Flag carrier Philippine Airlines announced on Wednesday it will start its non-stop flights to Toronto, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand next month.
Ma. Cielo Villaluna, PAL chief information officer and spokesperson, said the airline will begin the non-stop thrice weekly operation on the highly popular Manila-Auckland route, bringing down the travel time from the current 13.6 hours to 10 hours.
She said Flight PR218 will leave Manila every Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 11:15 p.m. and arrives in Auckland at 2:05 p.m. local time the following day. Flight PR219, on the other hand, leaves Auckland every Friday, Saturday and Tuesday at 12:30 a.m. local time and touches down in Manila at 5:45 a.m.
At present, the airline—using the narrow-body Airbus A320 aircraft—is operating flights to New Zealand with a Cairns, Australia stop over.