United Airlines in bid to block PAL flights to Seattle

Airlines (PAL) service from Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l to Seattle Tacoma Int’l, and to demand a level playing field for both carriers. PAL intends to launch 3x weekly A350-900-operated services to Seattle on May 3, adding to its existing flights from the Filipino capital city to Honolulu, Los Angeles Int’l, New York JFK, and San Francisco, CA, according to the ch-aviation schedules module. However, the Star Alliance carrier said the Philippines was behaving unfairly by denying it an additional daily flight between Guam Int’l and Manila, while PAL continues to expand its operations to the US. In its letter to the DOT on February 10, United claims that PAL has “increased its US—Manila flights by 25%, seats by 30%, and available seat miles by 35%.”