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Feb 12, 2011

Bally Mabuhay Class Overnight Kit

Philippine Airlines’ Mabuhay Class passengers can look forward to their very own exclusively designed BALLY bag with CLARINS skincare onboard PAL’s longhaul flights from this month onwards.

The kit comes in a modern, sleek and stylish nylon bag designed by Bally Switzerland, the iconic shoemaker founded in 1851 and now a top Swiss luxury fashion brand. Bally prides itself as a ‘Swiss Heritage Luxury House’ that differentiates itself from mainstream luxury brands and the understated brand’s position epitomises with quality, status, perfection and heritage.

The Bally pouch is filled with International French skincare brand products from Clarins. With 50 years of practical experience in beauty institutes, Clarins has an exceptional knowledge of beauty concerns which have built the foundation of Clarins’ success. Clarins favors ingredients of natural origin by using the highest
quality plant extracts in their most effective concentration for optimum beauty results.

Clarins products featured in the amenity kit are specially designed to help fight air travel dehydration and help the skin cope with different environmental conditions: dryness, humidity and pollutants. The pouch contains the following Clarins items: Hand & Nail Treatment Cream, Eau Dynamisante and Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm, a ‘must have’ lip care product for air travel and everyday use.

Essential items (toothbrush & toothpaste, eye mask, socks and brush with mirror) are also provided for the passenger’s comfort throughout the flight. The complete kit is designed to offer maximum comfort for the passenger during and after the flight and to help the passenger looking fresh and feeling great when
they step off the plane.

[Evodesire]

Wow! I hope someone can take one of em and give me a kit! Looks nice!

[speedfierce]

so they switched from the Bvlgari one?

[Evodesire]

I guess. I hope to get one for free from someone who takes Mabuhay class as I barely ride Mabuhay. Its nice though.

[jetsetexpress]

Very sleek and it looks really nice. ;D Excited to get one, well two since round trip siya. Flying SFO next month on Mabuhay.

The content is from BVLGARI but not the bag though. It looks like it was custom made for PAL by some manufacturer.

[romanticguy08]

PAL plane gets stuck in mud in Zambo airport
www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/09/11/pal-plane-gets-stuck-mud-zambo-airport

by Jewel Reyes, ABS-CBN News Zamboanga
Posted at 03/09/2011 12:53 PM | Updated as of 03/09/2011 1:04 PM


ZAMBOANGA City, Philippines (UPDATE) - Hundreds of passengers at the Zamboanga City Airport are temporarily stranded after a plane got stuck in the mud on Wednesday.

Airport officials said a Philippine Airlines Airbus A320, with flight number PR 124 bound for Manila, was supposed to leave at 6:55 am and was turning slowly for take off, when its left wheel fell off the concrete runway towards the mud.

The plane was not able to get off the mud and the passengers were requested to temporarily wait back at the pre-departure area.

The plane was carrying at least 90 passengers.

Airport Manager Celso Bayabos said the airline company is still investigating an alleged miscalculation on the part of the pilots while maneuvering the plane, but he said this was the first time an aircraft taking off from the Zamboanga City Airport runway got stranded in the mud.

Bayabos called the incident a "runway obstruction". He said a group of pilots and engineers will be arriving anytime to "fix" the incident.

Capt. Amado Soliman of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said the incident led the airport to be closed to all air traffic since 7:05 am.

As of posting time, two domestic flights, Cebu Pacific flights 5J 851 (Manila-Zamboanga) and 5J 852 (Zamboanga-Manila), have been affected.

Soliman said PAL is coordinating with authorities, in particular Philippine and American military who are involved in a military exercise in connection with the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), to lend them equipment to extricate the plane off the mud.

No one was injured in the incident.

Passengers' schedules affected

Several passengers who were ferried back to the pre-departure area were worried over the delayed schedule.

A Scottish national Jone Wiseman said he was supposed to have a connecting flight to Bangkok for a business appointment.

Same goes for Micheal Wareham from United Kingdom. He said he too, has a connecting flight in the afternoon to go home to his family, but he said he may have to change his plans because of the delay.

Other passengers from other airline companies, who were also supposed to leave in the morning, also said they are worried over the schedules that they have prepared in Manila because of the incident.

Lilian Aballe-Alon said she woke up early for her flight but because of the incident, she says she may consider taking a nap instead at the airport.

With ABS-CBN News in Manila

[Evodesire]

2nd time a PAL jet miscalculated the 360 deg turn on the runway.

[romanticguy08]

Just read from Twitter of Inquirer that PAL is experiencing several delayed flights today. One CEB-MNL flight is delayed for 7 hrs, PR848.

[jetsetexpress]

the problem din guys kasi our airports doesn't have proper taxiways. Most airports here use the main runways as taxiways. I think, it should be mandated that the end of both runways in all airports should be widened to accommodate aircraft particularly jets doing 360 at the end. I do thinks it's very tricky and difficult.

[Evodesire]

Not only that. Most of our airports, including NAIA requires visual landings and not ILS.

Yes, a friend of mine was in that Cebu flight and was delayed 7 hours. An A330 was experiencing oxygen leak.