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There are two main domestic airline groups doing business as Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, with AirAsia Philippines competing on some international routes. The domestic market is dominated by the Cebu Pacific group which has a 53% market share, followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 31%, followed by AirAsia, having a 16% share.
On August 4, 1984, a Philippine Airlines BAC One-Eleven 500 overshot runway 36 by 30 meters (100 ft) and landed at sea. All 70 passengers and five crew survived. [16] On February 15, 2007, Philippine Airlines Flight 191 from Manila, performed by an Airbus A320, overshot the runway. There were no casualties among 113 passengers and six crew members.
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 .
Only Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific check-in and drop-off counters were left open. Arrivals began closing in 21:30 (11:30) in June 14 On June 14, 2013 at 22:00 PM (10:00) local time, the last commercial passenger flight departed the former Lumbia Airport, signalling the end of a chapter in Philippine aviation history.
Philippine Airlines Flight 434, sometimes referred to as PAL434 or PR434, was a scheduled flight on December 11, 1994, from Manila to Tokyo with a quick stopover in Cebu on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems, although the plane was in a repairable state. [1]
Aerial view of landing field at Loakan Valley, circa 1930s. The airport was built in 1934 by the American colonial government. [3] On March 15, 1941, the first flight of Philippine Airlines performed by a Beechcraft Model 18 from Manila's Nielson Field landed at the airport. [4]
[7] [8] Philippine Airlines operated chartered flights from China, South Korea, and Taiwan in 2018. [9] Meanwhile, Tigerair Taiwan launched commercial international flights to the airport from Taipei on June 7, 2019. [10] Cebu Pacific also launched flights to Hong Kong from the airport on November 17 of that year. [11]
They inaugurated the airport on a flight on board a Douglas DC-2 of the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC). They were welcomed by Governor Matias C. Ranillo, Sr. but the entourage promptly proceeded to Dipolog Cathedral for a thanksgiving mass since the plane almost crashed at landing. Father Nicasio Yebes Patangan was the officiating priest. [3]