Relatives of Hong Kong nationals who were killed or wounded during Monday’s hostage crisis in Manila can avail of two free round trip tickets from Philippine Airlines (PAL), which made the offer as its way of "condoling with the victims’ families." The decision was made jointly on Monday by PAL chairman Lucio Tan and his brother, Harry, who is the chairman of the company’s executive committee, Cielo Villaluna, the company’s spokesperson, told GMANews.TV. The airline "is also offering to bring back the remains of their loved ones to Hong Kong free of charge," Harry Tan said in a PAL statement issued on Tuesday. Despite the expected adverse impact of travel advisories against the Philippines, PAL said it will continue to mount regular flights to its 26 international and 21 domestic destinations. In the Manila-Hongkong route alone, PAL has five daily flights. “We will continue to serve this very important and strategic route, but we hope that dampened demand as a result of Monday’s incident will be temporary," it said. PAL added it is too early to quantify what the financial impact of the negative advisories will have on the airline. The airline said that to avail of the offer, relatives should contact its Hong Kong country manager Dina Mae Flores based in its Hong Kong office at East Ocean Centre, 98 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, East Kowloon, and present proof of relations to the victims.—Robert JA BasilioRead more Aviation News http://www.gmanews.tv UPDATE: The bodies were transferred back to Hong Kong on a Cathay Pacific flight with family members, officials and Hong Kong Media one hour ago
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