Philippines and the Rest of Asia — 2009

Philippines and the Rest of Asia — 2009

Sorry I wasn’t clear.  This promo is for 2009.  Full information is here.  I only recommend Cathay Pacific, I don’t sell air tickets or provide travel services, see my recommendations for travel agents here.  As a further note, Cathay Pacifc only list their flights fro  certain US cites, however Cathay Pacific is an American Airlines [...]

December 21st, 2008 by Philly 

New Airline in Town

New Airline in Town

I was happy to see a write-up in today’s news paper that there is a new US-flag airline serving Manila.  Hawaiian Airlines, based in Honolulu is now making four flights a week between Honolulu and Manila.  Continental and Northwest are the only two other US carriers who actually come to Manila and with the [...]

May 18th, 2008 by Philly 

Jetstar Airways Update

I’ve written here before about Jetstar Airways, a discount carrier that flies between manila and Singapore … and from Singapore all over Asia.  I’m signed up for Jetstar’s email offer service and I just got a notice about them expanding service between Melbourne Australasia and Singapore (via Darwin).  Just for fun I ran an availability [...]

April 4th, 2008 by Philly 

Cebu Pacific Update

Cebu Pacific Update

If you’ve read my Airline Information page you’ll know already that Cebu Pacific is my choice for Philippine domestic flights.
They always have some sort of promo going on … sometimes as low as 1 peso fares … no joke.  But even when you have to pay full fare, it’s reasonable … cheap by US [...]

January 3rd, 2008 by Philly