Ranking at number six, Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been recognised as being among the World's 10 Most Improved Airlines, a category within the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards.

According to the World Airline Awards website, the award "reflects an airline's quality improvement across the entire Airline Awards programme. This analyses an airline's change within the global rating, and their performance improvements in many of the award categories (eg. airport service, cabin staff, catering, in-flight entertainment etc.) to identify the most improved over the last 12 months."

PAL's position amongst the World's Top 100 Airlines 2017 has also jumped to the 67th spot this year from 83 in last year's rankings. The flag carrier is vying to become a five-star airline by 2020 through expanding its network, acquiring new aircraft and service innovations.

The airline rolled out the first newly refurbished A330-300 on Manila-Honolulu flights last month. Meanwhile, the other A330 tri-class planes will be used for flights between Manila and Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo Haneda and Narita, and Osaka. The airline is also set to acquire six Airbus A350-900, due for delivery in June 2018.

ABOUT PHILIPPINE AIRLINES

Philippine Airlines, Asia's first airline and the country's flag carrier, operates an extensive route network of 45 international destinations spanning across Asia, Australia, Oceania, the Middle East, Europe and North America. Non-stop daily flights from London Heathrow Terminal 3 to Manila connect our guests to 30 domestic destinations in the Philippines and beyond.

PAL is the Philippines' only full service carrier, with luxurious cabin amenities, inflight entertainment and connectivity, sumptuous inflight dishes, and heartwarming service.

Today, the PAL fleet consists of 80 aircraft – Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A340, A330, A321, Bombardier Q400 and Q300. PAL is the first Philippine-based carrier certified safe by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and only airline with Business Class in domestic service. From 16th December 2017, PAL will operate a brand new Boeing 777-300ER on the London-Manila route.

In 2016, PAL crafted a new corporate vision - to be a five-star airline. In support of this goal, a new brand philosophy was unveiled, embodying warm and caring service that can only come from the Heart of the Filipino.