Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced (06-Jun-2026) plans to join oneworld. The carrier will be the 16th member of the alliance and the second full member airline based in Southeast Asia. PAL's Mabuhay Miles members will be able to earn and redeem miles across all oneworld member airlines. oneworld CEO Olé Orvér stated: "I hope to integrate Philippine Airlines into oneworld sometime in 2027 so we can officially have them as part of our offering to customers". [more - original PR] [more - Aviation Week]
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Lufthansa began deploying Boeing 787-9s with the Allegris cabin on Frankfurt-Toronto from mid Oct-2025, later adding Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Hyderabad and Austin from Dec-2025.1 Lufthansa subsequently put its first 787-9 with 25 of 28 Allegris business seats certified on sale from 15-Mar-2026, and planned summer 2026 Allegris roll-outs to Cape Town, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York JFK, Los Angeles and Delhi.2 Lufthansa also planned an A350 Allegris deployment on Munich-Singapore from 26-Oct-2026.3
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