Air transportation in 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 61% market share, followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 29%, followed by AirAsia, having a 9% share.
List of airlines of the Philippines
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.
Mainline
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
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Cebgo | DG | SRQ | BLUE JAY | Manila Cebu |
1995 | Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates as Cebu Pacific. | |
Cebu Pacific | 5J | CEB | CEBU | Manila Cagayan de Oro Cebu Clark Davao Iloilo Kalibo Zamboanga |
1988 | Founded as Cebu Air and commenced operations in 1996 as Cebu Pacific. | |
PAL Express | 2P | GAP | AIRPHIL | Manila Cebu Clark Davao Zamboanga |
1995 | Founded as Air Philippines and commenced operations in 1996. Operates as Philippine Airlines. | |
Philippine Airlines | PR | PAL | PHILIPPINE | Manila Cebu Clark Davao Kalibo |
1935 | Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines. Asia's first and oldest airline. | |
Philippines AirAsia | Z2 | APG | COOL RED | Manila Cebu Clark Davao Kalibo Puerto Princesa |
2010 | Founded as AirAsia Philippines. |
Regional
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Juan | AO | AIR JUAN | Puerto Princesa | 2012 | |||
AirSWIFT | T6 | ATX | AIRSWIFT | Manila El Nido |
2002 | Founded as Island Transvoyager. | |
Alphaland Aviation | BIC | BALESIN | Clark Manila |
2015 | |||
Royal Air Philippines | RW | RYL | DOUBLE GOLD | Clark Kalibo |
2002 | A former chartered airline, Royal Air started regular scheduled services under new management since July 2017 using three AVRO146-RJ100 jets. | |
SkyJet Airlines | M8 | MSJ | MAGNUM AIR | Manila | 2005 | Commenced operations in 2012. | |
Sunlight Air | MSN | BLUE HUMAN | Manila | 2020 | Founded as Sunlight Summit Hotel. | ||
Sky Pasada | SP | WCC | SKY PASADA | Manila | 2010 | ||
XplorAsia Airways | XO | SGD | AIR BLUE | Clark Manila |
2012 |
Charter
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Link International Airways | Manila | 1983 | |||||
Asian Aerospace Corporation | Manila | 1996 | |||||
Cyclone Airways | Cauayan | 1996 | |||||
INAEC | Manila | 1993 | |||||
Island Aviation Inc. | Manila | 2003 | |||||
Lionair | Manila | 2011 | |||||
Northsky Air | Tuguegarao | 2010 | |||||
Pacificair | GX | PFR | Manila | 1947 | |||
Pacific Global One Aviation Company, Inc. | Manila | 2011 | |||||
Platinum Skies Aviation | Manila | 2017 | |||||
PhilJets Aero Services Inc. | Manila | 2012 | |||||
Subic Seaplane | Subic |
Cargo airlines
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PSI | CM | PHP | SKYPOWER | Clark International Airport | 2016 | ||
2GO | PR | BOI | ABAIR | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | 1988 |