Cheap Flights to the Philippines

In the past few years quite a few major Airlines have suspended or reduced their flights to the Philippines due to lacking passengers or other economic reasons. However, in the same time domestic carrier Cebu Pacific has updated their fleet from old DC9 to a modern Airbus aircrafts and beside domestic destinations, is now also serving neighboring countries like Hongkong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand as a budget carrier.

Since a few month, Air Asia has introduced it's first Long Distance Routes between KL and London and KL and Australia. So with a connection flight from KL to the Philippines, you can come here all the way from the UK to the Philippines for 250,- € or 350,- US$ one way (only if you book early enough). That's a very good price. More destinations in Europe comming soon!

Another way to get a cheap flight to the Philippines is a Balik Bayan or Ethnic Ticket. These tickets are usually offered by some specialized Travel Agencys in your country. For Germany this is Vollmer Reisen in Rottenburg or Kirschner Reisen in Cologne. To apply for an Ethnic Ticket, you must be either a Filipino or married to a Filipino citizen. Ethnic tickets are usually about 100,- € cheaper than a regular ticket and offer other candies like up to 35 kg free luggage or a validity of 6 or 12 month.

The cheapest flights from Europe into Manila or Cebu are currently offered by the airlines from the Middle East like Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways and Etihad. If you are from the US, look out for flights with Cathay Pacific via Hongkong or Asiana Airlines via Seoul in Korea.