Arvin Mata
Micah Penaloga
Ivy Perez
Royce Rufon
1. When did the Philippine Airline started?
Philippine Airlines started way back 1941 and headquartered at Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay by a group of businessmen and was led by Andrés Soriano, Sr.
2. How many aircrafts does Philippine Airlines own as of now?
Philippine Airlines possess a total of 47 aircrafts, 39 Airbuses and 8 Boeing planes.
3. How does the company cope up with rapid changing innovations and technology and also to competition?
The company sees to it that they are able to cater all the needs of the passengers, provide premier services and maintain airport ground handling services, cargo operations and a full catering for it and other airlines.
4. Are there any issues about the finances of PAL?
PAL has experienced enormous financial losses from the previous years. The declination of PAL’s assets was primarily due to net decrease in property and equipment and advance payments to aircraft and engine manufacturers, current and other non current assets.
5. How did the company overcome the said situation?
PAL expenses escalated as a result of more flight operations and higher maintenance costs aggravated by fuel prices fluctuations; forty-four percent (44%) of PAL income operating expenditures is utilized for fuel consumption.
6. What are other problems that the company has encountered and are still encountering
● Delayed and cancelled flights?
● Misrouting and mistagging of baggage of the passengers
● Lost/damaged and unrecieved baggage due to improper handling of crew
7. How do you deal with these problems?
Delayed or cancelled flights can't really be avoided in an airline industry but we make sure we make up to the passengers when it happens. We offer flexible changes to tickets, we also change tickets completely without penalties or sometimes we refund the ticket of the passengers. To passengers who are bound for international, they are in