PAL to resume Jakarta flights

PAL to resume Jakarta flights

MANILA (Dow Jones): Philippine Airlines Inc said Monday it will resume Dec. 2 flights from Manila to Jakarta that were suspended two and a half years ago.

PAL said the service will operate four times a week via Singapore. "PAL will have full traffic rights between Singapore and Jakarta - a sector it will be serving for the first time," the carrier said in a communique.

The run will deploy Airbus 330-300 aircraft. Philippine Airlines' return to Jakarta expands its international route network to 16 points in nine countries.

Reeling from the impact of Asia's 1997 financial crisis and a pilots strike, the debt-laden carrier was forced to suspend many international flights.

So far this year, Philippine Airlines has added flights to Sydney, Taipei and Pusan in South Korea.