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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

Mainline

Airline Image 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

Airline Image 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

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. 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

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs and focus cities Founded Notes
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

See also