PAL expands services

JAKARTA (JP): Philippine Airlines (PAL) has opened three new international services across the Pacific linking Manila with Vancouver and New York, and Honolulu with Laoag in Ilocos, northern Philippines.

The Philippine national flag carrier announced here yesterday it would acquire 36 new aircraft by 1998 to open new international routes.

The airline said it would soon run services to Shanghai, Bali, Seoul, Indochina, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, India, South Africa and western and eastern Europe. (vin)