Philippine Airlines launches first direct Manila-Perth flights

Philippine Airlines (PAL) at Caticlan airport on Nov 17, 2017 near Boracay Island in the Philippines

Philippine Airlines has announced it will fly a direct Perth-Manila route from 27 March 2023, directly linking WA and the Philippines for the first time.

The service is the result of a partnership between the WA Government, through Tourism Western Australia, Philippine Airlines and Perth Airport. Tickets have gone on sale from today.

“I’m delighted this new non-stop flight has been scheduled for take-off from early next year, which has been delivered in partnership between the WA Government through Tourism Western Australia, Philippine Airlines and Perth Airport,” tourism minister Roger Cook said.

“The Southeast Asia region has been leading the recovery of our international visitor economy since reconnecting with the world earlier this year, and this new service will provide an important connection between WA and the Philippines.”

Philippine Airlines will operate three flights a week on an Airbus A321 neo, which has 12 business class seats and 156 economy seats.

It will be departing Manila at 12.05am and arriving in Perth at 7.15am. The flight will then leave Perth at 8.30am and land in Manila at 3.50pm.

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The new route will inject more than 52,000 seats into the market each year.

Below is the schedule for the thrice-weekly flights:

PR 223 Manila-Perth – every Monday, Thursday and Saturday departing at 12:05 AM local time, arriving in Perth Airport at 07:15 AM
PR 224 Perth-Manila – every Monday, Thursday and Saturday departing at 08:30 AM local time, arriving in Manila at 03:50 PM

Department of Home Affairs figures show Filipino arrivals to WA have recovered to around 54 per cent of pre-COVID-19 levels, making the Philippines the 9th largest international market for WA arrivals since the State’s border reopened.

The flights are expected to be a major boost for the growing Filipino community in WA, as well as for businesses that trade across the two regions.

The new flight had been scheduled to begin operating in March 2020 but was disrupted due to COVID.

Featured image: Philippine Airlines (PAL) at Caticlan airport near Boracay Island in the Philippines (iStock/artran)

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