PAL resumes Pusan flig hts

Philippine Airlines resumes a direct service between Manila and Pusan, Korea tomorrow (July 15), restoring a key channel for Filipino mariners who regularly converge in one of Asia’s busiest commercial ports.

PAL will serve the route four times a week using 150-seater Airbus 320-200 aircraft.

Departures from Manila are every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 3:35 P.M. Arrival in Pusan is 7:40 P.M.

The return flight departs Pusan at 8:45 P.M. on the same days, arriving in Manila at 11:05 P.M.

Pusan is PAL’s second destination in Korea – the flag carrier already operates daily flights to the capital Seoul – and 14th international point overall, as the airline continues to gradually expand its route network in its second year under rehabilitation.

Last June 2, PAL began thrice-weekly flights to Sydney, Australia.

Pusan, located at the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula, was one of PAL’s key secondary points when the service was first mounted from July 1996 to September 1997.

The route is popular with the thousands of Filipino sailors and merchant marine crew who use the city, Korea’s top international trade port, as a jump-off point for ship sailings.

Pusan is a major tourist and business destination as well, and also generates a significant amount of cargo traffic vis-à-vis Manila.