THE country’s national flag carrier, Philippine Airlines is expecting a throng of passengers going home for the holidays, and they are prepared for it.

PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said that all of their check-in counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), are now fully manned to avoid congestion.

This marks the first since all COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted in the country.

“Now that we are in the peak season, we are fully utilizing all 40 counters of Terminal 1 and all 40 counters of Terminal 2. We are going to fully deploy our airport ground staff and ground handlers,” she said.

Villaluna said that aside from the personnel, they likewise augmented their fleet so as to accommodate more travelers.

She said that they are expecting a higher passenger count this holiday season compared to December 2022.

“Our fleet is now at a count of 78 from our pre-pandemic count of 98 aircraft. We are expecting the arrival of more aircraft that we returned to lessors at the height of the pandemic. We just welcomed back our (Airbus) A330 (on Tuesday),” she noted.