RP's Largest Airlines

Whew!! What a wonderful way to start a day! It's now time to determine the country's largest air carriers in terms of passengers flown.


1. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES

PAL is the thirteenth-largest corporation in the Philippines in terms of revenue and the twenty-first largest in terms of assets, as stated in the Philippines' Top 500 Largest Corporations of 2005. As of January 2005, PAL employs a total of 7,322 regular employees, including 450 pilots and 1300 cabin crew.

PAL is the sixty-first largest airline in the world in terms of revenue passenger kilometers flown, with over 16 million flown for 21 million available seat kilometers, an average load factor of 76 percent.

Slogan: It's About Experience

Clearly No. 1

Destination:42

Fleet Size: 46

Net Income (2007): $140 Million

2. CEBU PACIFIC

Founded in 1996, it is one of the Philippines' national flag carriers, offering scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. Cebu Pacific Air is currently the country's leading domestic carrier, servicing the most domestic destinations with the largest number flights and routes, and equipped with the youngest fleet

Slogan: It's Time Everyone Flies
Destinations : 42

Fleet size : 21

Passengers Flown (2007): 5.5 Million

3. AIR PHILIPPINES

Fleet Size: 10

Destination: 8
Passengers Flown; The airline breached the 1 million mark last 2007

Air Philippines boasts a number of regional and international airline awards, Air Philippines has been Awarded as "Most Outstanding Domestic Airline" four times by the Consumers Union of the Philippine and numerous other Regional Awards.

5. ZEST AIRWAYS

(FORMERLY ASIAN SPIRIT)

Zest Airways is an airline based in Pasay City, Manila in the Philippines. It operates scheduled domestic and international tourist services, mainly feeder services linking Manila and Cebu with 24 domestic destinations in support of the trunk route operations of other airlines.

4. SOUTH EAST ASIAN AIRLINES

(SEAIR) is an airline based in Pampanga, the Philippines

Fleet size: 11

Destination: 23

No records as to how many passengers the airline has flown

An airline to watch for!

SPIRIT OF MANILA AIRLINES

Spirit of Manila Airlines Corporation (Spirit of Manila) is the latest Filipino-owned airline company offering scheduled international passenger services from Manila to key Asian and Middle Eastern Countries. The airline is based in the Clark Special Economic Zone at Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark Field, Pampanga.Spirit of Manila is designed for Filipino and international travelers, offering safe, reliable and on-time airline services through its experienced and dedicated staff whose objective is to satisfy the expectations of its passengers. The airline offers budget fares and other affordable fare schemes to cater to the overseas Filipino worker market. Most of the airline staff have vast experience and expertise in the areas of airline operation and maintenance. They are trained and certified in their respective line of responsibilities

Flights to begin by 3rd quarter of 2008