Southwest Airlines has welcomes Philippine Airlines (PAL) as the newest carrier partnering to connect transoceanic travelers with Southwest-operated flights. Dozens of new travel options across the Pacific are available now through Philippine Airlines and third-party travel booking sites.
Philippine Airlines serves airports across the Philippines, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. In the United States, Philippine Airlines and Southwest are working together to serve international travelers connecting through Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle/Tacoma (SEA), San Francisco (SFO), and Honolulu, Oahu (HNL), where Southwest operates nearly four dozen interisland arrivals and departures a day.
"Each airline partnership brings unique and incremental reach to places around the globe for both carriers and gives more consumers an opportunity to begin or end their journey with Southwest," said Andrew Watterson, chief operating officer. "With nearly 90 flights a day in our schedule that touch the Hawaiian Islands and as California's largest air carrier, Southwest is positioned like no other airline in serving Philippine Airlines' passengers arriving or departing the United States."
"Our interline partnership with Southwest Airlines enables seamless connections and single-ticket journeys across both of our networks," said Christoph Gaertner, vice president of revenue management, Philippine Airlines. "As we continue to expand PAL's global reach, this collaboration provides more travel options and greater flexibility, giving our guests access to a wider range of destinations in the United States."
Southwest Airlines now partners with four overseas air carriers and is actively exploring additional transatlantic partnerships for later this year. Southwest is working to bring more choice and enhance the quality and quantity of travel experiences with Southwest, including a redesigned cabin experience and an ability to book assigned and extra legroom seating on flights operating from January 27, 2026.
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