Flag carriers Philippine Airlines (PR) and Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) recently signed a code-share agreement covering flights out of Manila and Cebu to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
This code-share agreement marks the return of PR in Brunei. RBA passengers can now access the domestic and international flights of PR. Philippine Airline passengers, on the other hand, can now continue their flights to all RBA’s destinations. Passengers from the Philippines and Brunei can now purchase tickets for PR-RB flights operating 8X/week.
Royal Brunei Airlines is PAL’s 14th code-share partner and PAL’s fourth code-share partner in South East Asia. Thru this partnership, PAL adds another destination to its Asian network.
PAL’s other code–share partners include Air Macau, ANA (Japan), Cathay Pacific (Hongkong), China Airlines, Etihad (UAE), Garuda Indonesia, Gulf Air (Bahrain), Hawaiian Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, WestJet (Canada) and XiamenAir.
Brunei is home to almost 20,000 Filipino overseas contract workers.