Top Philippine Airlines by Passengers (Domestic + International)

Philippine carriers ranked by combined domestic and international passengers in the first half of 2026, from Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) figures reported by Context.ph and The Manila Times.

#	Name	Passengers (1H 2026)	Share	vs prev.
🥇	Cebu Pacific Domestic 9.03M + Intl 3.41M	12,440,000	—	new
🥈	Philippine Airlines Domestic 2.31M + Intl 3.39M	5,700,000	—	new
🥉	PAL Express Domestic 4.26M + Intl 20,234	4,280,234	—	new
4	Philippines AirAsia Domestic 2.3M + Intl 584,476	2,884,476	—	new
5	CebGo Domestic 976,005 (CAB subsidiary figure)	976,005	—	new
6	AirSWIFT Domestic 176,335	176,335	—	new
7	Sunlight Express Airways Domestic 92,846	92,846	—	new

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Cebu Pacific

new

12,440,000

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Philippine Airlines

new

5,700,000

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PAL Express

new

4,280,234

4

Philippines AirAsia

new

2,884,476

5

CebGo

new

976,005

6

AirSWIFT

new

176,335

7

Sunlight Express Airways

new

92,846

• ⚠ Covers Philippine carriers only. Foreign airlines held about 51.5% of international traffic in 1H 2026 (~7.9M passengers) but CAB’s public summary used here does not break them down by airline — so a full Top 10 of all airlines serving the Philippines is not published.
• ⚠ Combined totals = domestic + international passengers as reported for each carrier. Cebu Pacific and CebGo are listed separately (as CAB reports them).
• ⚠ AirSWIFT and Sunlight Express have domestic figures only in the cited report; Royal Air’s international figure is included.
• ⚠ Only seven Philippine carriers have published passenger counts in the cited CAB summaries — this is not padded to 10.