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History

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 Marcos' administration. The government's subsidy in the form of mail freight payments supported the company's massive expansion program in the 1960s. During the 1970s, 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's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Commercial airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA	Callsign	Commenced operations	Fleet size	Headquarters
AirAsia Zest	EZD	Z2	ZEST AIRWAYS	1995	11	Pasay City
Cebu Pacific	CEB	5J	CEBU PAC	1996	50	Pasay City
PAL Express	GAP	2P	AIRPHIL	1996	21	Pasay City
Philippine Airlines	PAL	PR	PHILIPPINE	1941	51	Pasay City
Philippines AirAsia	APG	PQ	COOL RED	2012	3	Angeles City
Sky Pasada	WCC	SP	PASADA	2010	2	Pasay City
Spirit of Manila Airlines	MNP	SM	MANILA SKY	2010	3	Pasay City
Tigerair Philippines	SRQ	DG	SEAIR	1995	17	Angeles City

Charter airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA	Callsign	Commenced operations	66546467
Aero Majestic Airways
Air Link International Airways					1
Air Republiq Airlines			REPUBLIQ	2011	5
Aviatour Air
Cyclone Airways				1960
Paradise Air	PA	DJ	BLUEYELLOW
INAEC / Iloilo-Negros Air Express			INAEC	1933
Interisland Airlines	ISN		TRI-BIRD		2
Island Aviation	SOY		SORIANO		2
Lionair
Mosphil Aero	MPI		MOSPHIL	2006	2
Northsky Air					2
Pacificair					4
Pacific Pearl Airways	PPM		PACIFIC PEARL	2006	2
SkyJet		5M		2012	1
South Phoenix Airlines				2010	10
Subic Seaplane
Air Pacific

Cargo airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA	Callsign	Commenced operations	Fleet size
Pacific Ocean Air (Air)	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 mainly four competing commercial airline groups with scheduled flights serving the domestic market. The top leading contenders are Cebu Pacific-Tigerair Philippines alliance and Philippine Airlines-PAL Express group. With the recent acquisition by Cebu Pacific of Tigerair Philippines, the airline has effectively controlled more than half of the domestic market in the Philippines followed by Philippine Airlines group.

They are followed by the struggling AirAsia Zest group which is the merger of AirAsia Philippines and the former Zest Airways. Operations of Spirit of Manila Airlines which was launched few years back has been halted temporarily by the Philippine airline regulator.

Order by market share in the domestic market:

1. Cebu Pacific(50.36%)
2. PAL Express (21.39%)
3. Philippine Airlines (12.69%)
4. AirAsia Zest (9.78%)
5. Tigerair Philippines (4.77%)

Other locally registered airlines operate either domestic charter services or cargo services only.

See also

• List of airlines
• List of airports in the Philippines
• Read Philippine Airline Industry News
• Find cheap airfare in the Philippines