According to PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna, "PAL operated 12 flights from Bridgetown (BGI) Barbados carrying Filipino seafarers of the Royal Carribean Cruise Lines; and a flight from MNL to BGI to ferry foreign seafarers of RCCL. The flag carrier has flown to Male (Maldives), Miami (Florida), Milan (Italy), Algiers (Algeria) and Tunis (Tunisia) to fetch stranded Filipinos who worked as land-based and sea-based OFWs."
The latest repatriation flights outside their regular network include Bombay and Goa (India) as well as to Lahore (Pakistan).
The airline also performed repatriation flights within its network like to the US Mainland (LAX, SFO, NYC), Canada (Toronto, Vancouver), Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney), London, cities in the Middle East and Asia.
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New milestones
Last June, PAL operated a repatriation flight from Bridgetown, Barbados to Clark International Airport via Vancouver carrying 345 Filipino seafarers from the Royal Caribbean cruise line. This is the first link ever from Barbados to Clark, Pampanga.
PAL SVP Chief Strategy and Planning Officer Commercial Dexter Lee said, "This is PAL's third repatriation mission to and from Barbados, but the first to make a historic landing in Clark. Each journey is a homecoming for our country's modern day heroes. It is a privilege to bring our countrymen home."
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