Domestic Airlines

The most convenient way to jump around in the Philippines is by air, especially if time is essential.  Air fare in the Philippines is cheap depending on the season.  There are also terminals fees to pay for departing passengers, starting at a modest PHP 20.00 in the provinces up to PHP 200.00 in Manila.  Philippine domestic pilots are also the best among the best in the world.  More flights are being served during high seasons to accommodate the influx of tourist and visitors.  Domestic airline companies are working to improve their services.  Flight attendants constantly patrol the aisles checking the needs of passengers.  Upon arrival, business and first-class passengers are ushered to the domestic Mabuhay lounge to relax and feast on a party-like buffet of pastries, finger foods, and sandwiches, coffee, juice drinks, soft drinks, and mineral water.

Most popular domestic airline

Items like explosives, firearms, gas and pressurized containers, poisons, flammable liquids and solids, oxidizers and peroxides, infectious materials, corrosives, organics, radioactive materials, magnetic materials, knives with blades longer than four inches, are not allowed on board.  Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, SEA Air, and Asian Spirit, all serve domestic flights to major cities. Flights to popular resort destinations are served by smaller airlines.

Domestic Flights
Airlines offer a lot of domestic flights.  Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Sea Air, Asian Spirit, and Philippine Airlines all serve domestic flights to major cities. Flights to popular resort destinations are served by smaller airlines.  Travel packages usually require full payment upon booking and confirmation.  Part of the goal of most Philippine airlines is to help promote domestic and international tourism.  Offering attractively-priced seats, these airlines encourage regular passengers and first-time passengers to experience air travel.  Recent statistics have shown that domestic passenger traffic has grown in the past few years.  Part of the reason is the aggressive pricing strategies of some local airlines.

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Domestic Destinations
The main objective of airlines is of course to boost domestic and international tourism in the country.  Offering attractive tour packages, airlines entice passengers to travel by air.  In a country of 7,107 islands, there are a lot of places to visit.  Cebu Pacific is one of the airlines leading the low-fare rates movement in the Philippines. Cebu Pacific links Manila to 21 domestic destinations. Another airline offering domestic tour packages is Air Philippines, with its reasonable fare rates and exciting tours to destinations that quench the interests of travelers.  There are also chartered flights to major domestic destinations serviced by smaller commuter planes.

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Tariffs and Regulations
Philippine residents who travel abroad are required to pay travel tax before their departure. The following are exempted from paying travel tax: Filipinos who live in foreign countries, Filipino overseas contract workers, children below two years of age, and non-immigrant aliens who have stayed in the Philippines for a year. The collected tax revenues are intended to add to the country’s dollar resources and provide funds for government programs.  Important regulations like the limitations on items that can be brought with you on flights and baggage limitations should also be taken into consideration.