Philippine Airlines (PAL) has suspended services from Manila to Los Angeles and Newark because of "staggering losses" from the drop in the value of the peso, less than a year after their launch. The carrier has been forced to use wet-leased World Airways Boeing MD-11s on the routes rather than its own aircraft, because of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Category 2 rating of safety and security at Manila Airport. PAL is returning two of its four MD-11s to World.
Source: Flight International
