List of airlines of the Philippines

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 61% market share, followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 29%, followed by AirAsia, having a 9% 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 edit

Mainline edit

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
Cebu Pacific	5J	CEB	CEBU	Manila Cebu Clark Davao Iloilo	1988	Founded as Cebu Air and commenced operations in 1996 as Cebu Pacific.
Philippine Airlines	PR	PAL	PHILIPPINE	Manila Cebu Clark Davao Kalibo	1930	Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines, then 1970 as Philippine Airlines.
Philippines AirAsia	Z2	APG	COOL RED	Manila Cebu Clark	2010	Founded as AirAsia Philippines and commenced operations in 2012, then 2015 as Philippines AirAsia.

Regional edit

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
Air Juan	AO		AIR JUAN	Puerto Princesa	2012	The First ever Seaplane Airline.
AirSWIFT	T6	ATX	AIRSWIFT	Manila El Nido	2002	Founded as Island Transvoyager.
Alphaland Aviation		BIC	BALESIN	Clark Manila	2015
Cebgo	DG	SRQ	BLUE JAY	Cebu Manila	1995	Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates 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.
Royal Air Philippines	RW	RYL	DOUBLE GOLD	Clark	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.
Sky Pasada	SP	WCC	SKY PASADA	Manila	2010
Sunlight Air	ST	SEA	BLUE HUMAN	Manila	2020

Charter airlines edit

Airline	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.		SOY	SORIANO	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
SEAir International	XO	SGD	AIR BLUE	Clark Manila	2012	Founded 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 edit

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded
MET Express Air Corp.	MX	AMM		Clark International Airport	2021
2GO	PR	BOI	ABAIR	Ninoy Aquino International Airport	1988
PSI Air 2007	CM	PHP	SEXPOWER	Clark International Airport	2016