In 2006 Philippine Airlines ordered two 777-300ERs plus two leases, and two options that have since been firmed. First delivery is expected in late 2009.
PAL has since commissioned Herpa to make models for inflight sale, which will also be part of Herpa's regular sales. The model was announced for the March/ April regular sales release, but the official word from the airline is that the models will not be loaded on flights unless the real aircraft are already flying for PAL. It is unsure how this will affect the release date of the regular sales edition.
However, Aviation Center Berlin already has some units for sale:
Note the small "Philippine Airlines" titles and logo underneath the window line just after door 1L. This feature has not been seen on previous PAL aircraft.
Note the small "Philippine Airlines" titles and logo underneath the window line just after door 1L. This feature has not been seen on previous PAL aircraft.At any rate, this model is a fantasy model at best since the official statement from PAL. Further, given that it will be made with the new Herpa mould, it may have some quality problems. Note the droopy engines and the widely-spaced wheels (that will supposedly be rubber).
Another curious bit is that Herpa announced that their model is a 777-36NER, with the registration RP-C7773. While it may be true that the first two deliveries will be the two leased (GECAS) 777-36NERs, the said registration will belong to the first owned 777-3F6ER, which will at least be the third delivered. The GECAS planes will be registered RP-C7770 and ~2, respectively instead. RP-C7771 will be skipped because of PAL's superstitious beliefs that numbers that add up to 13 or 22 (2+2=4) bring bad luck.
