
Oneworld Alliance invites Philippine Airlines to become the 16th member at the IATA General Assembly meeting in Rio de Janeiro on June 6th, 2026. The Southeast Asian carrier will follow the entries of Oman Air in 2025 and Fiji Airways in 2024. However, is this a really sustainable move for Philippine Airlines?

Philippine Airlines received its second Airbus A350-1000 in Manila directly from the assembly line in Toulouse. The second aircraft unlocks more premium capacity across the Pacific on its North American routes. Something to be highlighted about these two aircraft, however, is that in the back of the aircraft in economy class, Philippine Airlines has chosen…