After China relaxed its entry restrictions due to Covid, major airlines in the Philippines are ramping up their flights to China. Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, AirAsia Philippines, and even Royal Air Philippines are slowly bringing back flights to different destinations in China mainland.
Allow me to run down which airlines now fly to China and their frequencies.
Philippine Airlines
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Quanzhou (Jinjiang), Xiamen, and Wuhan are among the six Chinese cities that Philippine Airlines is resuming service to from Manila. PAL will operate twice weekly flights to Beijing beginning March 24; however, those flights will operate four times weekly beginning March 26. PAL will begin three times weekly flights to Shanghai on February 14 and will continue until March 26. On or after March 26th, there will be daily flights.
Beginning on February 16, PAL will provide twice-weekly flights from Manila to Guangzhou. On March 26, those flights will become daily. February 14 marks the start of PAL’s twice-weekly service to Xiamen. PAL will start flying between Manila and Quanzhou (Jinjiang) every day starting on March 26. A single weekly flight will still be operated by PAL for flights to Wuhan.
AirAsia Philippines
Flights from the Philippines to Guangzhou and Shenzhen will soon resume. According to their timetable, beginning on February 15 every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, AirAsia Philippines will operate flights between Manila and Guangzhou three times every week.
Starting on March 2, they will also run flights four times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from Manila to Shenzhen. International flights by AirAsia Philippines will all depart from NAIA terminal 3.
Cebu Pacific
The number of Cebu Pacific flights to China is currently unclear, but according to one of their promotional material, the airline flies from Manila to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Despite the fact that the promo still claims that Cebu Pacific flies to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen once a week, twice a week, and once a week respectively, I am fairly confident that the frequency is still going to rise given the less onerous entry requirements and the local airlines adding more flights to mainland China.
Royal Air Philippines
Royal Air flies to two places in mainland China namely Nanning and Nanjing. I am still unsure also of the frequency but I am guessing it can be weekly to twice weekly. Best is to always check the website of Royal Air.
China is a significant aviation market. Before the pandemic, they were really the second-largest market in the world. In the next days and months, additional flights to China are anticipated as China gradually reopens its borders.
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