Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday said it will resume its only direct flight between Visayas and mainland USA in May this year.
In a statement, PAL said it will re-introduce and operate three times weekly the non-stop flight between Cebu and Los Angeles from new Terminal 2 of the Mactan Cebu International Airport, utilizing its largest aircraft, the 370-seater Boeing777-300ER.
PAL previously operated Cebu-LAX flights from March 2016 up to May 2017.
“We look forward to treating our customers to the fastest flights between the US mainland and the Visayas/Mindanao region, via PAL’s new Cebu-LAX route. Our upcoming service from Cebu to LA is a vivid demonstration of our commitment to build up Mactan Cebu as a global aviation hub, a dynamic gateway, not only to domestic points, but to major international destinations,” said Gilbert Santa Maria, PAL president and chief operating officer.
“Los Angeles and the USA now joins Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok, Nagoya and Seoul in the list of PAL overseas destinations served from Cebu,” he added.
Starting May 2, 2020, PAL flight PR152 will depart Cebu at 9 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive in Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m. on the same days.
For the LAX-CEB journey, PR 153 will leave Los Angeles at 11 p.m. every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, touching down two days later in Cebu at 5 a.m. after a 14-hour nonstop flight.
The CEB-LAX service will increase PAL’s network offering to a total of 64 flights weekly to the USA, Canada and the US territory of Guam.
As part of PAL’s 2020 New Year sale, the airline is offering promo fares for flights between Cebu and Los Angeles for as low as $420 base rate exclusive of government taxes.
Booking period for this special offer is from January 20 until January 24. Travel period is from July 1 to December 10, 2020.
