List of airlines of the Philippines explained

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, followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 31%, followed by AirAsia, having a 16% share.

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

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHubs and focus citiesFoundedNotes
5JCEBCEBUManila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Iloilo
1988Founded as Cebu Air and commenced operations in 1996 as Cebu Pacific.
Philippine AirlinesPRPALPHILIPPINEManila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Kalibo
1930Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines, then 1970 as Philippine Airlines.
Z2APGCOOL REDManila
Cebu
2010Founded as AirAsia Philippines and commenced operations in 2012, then 2015 as Philippines AirAsia.
RWRYLDOUBLE GOLDClark2002Founded as Royal Air Charter Service in 2002 and started regular scheduled services as Royal Air Philippines under new management since July 2017.

Regional

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHubs and focus citiesFoundedNotes
AOAIR JUANPuerto Princesa2012The First ever Seaplane Airline.
T6ATXAIRSWIFTManila
El Nido
2002Founded as Island Transvoyager.
Alphaland AviationBICBALESINClark
Manila
2015
Cotabato2024
DGSRQBLUE JAY Cebu
Manila
1995Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates as Cebu Pacific.
2PGAPAIRPHILManila
Cebu
Clark
Davao
Zamboanga
1995Founded as Air Philippines and commenced operations in 1996. Operates as Philippine Airlines.
M8MSJMAGNUM AIRManila2005Commenced operations in 2012.
SP WCC SKY PASADA Manila 2010
Sunlight AirST SEA BLUE HUMAN Manila2020

Charter airlines

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHubs and focus citiesFoundedNotes
Manila1983
Manila1996
Cauayan1996
Manila1993
SOYSORIANOManila2003
Manila2011
Tuguegarao2010
GXPFRManila1947
Pacific Global One Aviation Company, Inc.Manila2011
Platinum Skies AviationManila2017
PhilJets Aero Services Inc.Manila2012
SEAir InternationalXOSGDAIR BLUEClark
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

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignHubs and focus citiesFoundedNotes
MET Express Air Corp. MX AMMClark2021
2GOPRBOIABAIRManila1988
PSI Air 2007CMPHPSEXPOWERClark2016

See also