Philippine Airlines

Philippine Air Lines, is the flag carrier and national airline of the Philippines. The airline, headquartered in the Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay City. Formerly one of the largest Asian airlines, PAL was severely affected by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. In what was believed to be one of the Philippines' biggest corporate failures, PAL was forced to downsize its international operations by completely cutting operations to Europe and eventually Southwest Asia, cutting virtually all domestic services excluding routes operated from Manila, reducing the size of its fleet and terminating the jobs of thousands of employees. Philippine Airlines' first Boeing 777-300ER first flew on November 2, 2009, and was delivered to Philippine Airlines on November 19, 2009. The Boeing 777-300ER features 42 fully-flat Business Class seats (2-3-2 Layout) and 328 Economy Class seats (3-4-3 Layout) with a total of 370 seats.