BIZ BUZZ: PAL flies to Doha
Doha, Qatar–where there are over 200,000 overseas Filipino workers–has become more accessible with Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) new partnership. The flag carrier will offer daily nonstop flights between Manila and Doha, Qatar starting June 16 via codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways.
Apart from providing direct route to Doha, passengers will also be connected to over 170 destinations in Qatar Airways network. These includes countries in Africa, the Americas, Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
“As PAL expands its presence across the globe, we are delighted to fore new alliances that build new connections and give our business and leisure passengers more flexibility and seamless access in flying to their desired destinations,” PAL president and chief operating officer Stanley Ng said in a statement on Thursday.
For this route, PAL will deploy its long-range Airbus A330-300 aircraft in a dual-class configuration that includes 18 flat-bet seats in the business class and 341 seats in the economy class.
