Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) president Ramon Ang has announced plans to add Toronto Pearson as a new long-haul destination before the end of the year. PAL currently already serves Vancouver International in Canada. In addition, he expects to be able to serve New York, Paris CDG and Rome Fiumicino as the airline is currently working with the civil aviation authority of the Philippines to improve the country's status with the US FAA and the European Union to allow these new routes. The US Federal Aviation Administration currently categorizes the Philippines as a Category 2 country from a flight safety perspective not allowing carriers from there to launch new routes or increase frequencies to the United States. The European Union has banned all carriers from the Philippines from its airspace.