Source: PhilStar
The ongoing rift between the management of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its labor union PAL Employees Association (PALEA) has affected the tuna and hotel industries in Mindanao, the Tourism Congress (TC) said.
The estimated losses for the tuna industry are P50 million a day.
“The corresponding revenue value of a daily shipment stock of about 20 to 26 tons of tuna that did not reach its designated buyers because of cancelled flights,†the TC official pointed out.
PAL Vice-President Bong Cruz, who attended the regional consultation, apologized to stakeholders and explained the causes of the PAL-PALEA controversy and the steps now being taken by the airline company.