Philippine Airlines

Juergen Steinmetz·

Aviation Feature

·July 21, 2026

Philippine Airlines to order nine more Airbus A350-1000s

Farnborough, United Kingdom, 21 July 2026 – Philippine Airlines (PAL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for nine A350-1000...

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