2. Company profile
PAL Holdings, Inc. (the Company or PHI) was incorporated in the
Philippines on May 10, 1930. The Company’s purpose is to engage in the
business of a holding company. On October 5, 1979, the Company applied
and was granted an extension of its corporate life by the Philippine
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for another 50 years from
May 1980.
The Company and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in air transport of
passengers and cargo within the Philippines and between the Philippines
and several international destinations. The Group operates through its
major subsidiaries: Philippine Airlines, Inc., the Philippine national flag
carrier, and Air Philippines Corporation, a subsidiary under common control
that was indirectly acquired through Zuma Holdings Management
Corporation in 2017.
The Company is a subsidiary of Trustmark Holdings Corporation
(Trustmark), a domestic corporation and is part of the Lucio Tan Group of
3. Company history
May 10, 1930
PAL Holdings, Inc. (PHI) was originally incorporated as Baguio Gold
Mining Company.
September 23, 1996
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the change
in the Company's name to Baguio Gold Holdings Corporation and the
change in its primary purpose to that of a holding company.
January 19, 2007
The SEC approved the change in Company’s name from Baguio Gold
Holdings Corporation to PAL Holdings, Inc.
April 2012
San Miguel Equity Investments Inc. (SMEII), a wholly owned subsidiary
of San Miguel Corporation, acquired 49% equity interest in Trustmark.
4. Company history
October 23, 2014
Buona Sorte Holdings, Inc. (BSHI) and Horizon Global Investments
Limited (HGIL) acquired 9% and 40%, respectively, the 49% stake of
SMEII in Trustmark.
December 21, 2017
The SEC approved the acquisition of Zuma Holdings Management
Corporation (ZUMA), the holding company of Air Philippines Corporation
(APC), through share swap transaction.
February 1, 2019
ANA Holdings, Inc., the parent company of All Nippon Airways, acquired
a 9.5% equity interest in PHI.
10. The Asian Financial Crisis of 97-98
September 23, 1998
1997-1998 financial
crisis. After the
debilitating effect of the
Asian economic crisis,
PAL’s temporarily closed
its operations at midnight
after 57 years of
uninterrupted service.
The airline operated its
last flight out of Manila
for Los Angeles and from
Cebu to Manila.
11. The Asian Financial Crisis of 97-98
The company had
lost $US338 million
over the last four
years and has
suspended
payments on its $2.1
billion in debts
12. The Asian Financial Crisis of 97-98
Some 300 workers staged a noisy protest outside Manila airport's
domestic passenger terminal to call on the government to keep PAL
running. At PAL offices around the country, airline workers attended
prayer rallies and protests.
13. The Asian Financial Crisis of 97-98
PAL resumed operations on October 7, 1998, after an
agreement between PAL employees and top management
14. The Asian Financial Crisis of 97-98
The plan also
required the infusion
of US$200 million in
new equity, with
40% to 60% coming
from financial
investors and
translating to no
less than 90%
ownership of PAL
15. Other Milestones
September 1 2000
On September 1, 2000, PAL formally handed over its ownership of its
maintenance and engineering division to German-led joint venture
Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), the world's largest provider of aircraft
maintenance services in accordance with the provisions of its rehabilitation
plan, which mandates the disposal of the airline's non-core assets
Philippine Airlines (PAL), Asia's oldest airline, closed down at midnight on September 23 after almost six decades of operation. The stricken airline, the first in the region to be grounded by the effects of the economic crisis, shut down after the collapse of negotiations between the government, trade unions and management
Philippine Airlines (PAL), Asia's oldest airline, closed down at midnight on September 23 after almost six decades of operation. The stricken airline, the first in the region to be grounded by the effects of the economic crisis, shut down after the collapse of negotiations between the government, trade unions and management
The airline closure is the biggest corporate failure in the Philippines since the onset of the Asian financial meltdown in July last year. It resulted in the destruction of 9,000 jobs directly, on top of 5,000 already wiped out, and thousands more indirectly.
PAL resumed operations on October 7, 1998, after an agreement between PAL employees and top management, reported to be facilitated by Philippine President Joseph Estrada, was reached, with services to 15 domestic points out of Manila. On October 29, the flag carrier resumed international services with flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco, with other With the aviation industry still in the doldrums, PAL continued to search for a strategic partner, but in the end, it submitted a "standalone" rehabilitation plan to the SEC on December 7, 1998. The plan provides a sound basis for the airline to undertake a recovery on its own while keeping the door open to the entry of a strategic partner in the future. PAL presented the new proposed rehabilitation plan to its major creditors during a two-week marathon meeting that started on February 14 in Washington D.C. and ended on March 1 in Hong Kong.international services being restored three weeks later.[7
In 1999, PAL submitted its amended rehabilitation plan to the Securities and Exchange Commission that comprised a revised business plan and a revised financial restructuring plan. The plan also required the infusion of US$200 million in new equity, with 40% to 60% coming from financial investors and translating to no less than 90% ownership of PAL.
In August of the same year, PAL opened an e-mail booking facility. In 2001, PAL continued to gain a net profit of P419 million in its second year of rehabilitatio