Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Domestic Airlines in the Philippines

These are the airlines owned by Filipinos and fly to several domestic destinations:

Philippine Airlines (PAL) - This is the National Airline of the Philippines. They have meals on board, has laptop tables and outlets in their terminals, has a mileage program and has a lounge for Mabuhay Miles members. Generally, their service is "o-kay".

It flies all over the country and also flies to Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney), Canada, (Vancouver) China, (Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen) Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo), Macau, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea (Busan, Incheon), Taiwan, Thailand (Bangkok), USA (Guam, Honalulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco).

Its domestic destinations from Manila are: Bacolod (Negros Occidental), Busuanga, (Coron, Palawan) Cagayan de Oro (Misamis Oriental), Calbayog ((Samar), Catarman (Samar), Caticlan (Boracay Island), Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog (Zamboanga del Norte), Dumaguete (Negros Oriental), General Santos (Sarangani), Iloilo, Jolo, Kalibo (Aklan-Boracay Island), Legazpi (Albay), Masbate, Naga (Camarines Sur), Ormoc (Leyte), Ozamiz (Misamis Occidental), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Roxas (Capiz), San Jose (Occidental Mindoro), Surigao (del Norte), Tacloban (Leyte), Tagbilaran (Bohol), Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga (city)

Cebu Pacific - This is the biggest budget airline in the Philippines. They offer very affordable flights and a very user friendly website-- that's pretty much it!

Its international destinations are: Brunei, China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu), Macau, Singapore, South Korea (Incheon), Taiwan, Thailand (Bangkok), Vietnam

Its domestic destinations from Manila are: Bacolod (Negros Occidental), Boracay (Caticlan), Butuan (Agusan del Norte), Cagayan de Oro (Misamis Oriental), Calbayog (Samar), Catarman (Samar), Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Coron (Palawan), Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog (Zamboanga del Norte), Dumaguete (Negros Oriental), General Santos (Sarangani), Iloilo, Kalibo (Aklan), Laoag (Ilocos Norte), Legazpi (Albay), Naga (Camarines Sur), Ozamiz (Misamis Occidental), Pagadian (Zamboanga del Sur), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Roxas (Capiz), San Jose (Occidental Mindoro), Siargao (Surigao del Norte), Surigao (Surigao del Norte), Tacloban (Leyte), Tagbilaran (Bohol), Tugegarao (Cagayan), Virac (Catanduanes), Zamboanga (city)

Cebu Pacific also flies from Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark, Pampanga to 19 domestic destinations and 6 international destinations including Busan, South Korea.

Airphil Express - This is PAL's budget airline. It can even be more affordable than Cebu Pacific. We haven't tried them yet as of writing but we did buy a lot of tickets from them for next year because they had a BIG sale in the Philippine Travel Mart. So far, we were happy with the assistance we got from the sales people in the booth. We hope they have great service on board!

Starting October 2010, it will fly to Singapore and will land on Terminal 2 (not the budget terminal).

Its domestic destinations from Manila are: Bacolod (Negros Occidental), Busuanga (Coron, Palawan), Cagayan de Oro (Misamis Oriental), Calbayog (Samar), Catarman (Samar), Caticlan (Boracay), Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Kalibo (Aklan), Legazpi (Albay), Masbate, Naga (Camarines Sur), Ormoc (Leyte), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), San Jose (Occidental Mindoro), Surigao (del Norte), Tagbilaran (Bohol), Tugegarao (Cagayan), Zamboanga (city)

Zest Airways - Then called Asian Spirit, it was bought by the Zesto Corporation and has "re-branded" into a livelier image while keeping its very affordable rates. Though we have not yet tried this airline, we have heard a lot about its good service from both friends and strangers we rode with on our plane trips. We have yet to try it!

Its domestic destinations from Manila are: Bacolod (Negros Occidental), Busuanga (Coron, Palawan), Calbayog (Samar), Catarman (Samar), Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Kalibo (Aklan), Legazpi (Albay), Marinduque, Masbate, Puerto Princesa (Palawan), San Fernando (La Union), San Jose (Occidental Mindoro), Tablas (Romblon), Tacloban (Leyte), Tagbilaran (Bohol), Virac (Catanduanes).

Seair - Though this airline has small planes, it is generally a "good" airline. It is owned by Dornier, an aircraft maker. Due to its size (therefore fewer people can fit and share for the fuel), the rates are quite pricey and as of present, they only have three destinations.

Its domestic destinations from Manila are: Batanes, Boracay (Caticlan) and Tablas (Romblon). From Boracay (Caticlan), it flies to either Manila, Clark (Pampanga - Diosdado Macapagal International Airport or DMIA) or Cebu. From Clark or Cebu, it flies to Boracay.

Sky Pasada
- This is a new airline that flies to North Philippines and Boracay Island. They are supposed to operate soon.

Its domestic destinations are (not necessarily from Manila): Baguio (Benguet), Bagabag-Banaue, Batanes (Basco, Itbayat), Binalonan (Pangasinan), Calayan (Isabela), Cauayan (Isabela), Laoag (Ilocos Norte), Maconacon-Divilacan (Isabela), Palanan (Isabela), Tugegarao (Cagayan).

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