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The following is a list of government-owned airlines. The practice of government ownership of airlines, particularly flag carrier airlines, occurs in many countries. The following is a list of both airlines currently owned by a government, and former government-owned airlines.
Founded as Cebu Air and commenced operations in 1996 as Cebu Pacific. Philippine Airlines: PR PAL PHILIPPINE Manila Cebu Clark Davao Kalibo: 1930 Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines, then 1970 as Philippine Airlines. Philippines AirAsia: Z2 APG COOL RED Manila: 2010
This is a list of airlines that have an air operator's certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, and those with regular font indicate focus cities. For legacy carriers American, Delta, and United, the most strategic ...
Regulation of airports and aviation in the Philippines lies with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). The CAAP's classification system, introduced in 2008, rationalizes the previous Air Transportation Office (ATO) system of airport classification, pursuant to the Philippine Transport Strategic Study and the 1992 Civil Aviation Master Plan. [1]
In the Philippines, state-owned enterprises are known as government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). They can range from the Social Security System (SSS) and the Philippine Coconut Authority with no counterparts in the private sector, to Land Bank of the Philippines , a wholly government-owned bank that competes with private banks.
The airline was founded on February 26, 1941, as Philippine Air Lines when its franchise to operate was transferred from Philippine Aerial Taxi Company (PATCO). [ 3 ] Formerly one of the largest airlines in Asia, PAL was severely affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis .
This is a list of destinations that Philippine Airlines and its regional subsidiary PAL Express have served as of January 2025, consisting of destinations across Asia, North America, and Oceania. [ 1 ]
In March 1954, the Philippine government suspended all flights to Europe, Japan and the United States, only to resume five years later. In three years PAL started services to Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Taipei using Convair 340s [ 1 ] that would later be replaced by the Vickers Viscount 784 , which brought the airline into the turboprop age.