The flag carrier of the Philippines is set to resume services to Perth. Philippine Airlines last operated to Perth via Darwin briefly during 2013. The airline plans to operate a non-stop service between Manila and Perth from late March, 2020.

The route is set to be operated by the airline’s Airbus A321neo, long range configuration. The flights are set to operate 4 times weekly from the 30th of March, with a 7:20am arrival into Perth and an 8:40am departure. The aircraft that will be used is laid out in a 2-class configuration with 12 Business Class and 156 Economy Seats.

Flight No.	STD	STA	M	T	W	T	F	S	S
PR223 (MNL-PER)	0005	0720	✓	✓		✓		✓
PR224 (PER-MNL)	0840	1550	✓	✓		✓		✓

Even though the A321 is a narrowbody aircraft, business class will feature 12 lie flat seats in a 2-2 configuration. This is similar to the likes of Qatar Airway’s A320, La Compagnie’s A321neo, and many transcontinental business classes in the United States. There are 3 rows of business class, with each seat having 60 inches of pitch and a width of up to 23 inches. Unlike their regional variant of the A321neo, these seats convert into a fully lie flat bed with a bed length of 78 inches. Philippine Airlines’ A321neo’s are also equipped with WiFi, where Business class passengers are treated to 100MB of complimentary data.

In Economy class, there are 156 seats in a 3-3 configuration over 27 rows. Each seat has up to 32 inches of pitch and a width of 18 inches. The seats recline a generous 5 inches, and at every seat is a 10.1 inch personal entertainment screen.

The flight time to Perth is a little over 7 hours, which makes this one of the longest A321neo flights. PAL also operates this aircraft to Sydney and Melbourne which both have over 7 hour flight times. The range of the aircraft is approximately 7400km which is well over the distance to Perth. The introduction of the A321neo marks the second airline to bring a NEO aircraft to Perth after Citilink began operations in November.