As travel demand seem to be going up slowly, Philippine Airlines is increasing its international and domestic flights on certain routes. The recent resumption also of domestic leisure travel this June is a welcome sign.
Philippine Airlines on increasing its flights is also brought about by travel restrictions being eased
According to PAL though, authorities currently impose flight arrival restrictions at Manila airport that require airlines to cancel some previously scheduled flights and/or re-route other flights to Cebu or Clark airports. As for the domestic sector, point-to-Point travel from NCR Plus to areas under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MGCQ) shall be allowed without age restrictions subject to an RT-PCR test-before-travel requirement for those below eighteen years old (18) and above sixty-five (65) (ALL traveler age groups), and other protocols and restrictions as may be imposed by the DOT and the Local Government Unit of destination.
Below is the updated flight timetable of PAL as of today, June 2, 2021. Please note that this is highly subject to change given the ongoing pandemic. This is beyond the airline’s control especially when it comes to government restrictions.
International Flights:
Manila-Los Angeles-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun)
Manila-San Francisco-Manila
• 3x a week (Mon/Wed/Sat)
Manila-New York (JFK)
• Once a week (Friday) until June 27
• 2x a week (Wed/Fri) effective June 28
New York (JFK)-Manila
• Once a week (Saturday) until June 27
• 2x a week (Thu/Sat) until June 28
Manila-Honolulu-Manila
• Once a week (Friday) except on June 18
Manila-Guam
Guam-Manila
• Once a week (Monday)
Manila-Toronto
• Once a week (Wednesday) except on June 2 and 16
Toronto-Manila
• Once a week (Thursday) except on June 3 and 17
Manila-Vancouver
• Once a week (Thursday) until June 20
• 2x a week (Thu/Sat) effective June 21
Vancouver-Manila
• Once a week (Friday) until June 20
• 2x a week (Fri/Sun) effective June 21
Manila-Auckland-Manila
• June 13
Note: Flight will stop over in Brisbane
Manila-Brisbane-Manila
• June 13
Manila-Melbourne
• June 11 and 25
Melbourne-Manila
• June 12 and 26
Manila-Sydney
• June 11 and 25
Sydney-Manila
• June 12 and 26
Note: Flights will stop over in Melbourne
Manila-Singapore-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun)
Manila-Kuala Lumpur-Manila
• Once a week (Sunday) except on June 13 and 27
Manila-Jakarta
• Once a week (Sunday) except on June 6 and 20
Jakarta-Manila
• Once a week (Monday) except on June 7 and 21
Manila-Seoul (Incheon)-Manila
• 3x a week (Wed/Thu/Sat) effective June 23
Manila-Bangkok-Manila
• June 16 and 30
Manila-Tokyo (Haneda)-Manila
• 2x a week (Wed/Sun)
Manila-Tokyo (Narita)-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat)
Cebu-Tokyo (Narita)-Cebu
• June 18
Manila-Fukuoka-Manila
• 3x a week (Wed/Fri/Sun) until June 13
• 4x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun) effective June 14
Manila-Osaka (Kansai)-Manila
• 5x a week (Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun)
Manila-Nagoya-Manila
• 3x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) until June 18
• 4x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat) effective June 19
Manila-Hong Kong
• Once a week (Tuesday) effective June 22
Hong Kong-Manila
• Once a week (Tuesday)
Manila-Taipei-Manila
• Once a week (Thursday)
Manila-Dubai-Manila
• Once a week (Wednesday) effective June 16
Note: Philippine Government ban on travel from the UAE is extended until June 15, thus no flights during this period.
Manila-Dammam-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun)
Manila-Riyadh-Manila
• 6x a week (Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun)
Manila-Doha-Manila
• Once a week (Monday)
Domestic Flights:
Manila-Basco-Manila
• June 14 and 30
Manila-Laoag-Manila
• 2x a week (Tue/Fri) until June 18
• 2x a week (Mon/Fri) effective June 20
Manila-Legazpi-Manila
• 11x a week (Daily, with 2 flights every Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun) effective June 3
Manila-Puerto Princesa-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Busuanga (Coron)-Manila
• Daily effective June 5
Manila-Bacolod
• 2x a week (Mon/Fri)
Bacolod-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Fri/Sun, with 2 flights every Mon/Fri)
Manila-Cebu-Manila
• 5x daily
Note: 4 flights only on June 4, 18 and 25
Manila-Catarman-Manila
• Once a week (Friday)
Manila-Calbayog-Manila
• Once a week (Monday) effective June 7
Manila-Dumaguete-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri)
Manila-Antique (San Jose)-Manila
• 2x a week (Wed/Sat)
Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Kalibo-Manila
• 5x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun)
Manila-Caticlan (Boracay)-Manila
• 3x daily effective June 2
• 4x daily effective June 16
Manila-Roxas-Manila
• 3x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Manila-Tacloban-Manila
• 2x daily
Manila-Tagbilaran (Panglao)-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Butuan-Manila
• 11x a week (Daily, with 2 flights every Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun)
Manila-Cotabato-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Cagayan de Oro-Manila
• 3x daily
Manila-Dipolog-Manila
• 8x a week (2 flights every Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat)
Manila-Davao-Manila
• 3x daily
Manila-General Santos-Manila
• 4x a week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat)
Manila-Siargao-Manila
• 3x a week (Thu/Sat/Sun) effective June 3
Manila-Ozamiz-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Pagadian-Manila
• Daily
Manila-Zamboanga
• 3x a week (Mon/Thu/Sun)
Zamboanga-Manila
• 6x a week (Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sun)
Cebu-Bacolod-Cebu
• Once a week (Monday)
Cebu-Butuan-Cebu
• 2x a week (Thu/Sat)
Cebu-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu
• 4x a week (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun)
Cebu-Caticlan (Boracay)-Cebu
• 2x a week (Fri/Sun) effective June 4
Cebu-Clark-Cebu
• 2x a week (Mon/Fri)
Cebu-Davao-Cebu
• 4x a week (Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat)
Cebu-General Santos-Cebu
• 2x a week (Tue/Sat)
Cebu-Siargao-Cebu
• 2x a week (Tue/Sat)
Cebu-Tacloban-Cebu
• 2x a week (Thu/Sun) effective June 3
Cebu-Zamboanga-Cebu
• Once a week (Monday)
Zamboanga-Tawi-Tawi-Zamboanga
• Once a week (Monday)
The need for a unified set of domestic travel requirements
Domestic travel is a key that will drive airlines into recovery. However, the national government has no mandate for local government units to just implement a more unified set of requirements and to ease entry restrictions. In fact, going on a domestic travel in the Philippines is as complicated as flying to international destinations. Every LGU have different set of requirements which can even be more complicated than getting an international visa.
Now that leisure travel has been allowed by the Inter-Agency Task Force of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), we hope these inconsistent travel requirements by different LGUs would be addressed.
We are happy however that Philippine Airlines is now increasing its flights.
For now, please do continue to check flight updates on the official PAL website and with your respective LGUs.
