe.

In that same year, Philippine Airlines took their first delivery of their A340 on 19 July with the A340-300s. While on 10 November is the delivery of A340-200s. Before Philippine Airlines took delivery of their A340-200s, they leased it to Cathay Pacific in 1994. The Airbus A340-200 were later returned to Airbus in 1998-1999 during PAL’s shutdown.

In 2013, Philippine Airlines leased and later bought six more Airbus A340-300 from Airbus Financial Service, which were formerly operated by Iberia as the replacement aircraft of their older A340-300s. On November 2014, the older A340s were retired.

In 2016, Jaime Bautista announced that they will buy six A350-900 with plus six option as the replacement aircraft of the ageing A340 fleet. Some A340s will be phased out in 2018.

In February 2018, Philippine Airlines announced that they plan to phase out all A340s over the next three years, or by 2021.[18] The first A340 (RP-C3436) was retired on February 3, 2018.

The second Airbus A340 (RP-C3438) was retired on June 6, 2018.[19]

Airbus A350

In 2016, Philippine Airlines placed an initial order of six Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The first aircraft was delivered in late 2018.

On 9 April 2016, Philippine Airlines (PAL) finalised the purchase agreement with Airbus covering the firm order of six A350-900s, plus six options. The contract firms up a Memorandum of Understanding announced during the 2016 Singapore Airshow. The A350-900, which will have a three-class configuration, are scheduled to be deployed on new routes to North America and Europe. The A350-900 will also replace the aging Airbus A340-300.

As of February 2018, Jaime Bautista, president of the airline’s holding company, PAL Holdings Inc, stated they were also interested in the larger Airbus A350-1000 variant.[20]

On July 14, 2018, PAL received its first A350-900.[11]

Boeing 777

The Boeing 777-300ER is primarily used for North American destinations such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, and New York City. It is also used for the airline's only European destination so far, London, replacing the Airbus A340-300 in September 2017. Sometimes, they are deployed in Asian and Australian routes like Bangkok, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Melbourne.

In 2009, Philippine Airlines leased 2 Boeing 777-300ER to replace the former flagship Boeing 747-400 from GECAS. The first aircraft was delivered in 2009. In 12 March 2007, Philippine Airlines finalized the purchase agreement with Boeing covering the firm order of 2 Boeing 777-300ER, plus 2 options. The first PAL-owned aircraft was delivered in 20 June 2012[21], with it being the third Boeing 777-300ER for the airline.

The purchase of Boeing 777s effectively signals the end of additional B747 orders, and a win for Boeing versus the Airbus A340-600 that was also being considered. In December 2016, 2 more B777s were delivered, leased from Intrepid Aviation. In March 2017, 2 more B777s were leased from Intrepid Aviation with both aircraft being delivered on December 2017.[22][23]

Historic fleet

Philippine Airlines' former Fokker 50 at Tagbilaran in 1994.
Philippine Airlines' former Boeing 737-300 at Manila in 1994.
Philippine Airlines' former Boeing 747-200 at London in 1982.
Aircraft Total Year Introduced Year Retired Notes
Airbus A300B4 14 1979 2001
Airbus A319-100 4 2006 2014
Airbus A320-200 11 1997 2011 Some of the retired A320-200's are transferred to the airline's domestic and full-service low-cost subsidiary, PAL Express
Airbus A330-300 8 1997 2014
Airbus A340-200 4 1996 1999
Airbus A340-300
 6 1997 2014
BAC One-Eleven 400 Series 4 1966 1971
BAC One-Eleven 500 Series Un­known Un­known 1992
Boeing 727-100 2 1981 1984
Boeing 737-300 17 1989 2008
Boeing 737-400 3 2000 2001
Boeing 747-200B 17 1979 2000 One 747-200, with the registration EI-BWF, was notorious for the PR 434 incident.
Boeing 747-400 4 1993 2014 The delivery flight of this aircraft flew former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos. One 747, with the registration RP-C8168 was purchased by PAL but not taken up and was leased from GECAS in 2003 by PAL after the plane serviced Canadian Airlines.
Boeing 747-400M 1 1996 2014 This aircraft, registered as RP-C7475 was the cancelled second 747-400M for Kuwait Airways, which ordered the plane as 9K-ADF.
Douglas DC-3 Un­known 1946 1978
Douglas DC-8 Un­known 1962 1979
Fokker 50 11 1988 1999
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 7 1974 1996
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 4 1996 1998 Leased from World Airways.

Fleet maintenance

The entire Philippine Airlines fleet of Airbus and Boeing jets were formerly maintained in-house at the PAL Technical Center, which consisted of two hangars. The hangars contained an engine overhaul shop, two engine test cells and test shops. The responsibility of maintaining the fleet, as well as all the facilities, was subsequently transferred in 2000 to Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), a joint venture of Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik AG, a leading maintenance provider in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, and Macro Asia Corporation, one of the Philippines' leading providers of aviation support services and catering for foreign airlines, owned by Lucio Tan, the majority owner of PAL. LTP currently maintains an 8-bay hangar and workshops occupying 110,000 square meters in Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport.[citation needed]

Currently, some of the A320 fleet are being handled by PAL Express Maintenance and Engineering, including all A321 aircraft that are already delivered and those to be delivered. PAL Express is the budget arm of PAL and has overtaken PAL last 2012 in domestic seats second only to Cebu Pacific (5J).[24]

On May 18, 2018, Philippine Airlines signed a deal with Lufthansa Technik Philippines to maintain its new Airbus jets for 12 years. The deal, which will took effect on May 31, is estimated to be worth $260 million (P13.6 billion) during its lifespan.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Philippine Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. ^ philippineairlines.com - PAL Aircraft retrieved 25 October 2017
  3. ^ "Mabuhay Magazine January 2018". Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "Orders and Deliveries Commercial Aircraft". Airbus SE. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Philippine Airlines' Fleet Details and History". Retrieved June 30,2018
  6. ^ a b "Mabuhay Magazine January 2018". Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  7. ^ INQUIRER.net. "Philippine Airlines receives its first A321neo aircraft". Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Mabuhay Magazine January 2018". Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "RP-C3438 Operational History".
  10. ^ "PAL taking delivery of 1st A350-900 jet | Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "PICTURES: Philippine Airlines receives first A350-900". Flightglobal.com. July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  12. ^ Recto Mercene (March 23, 2017). "PAL beefing up long-haul fleet with two new B777s". Airbus. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "PAL orders 54 aircraft worth $7B". Retrieved 2012-08-28
  14. ^ "BusinessWorld | PAL defers delivery of A321NEO planes". www.bworldonline.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  15. ^ "PAL sustains 4-Star rating with major projects". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  16. ^ INQUIRER.net. "Philippine Airlines receives its first A321neo aircraft". Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  17. ^ https://www.rappler.com/business/11303-pal-orders-54-airbus-aircraft-worth-$7-b
  18. ^ "Philippine Airlines aims to retire A340s by 2021 - Bautista". ch-aviation. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  19. ^ "Philippine Airlines A340 (RP-C3438)".
  20. ^ "Philippine Airlines looking at acquiring A350-1000 aircraft - Airliners.net". www.airliners.net. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  21. ^ "Boeing - Orders and Deliveries".
  22. ^ "PAL's 9th B777". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  23. ^ "Philippine Airlines receives 10th Boeing 777-300ER from Avation PLC". Travel Daily Media. December 19, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  24. ^ Lufthansa Technik Philippines Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  25. ^ News, ABS-CBN. "Philippine Airlines taps Lufthansa Technik for Airbus maintenance". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 24, 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

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