Philippine Airlines (PAL) has increased its Manila to Bacolod City flights to five times per day to cater to the domestic travel demand surge after provincial border restrictions eased, the flag carrier announced Friday, May 6.
This May, PAL started offering an additional roundtrip daily flight between Manila and Bacolod-Silay Airport with new evening departure times, increasing the Manila-Bacolod-Manila service from just four daily flights last month.
The schedule is:
PR 2129 Manila-Bacolod – Daily departing at 04:25 AM
PR 2131 Manila-Bacolod – Daily departing at 08:45 AM
PR 1133 Manila-Bacolod – Daily departing at 12:25 PM
PR 1135 Manila-Bacolod – Daily departing at 04:25 PM
PR 1137 Manila-Bacolod – Daily departing at 06:30 PM (New Flight)
PR 2130 Bacolod-Manila – Daily departing at 06:35 AM
PR 2132 Bacolod-Manila – Daily departing at 10:40 AM
PR 1134 Bacolod-Manila – Daily departing at 02:25 PM
PR 1136 Bacolod-Manila – Daily departing at 06:35 PM
PR 1138 Bacolod-Manila – Daily departing at 08:40 PM (New Flight)
The flag carrier also offers four weekly flights between Bacolod and Mactan Cebu.
PR 2287 Cebu-Bacolod – every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday departing at 10:40 AM
PR 2288 Bacolod-Cebu – every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday departing at 11:50 AM
“We see these flights as signs of a healthy recovery for the tourism industry and the local economy in Negros Occidental,” noted Harry Inoferio, PAL Sr. AVP for Philippines.
“Moving forward, PAL will be an active partner with local governments and the tourism and business sectors as we progressively increase regular flights to provincial capitals and key cities."