DID YOU KNOW THAT IN MARCOS ADMINISTRATION, THE PHILIPPINE AIRLINE IS A PROPERTY OF THE PHILIPPINES? (GOVERMENT PROPERTY)-but it has been sold to the family tan (LUCIO TAN) when corazon aquino ended the one-airline policy in 1988 that had begun under President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law in 1972, he implement a one-airline policy. PAL was the lone surviving airline, absorbing air manila and pilipinas orient airway. on march 10,1973 PAL was re-designated as the national flag carrier. PAL continued its expasion with the arrival of its first Douglas DC-10 in july 1974/three years later the philippine goverment service insurance system holding a majority of PAL shares. in 1979, the boeing 727 the boeing 747-200B and the airbus A300B4, dubbed the love bus, joined the PAL fleet, while the PAL DC-8 fleet was retired. In 1975 philippine airlines was headquartered at the PAL building in Makati City. Between 1979 and 1981 as part of a comprehensive modernization program led by then-PAL President Roman A. Cruz, PAL built a series of mammoth aviation-related facilities around the periphery of the MIA. these included the PAL technical center, the PAL inflight center, the PAL data center and the PAL aviation school. A philippine airlines boeing 747-200B arriving from san francisco via honolulu became the first aircraft to dock at the new 800-million pesos terminal 1 of Manila International Airport (MIA). PAL would later strengthen its cargo-handling capability by building a dedicated cargo terminal building adjacent to the MIA passenger terminal and installing cargo-refrigeration equipment in 1983. The new facilities, which catered mainly to international cargo sevices, enabled PAL to become a fully equipped cargo handler. Services to paris and zurich began in november 1982. Aquino ended the one-airline policy 1988 that had begun under President Ferdinand E. Marcos.. (MIA) MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT change to (NAIA) NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... by CORAZON AQUINO... BBM 2016... MARCOS FOREVER!!!
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:36:42 +0000
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