Air transportation in the Philippines

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A Boeing 777 of Philippine Airlines

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.

History

Prior to the second liberalization of the Philippine airline industry in 1995, state-owned Philippine Airlines enjoyed virtual monopoly with the country's adopted policy of "one country, one airline" during the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. The government's subsidy in the form of mail freight payments supported the company's massive expansion program in the 1960s. In 1973, the government ordered the absorption by Philippine Air Lines, Inc. of two other privately owned airlines, Air Manila and Filipinas Orient Airways, to form Philippine Airlines as the single flag carrier of the Republic of the Philippines.

In 2013, SkyJet Airlines, a new airline company, launched its domestic commercial flights to leisure island destinations such as Balesin, Batanes, Boracay and Busuanga. For the aforementioned island destinations, SkyJet is competing with another small airline, Island Transvoyager.

In 2016, the Cebu Pacific group was the largest domestic airline with a market share of 55% for its Cebu Pacific unit and 6% for its Tigerair Philippines unit. Philippine Airlines came second with 25% for its PAL Express unit and 4% for its Philippine Airlines unit. Air Asia had 8% for its Zest Airways unit and 1% for its Air Asia unit. SkyJet and Island Transvoyager both had less than 1%.

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.

Passenger airlines

Mainline

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities Founded Notes
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 very first 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.
Pan Pacific Airlines 8Y AAV ASTRO-PHIL Kalibo 1973 Founded as Astro Air International.
SkyJet Airlines M8 MSJ MAGNUM AIR Manila 2005 Commenced operations in 2012.
Sky Pasada SP WCC SKY PASADA Manila 2010
SEAir International 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
Astral Airways I4 ISN COLORUS Manila 1986 Founded as Interisland Air Services.
INAEC Manila 1993
Lionair Manila 2011
Pacificair GX PFR Manila 1947
Platinum Skies
Subic Seaplane Subic
Royal Air Charter RW RYL DOUBLE GOLD Clark
Kalibo		 2002 Under new management since July 2017 and started AVRO146-RJ100 Operations.

Cargo airlines

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities Founded Notes
2GO PR BOI Manila 1988 Founded as Aboitiz Air.

See also

References

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