Philippine Showbiz Today
8 - 2015
21, 2019
Jan. January
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Celebrity Birthdays for January
1 - Manuel Roxas† (1892)
2 - L.A. Lopez (1985)
3 - Bayani Agbayani (1969)
4 - Katrina Halili (1986)
4 - Vhong Navarro (1977)
4 - Rez Cortez (1956)
5 - Joker Arroyo† (1927)
6 - Nida Blanca† (1936)
6 - Sharon Cuneta (1966)
6 - Melchora Aquino† (1812)
7 - Crispin Beltran (1933)
8 - Keempee de Leon (1973)
9 - Roilo Golez† (1947)
10 - Ruby Rodriguez (1966)
11 - Ralph Recto (1964)
11 - Lou Veloso (1965)
12 - Piolo Pascual (1977)
12 - Oyo Boy Sotto (1986)
14 - Don Escudero (1956)
14 - Vergel Meneses (1969)
14 - Carlos P. Romulo† (1899)
16 - Mark Anthony Fernandez (1979)
17 - Hilda Koronel (1957)
19 - Bamboo Mañalac (1978)
20 - Malang Santos† (1928)
20 - Toni Gonzaga (1988)
20 - Aquilino Pimentel III (1964)
21 - Richard Gutierrez (1984)
21 - Raymond Gutierrez (1984)
21 - Chichay† (1912)
22 - Ace Vergel† (1952)
22 - Rene Requiestas† (1957)
22 - Paolo Pascual (1991)
23 - Epi Quizon (1973)
25 - Nikki Valdez (1979)
25 - Corazon Aquino† (1933)
25 - Vicky Belo (1956)
25 - Yasmien Kurdi (1989)
27 - Willie Revillame (1961)
27 - Perfecto Yasay, Jr. (1947)
28 - Canuplin† (1904)
28 - Julian Felipe† (1861)
28 - Loren Legarda (1960)
29 - Lolita Rodriguez† (1935)
29 - Tetchie Agbayani (1961)
29 - Laurice Guillen (1947)
29 - Marvin Agustin (1979)
30 - Boot Anson-Roa (1945)
30 - Jay Manalo (1973)
31 - Vic Silayan† (1929) ●
PAL expands with new Asian routes, increased flights
Philippine Airlines (PAL), the
country’s only 4-Star global airline,
ramps up operations in the Asian
region by launching new routes
to Hanoi (Vietnam), Phnom Penh
(Cambodia) and New Delhi (India)
from its Manila hub, starting this
summer season.
This latest expansion by the
award-winning flag carrier creates
the first direct air link between
the Philippines and the capital
of Cambodia, expands PAL’s
existing Vietnam network and
re-establishes a historic link to
India with immense potential for
tourism development.
“We are the Southeast Asian
airline with the biggest and most
extensive network of direct flights
to the US and Canada, and thus
we can be the leader in carrying
North American travelers to India,
Cambodia and Vietnam via our
Manila hub,” emphasized PAL
President and COO Jaime J.
Bautista.
PAL currently operates 43
weekly flights nonstop from six
(6) North American destinations:
New York, Los Angeles, Toronto,
San Francisco, Honolulu and
Vancouver. This comprehensive
network, flown by PAL’s latest-
technology Boeing 777, Airbus
A350 and Airbus A330 aircraft,
will generate passenger travel
flows into Hanoi, Delhi, Phnom
Penh and other destinations in
PAL’S 6th A321NEO. Philippine Airlines’ sixth brand-new Airbus A321neo took off from the
Airbus complex in Finkenwerder, Germany, December 31, 2018, arriving Manila on New
Year’s Day. Top photo shows delivery crew upon arrival in Manila
the ASEAN region and beyond.
(PAL additionally operates seven
(7) weekly flights from the U.S.
territory of Guam.)
“Vietnam and Cambodia are
emerging markets and economic
centers that need connections to
the rest of the world,” added Mr.
Bautista.
Flights between Manila and
Hanoi will operate four times
weekly
(Monday/Wednesday/
Friday/Sunday) starting March 31,
2019 with PR 595 departing at
10:25 PM and arriving at Hanoi’s
Noi Bai International Airport at
12:45AM the following day. Return
flights via PR 596 leave Hanoi
every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at 1:45AM and
touch down in Manila at 5:30AM.
Flights between Manila and
Phnom Penh will operate five
times weekly (Monday/Tuesday/
T h u r s d a y / Fr i d a y / S a t u r d a y )
starting April 1, 2019 with PR 521
departing at 10:10PM and arriving
at Phnom Penh International
Airport at 11:45PM. Return flights
via PR 522 leave Phnom Penh
every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 12:45AM
and touch down in Manila at
4:20AM.
PAL will maintain its current
8 weekly flights between Manila
and Vietnam’s commercial hub,
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), a city
served by the flag carrier since the
mid-1980s.
The long-heralded return
of PAL to the Indian market will
provide a welcome boost to
the tourism industries of both
the Philippines and India. The
airline previously flew the Manila
– Delhi route from 2011 to 2013,
with most flights making costly
stopovers in Bangkok due to the
limited range of the Airbus A320
aircraft then in use. PAL also
served Kolkata (Calcutta) as a key
stopover point on the flag carrier’s
multi-stop Manila-Europe services
in the 1950s.
PAL is targeting April 2019
as the start of the New Delhi
service subject to final slot and
operational clearances with the
Indian authorities. The new route
is slated to run four times weekly
nonstop between Manila and New
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International
Airport using brand-new Airbus
A321neo aircraft.
Said PAL President Bautista:
“India is the air travel growth
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