Starts Route Diversion by Winter Timetable
1 August 2025
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carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced that it will start transferring some of its
turboprop-operated domestic routes from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA) to Clark International Airport (CRK) and
Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB) starting Oct. 26, 2025.
PAL said it is complying with the government’s mandate to transfer turboprop operations out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
All of Basco flights will be transferred to Clark while some of Busuanga and Siargao flights will be transferred to Clark airport by October and complete transfer by March of next year. Services
between Clark and Busuanga, as well as Clark and Basco, will increase
to twice daily, while Clark-Siargao flights will continue to operate
daily.
Meanwhile. flights to Busuanga and Siargao to Cebu will be increased to three times
daily, while a new route from Cebu to Calbayog with be launched, with
flights operating four times weekly.
This
Cebu-Calbayog service will replace Manila-Calbayog flights. Passengers
flying out of Manila can still opt to connect via Cebu to Calbayog.
PAL is holding Antique and Catarman until March 2026 to ensure the preservation of essential air links to these provinces.
The airline flies three weekly flights between
Manila and Antique (San Jose), as well as its four weekly flights
between Manila and Catarman.
