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Assessing Airlines: Philippines Air

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Journey: Long Haul Plane Type: A340 img20161017112056I recently attended my friends wedding back home in Australia. This was a fly-by visit with my actual time in the company of friends and family spanning 5 days. 4 days were spent in transit! Last year I flew Philippines Air back from Sydney to London and really enjoyed it. Both legs of the long journey were virtually empty and meant I could stretch out and relax in relative comfort. Based on this experience, I booked Philippines Air (PAL) again for the wedding trip. Unfortunately, I did not have as much luck second time around. PAL are a no frills airline, i.e. there is no in-seat entertainment system which is found in most other airlines on long haul flights. They instead push you to download and install the ‘MyPAL’ player before boarding the flight. Then, once the plane is in the air for about an hour, you can connect via WiFi to the MyPAL player and you have a choice of several films and TV Show episodes to while away