List of airlines of the Philippines

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A Boeing 777 of Philippine Airlines RP-C7774 B777-3F6ER Philippine Al YVR 09AUG13 (9473974357).jpg
A Boeing 777 of Philippine Airlines

The list of airlines in the Philippines refers to the list of registered airlines from the Philippines. Air transportation in the Philippines goes back to the early days of aviation prior to World War II, during the American colonial period of the Philippines. Currently, the Philippines has several registered airline companies, but they are mostly chartered. There are two main domestic airline groups doing business as Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, with AirAsia Philippines competing on some international routes. The domestic market is dominated by the Cebu Pacific group which has a 53% market share, [1] followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 31%, followed by AirAsia, having a 16% share. [2]

Contents

This list of airlines enumerates local airlines in the Philippines which have a current air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, while those with regular font indicate focus cities.

Scheduled airlines

Mainline

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities FoundedNotes
Cebu Pacific RP-C4123 MNL (005) 2024-06-22.jpg 5JCEBCEBU Manila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Iloilo
1988Founded as Cebu Air and commenced operations in 1996 as Cebu Pacific.
Philippine Airlines Philippines Airbus A350-900 RP-C3506.jpg PRPALPHILIPPINE Manila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Kalibo
1930Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines, then 1970 as Philippine Airlines.
Philippines AirAsia RP-C8949 MNL 2024-12-26.jpg Z2APGCOOL RED Manila
2010Founded as AirAsia Philippines and commenced operations in 2012, then 2015 as Philippines AirAsia.
Royal Air Philippines KO1A8630fr.jpg RWRYLDOUBLE GOLD Clark 2002Founded as Royal Air Charter Service in 2002 and started regular scheduled services as Royal Air Philippines under new management since July 2017.

Regional

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities FoundedNotes
Air Juan AOAIR JUAN Puerto Princesa 2012The First ever Seaplane Airline.
AirSWIFT ATR 42 of AirSWIFT departing from Palawan.jpg T6ATXAIRSWIFT Manila
El Nido
2002Founded as Island Transvoyager.
Alphaland Aviation Alphaland Aviation (Balesin) Cessna 208.jpg 0ABICBALESIN Clark
Manila
2015
Bangsamoro Airways Cotabato 2024
Cebgo Cebgo (Cebu Pacific) ATR 72-600.jpg DGSRQBLUE JAY Cebu
Clark
Manila
1995Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates as Cebu Pacific.
PAL Express RP-C8604 MNL 2023-12-03.jpg 2PGAPAIRPHIL Manila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Zamboanga
1995Founded as Air Philippines and commenced operations in 1996. Operates as Philippine Airlines.
SkyJet Airlines RP-C5525 BAe.146 Skyjet (7836999276).jpg M8MSJMAGNUM AIR Manila 2005Commenced operations in 2012.
Sky Pasada RP-C3779 Let L.410UVP-E Sky Pasada (7836989454).jpg SPWCCSKY PASADA Manila 2010
Sunlight Air Sunlight Express Airways ATR 72-500.jpg STSEABLUE HUMAN Manila 2020

Charter airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities FoundedNotes
Air Link International Airways Manila 1983
Asian Aerospace Corporation Manila 1996
Cyclone Airways Cauayan 1996
INAEC Manila 1993
Island Aviation Inc. Island Aviation.jpg SOYSORIANO Manila 2003
Lionair Manila 2011
Northsky Air Tuguegarao 2010
Pacificair GXPFR Manila 1947
Pacific Global One Aviation Company, Inc. Manila 2011
Platinum Skies Aviation Manila 2017
PhilJets Aero Services Inc. Manila 2012
SEAir International RP-C4319 Airbus A319 Seair (7880145198).jpg XOSGDAIR BLUE Clark
Manila
2012Founded as a spin out from South East Asian Airlines. Now called SEAir International and operates as Charter and Cargo Airline.
Subic Seaplane Subic

Cargo airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities FoundedNotes
MET Express Air Corp.MXAMM Clark 2021
2GO PRBOIABAIR Manila 1988
Aero Bleu Airways Manila 2021
LBC Express Cargo Aviation LBC Manila

Cebu Clark Davao

2024
Filipino Cargo Airways FCA Manila

Cebu Clark Davao

2024
PSI Air 2007 CMPHPSEXPOWER Clark 2016

See also

  1. "Cebu Pacific back in black after 3 years in the red". PortCalls Asia. March 27, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. Annual Report 2023 (PDF). Capital A (Report). Retrieved July 8, 2024.