Philippine Airlines to Launch Manila - Port Moresby Flights

Philippine Airlines is to launch flights to Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, on 25 October 2015.

The service will operate twice a week, with flight PR215 departing Manila every Friday and Sunday at 02:10, and arrival at Port Moresby’s Jackson International Airport scheduled for 09:20.

The return flight, PR216, departs Port Moresby on the same days at 10:10, arriving in Manila at 13:20.

PAL will operate Airbus A320 aircraft which seat 12 in business and 144 in economy, on the five-hour-and-ten-minute-journey.

PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime J. Bautista said, “I am pleased to announce PAL’s newest destination within the Oceania Region. The robust investment climate and the upsurge of business travel to and from Papua New Guinea make it ideal for PAL to open services between Manila and Port Moresby.”

Port Moresby is the third international destination opened by PAL this year, following New York on 15 March and Quanzhou (Jinjiang), China on 25 April.

After Port Moresby, PAL will fly to Cairns, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand on 2 December 2015.