Summary
- Singapore Airlines and Philippine Airlines have announced a brand new codeshare agreement to boost flight options for patrons traveling between the Philippines and Singapore, in addition to other domestic and international destinations.
- The initial codeshare agreement will involve Singapore Airlines codesharing on Philippine Airlines flights to 27 destinations throughout the Philippines, while Philippine Airlines will codeshare on Singapore Airlines flights to 6 destinations in Europe.
- The partnership goals to expand further, with plans to incorporate Singapore Airlines’ other European destinations, in addition to destinations in Australia, India, Recent Zealand, and South Africa. The goal is to supply enhanced travel connections and meet the growing demand for business and leisure travel between the Philippines and Singapore, and beyond.
While international traffic is getting closer to full recovery to pre-pandemic levels there are still gaps available in the market, so when you are an airline that does not have enough capability to appreciate those opportunities, forming codeshare partnerships is an efficient strategy to expand the network. This week, two of Asia’s oldest legacy carriers, Singapore Airlines and Philippine Airlines, announced a brand new codeshare agreement that is expected to start by the top of this 12 months.
Recent codeshares to unlock more destinations
On Wednesday, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced their latest codeshare partnership. The agreement will allow the airlines to boost flight options for his or her customers traveling between the Philippines and Singapore, in addition to to other domestic and international destinations via their respective hubs.
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A lot of these partnerships often face scrutiny by competition regulators and the joint announcement does state that the brand new offerings are subject to regulatory approval. If that’s achieved, the codeshare agreement will start on SIA’s and PAL’s flights between Singapore and Manila by the fourth quarter of 2023.
The initial structure is kind of easy and involves SIA codesharing on PAL flights from Manila to 27 destinations throughout the Philippines. In return, Philippine Airlines will codeshare on SIA flights to 6 destinations in Europe – Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Milan, Paris, Rome and Zurich.
First-ever PAL to Copenhagen and Milan
Demonstrating the network expansion that may be achieved using codeshares is the incontrovertible fact that this will probably be the primary time a Philippine airline has ever connected to Copenhagen in Denmark and Milan in Italy. On the opposite codeshare routes, PAL is making a comeback to Frankfurt, Paris, Rome and Zurich, albeit with a codeshare, which were previously served by the Philippine flag carrier within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
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The partners have also committed to exploring an expansion of the codeshare agreement to incorporate SIA’s other European destinations and its destinations in Australia, India, Recent Zealand and South Africa. Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong said:
“This agreement enables Philippine Airlines and Singapore Airlines to work more closely together and find ways to supply our customers enhanced travel connections between Singapore and the Philippines. This can support the growing demand for each business and leisure travel between the Philippines and Singapore, and beyond to our key markets world wide.”
Singapore has been a top destination for Philippine Airlines for nearly 60 years and PAL president and chief operating officer Captain Stanley K. Ng said this partnership is the product of a strengthened relationship with a fellow ASEAN mainline carrier and a permanent commitment to expanding PAL’s presence in Singapore.
For a long time, tens of millions of Filipinos have moved overseas to seek out higher economic opportunities. PAL said it desires to offer increased connectivity to several cities across Europe which are home to many overseas Filipinos and to a growing variety of tourist and business travelers which it “
SIA will probably be offering codeshare services to 27 domestic destinations within the Philippines, including Bacolod, Cebu, Davao, General Santos, Pagadian, Tacloban and Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM).