List of airlines of the Philippines

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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' imposed during President Ferdinand E. Marcos administration. The government's subsidy in the form of mail freight payments supported the Philippine Air Lines, Inc.'s massive expansion program in the '60s. In the '70s, 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.

This list of airlines enumerates local airlines in the Philippines which have a current Air Operator Certificate issued by the Air Transportation Office.

Scheduled Commercial Airlines

SCHEDULED AIRLINE	ICAO	IATA	CALLSIGN	COMMENCED OPERATIONS	FLEET SIZE
AirAsia Philippines		PQ		2012	2
Aero Majestic Airways				2011	1
Airphil Express	GAP	2P	ORIENT PACIFIC	1996	14
Cebu Pacific	CEB	5J	CEBU AIR	1996	37
Philippine Airlines	PAL	PR	PHILIPPINE	1941	46
Sky Pasada	WCC	SP		2010	2
South East Asian Airlines	SRQ	DG	SEAIR	1995	11
Spirit of Manila	MNP	SM	MANILA SKY	2010	4
Zest Airways	EZD	Z2	ZEST	1996/2008	12

Charter Airlines

CHARTER AIRLINE	ICAO	IATA	CALLSIGN	COMMENCED OPERATIONS	FLEET SIZE
Air Link International Airways					1
Cyclone Airways				1960
Interisland Airlines	ISN		TRI-BIRD		2
Island Aviation	SOY		SORIANO		2
Island Transvoyager Inc
Lionair (Philippines)
Mosphil Aero	MPI		MOSPHIL	2006	2
Pacificair					4
Pacific Pearl Airways	PPM		PACIFIC PEARL	2006	2
South Phoenix Airlines				2010	10
Subic Air
Subic Seaplane

Cargo Airlines

AIRLINE	ICAO	IATA	CALLSIGN	COMMENCED OPERATIONS	FLEET SIZE
2GO	BOI		ABAIR
Asia Overnight Express	AOT	OE	ASIA OVERNIGHT
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines	PEC	Q8	PAC-EAST CARGO		2
TransGlobal Airways	TCU		TRANSGLOBAL	2005	2

Market Share

Although, the Philippines lists many registered airline companies mostly chartered, there are only five competing commercial airlines with scheduled flights serving the domestic market. Leading among the five is Cebu Pacific which has captured 45.6 percent of the market, followed by Philippine Airlines-Airphil Express group which has flown a combined 4.9 million passengers in 2008. Next after PAL-Airphil Express group is Zest Airways which has already overtaken South East Asian Airlines.

Zest Air which is formerly Asian Spirit has been acquired by Alfredo M. Yao of the Zest-O juice drink fame. AMY Holdings which owns Zest Airways has been planning to acquire South East Asian Airlines but the Lopez-Gitsis-Dornier tandem refuses to badge Yao's offer of merger. Recently, Spirit of Manila Airlines launched purely international flights to Middle East and East Asia.

All domestic airlines of the Philippines have launch international destinations mostly Asian cities.

Order by market share:

1. Cebu Pacific
2. Philippine Airlines/Airphil Express
3. Zest Airways
4. Seair
5. Spirit of Manila Airlines (only international routes)

The other locally-registered airlines operate either domestic charter services or cargo services only.

Issues and Concerns

There are plenty of things that concerns the local airlines industry. Issues such as low pay and job security among workers in the airline industry, safety issues among local airports due to poor maintenance and obsolete equipments, lack of policy support from the government, and low budgetary priority for the modernization of domestic airports which are critical to economic activities in the regions - where the market base of various airlines depend.

• Philippine Airlines

On July 31, 2010, 25 pilots of Philippine Airlines resigned from the company for various reasons such as low pay, involuntary or forced resignation and job security. On July 22, 1998, employees of Philippine Airlines went on strike and crippled the airline until bankruptcy. The airlines was put under receivership and the government allowed it go afloat for economic reason.

• Cebu Pacific

On February 2, 1998, a flight of Cebu Pacific from Manila to Cagayan de Oro City crashed at Mount Sumagaya in Misamis Oriental. Days after the incident happened, government authorities grounded all its fleet for safety concern. The disruption to economic activities, caused the government to allow Cathay Pacific to service the airline's routes and service its customers which Philippine Airlines could not accommodate.

See also

• List of airlines
• List of airports in the Philippines