ມະຫາເສດຖີ Lucio Tan ສາຍການບິນຟີລິບປິນວາງແຜນ 'ກັບຄືນມາ' ໃນຂະນະທີ່ບໍລິສັດຂົນສົ່ງເພີ່ມຜູ້ໂດຍສານ, ຖ້ຽວບິນຂົນສົ່ງສິນຄ້າ

ສາຍການບິນຟິລິບປິນ- ຄວບ​ຄຸມ​ໂດຍ​ເສດ​ຖີ​ Lucio Tan—is expanding passenger and cargo flights this year in the domestic and international markets to support the airline’s post-pandemic recovery.

“We look forward to a comeback year for Philippine Airlines and for our country,” Tan, chairman and CEO of the company, said on Tuesday as Asia’s oldest airline celebrated its anniversary. “Our 81st birthday marks a day of rebirth for PAL. We will make good use of our new life by delivering a stronger, more reliable and dynamic airline.”

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PAL, whose losses deepened during the pandemic as governments around the world restricted travel, exited from bankruptcy proceedings in late December after a U.S. court approved its restructuring plan to slash debts by more than $2 billion. As part of the restructuring, Tan injected $505 million in fresh capital into PAL, while the airline streamlined its fleets to about 70 wide body long-haul aircraft including Airbus A350s and Boeing B777s.

Starting this month, PAL is increasing scheduled flights by 52%, reflecting the company’s optimism that tourism will recover as the country reopens its international borders and the government eases Covid-19 restrictions. Along with the restoration of its passenger flights, the company said it also plans to develop new all-cargo routes between Asia, U.S., Canada and Australia to diversify its revenue streams.

The airline introduced all-cargo flights during the pandemic, with freight revenue expected to exceed $300 million revenues in 2021 (compared to just $193 million in 2018), PAL director Lucio Tan III, a grandson of the company’s biggest shareholder, said in his speech. “We converted passenger aircraft into freighters, without taking out any seats, so we could fly all-cargo services in prima markets,” Tan said. “Thus, PAL’s cargo network helped supply chains going and trade flowing.”

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ສາຍ​ການ​ບິນ​ແມ່ນ​ໜຶ່ງ​ໃນ​ບັນ​ດາ​ຜູ້​ໄດ້​ຮັບ​ຜົນ​ກະ​ທົບ​ຢ່າງ​ໜັກ​ໜ່ວງ​ທີ່​ສຸດ​ຈາກ​ໂລກ​ລະ​ບາດ​ໃນ​ຮອບ​ສອງ​ປີ​ທີ່​ຜ່ານ​ມາ, ຍ້ອນ​ວ່າ​ລັດ​ຖະ​ບານ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ໂລກ​ໄດ້​ວາງ​ລະ​ບຽບ​ການ​ປິດ​ລ້ອມ ແລະ​ຈຳ​ກັດ​ການ​ເດີນ​ທາງ​ຂ້າມ​ຊາຍ​ແດນ​ເພື່ອ​ສະ​ກັດ​ກັ້ນ​ການ​ແຜ່​ລະ​ບາດ​ຂອງ Covid-19. ໄດ້ ສະມາຄົມຂົນສົ່ງທາງອາກາດສາກົນ ຄາດ​ຄະ​ເນ​ວ່າ ສາຍ​ການ​ບິນ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ໂລກ​ຈະ​ສູນ​ເສຍ​ເງິນ​ອີກ 11.6 ຕື້​ໂດ​ລາ​ໃນ​ປີ​ນີ້ ຫຼັງ​ຈາກ​ໄດ້​ເຮັດ​ໃຫ້​ເກີດ​ຄວາມ​ເສຍ​ຫາຍ​ປະ​ມານ 190 ຕື້​ໂດ​ລາ​ໃນ​ສອງ​ປີ​ທີ່​ຜ່ານ​ມາ.

Tan, ອາຍຸ 87 ປີ, ເຊິ່ງກາຍເປັນຜູ້ຖືຫຸ້ນຄວບຄຸມຂອງ PAL ໃນປີ 1995 ເມື່ອລາວຖືກແຕ່ງຕັ້ງເປັນປະທານ, ໄດ້ຄືນການຄວບຄຸມຂອງ PAL ໃນປີ 2014 ຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ຊື້ຫຸ້ນສ່ວນຄວບຄຸມຂອງບໍລິສັດ San Miguel Corp. ມູນຄ່າສຸດທິໃນເວລາທີ່ແທ້ຈິງຂອງລາວໄດ້ຫຼຸດລົງເປັນ $ 1.2 ຕື້ຈາກ $ 1.9 ຕື້ໃນເວລາທີ່ບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ຂອງ 50 ຄົນຮັ່ງມີທີ່ສຸດຂອງຟີລິບປິນ ໄດ້ຖືກຈັດພີມມາໃນເດືອນກັນຍາ, ອີງຕາມການ Forbes ຂໍ້ມູນ. ອານາຈັກທຸລະກິດຂອງ Tan ຍັງປະກອບມີຢາສູບ, ວິນຍານ, ທະນາຄານແລະຊັບສິນ.