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When San Miguel Corporation took over the helm of managing PAL and PAL Express (then Airphil Express), they decided to merge the operation of the two airline companies. Though the two airlines have been long-time sister companies, they have operated almost independently until Lucio Tan sold his majority stake to San Miguel . PAL Express was named Airphil Express before San Miguel acquired PAL The result of the consolidation is immediately evident. First, Airphil Express changed its name to PAL Express. Second, PAL Express stopped all flights that are common with PAL (e.g. Manila-Cebu). Then just recently, PAL Express suspended 35 Express inter-island flights leaving inter-island travelers with no other choice but Cebu Pacific.

Update: Latest PAL and PAL Express Monday Madness can be viewed at this Airline Promos Page . Remember the old PAL Midnight Sale? For those who don't, it is a promotion of Philippine Airlines wherein they offer cheap fares to certain destinations and travel dates every Sunday midnight until 6 in the morning. I still remember the first one back in 2011. PAL's website was inaccessible for almost three hours due to the flood of internet traffic to their servers. Many were irritated, even angered by the unprepared airline company. Slowly though, the succeeding midnight sales becomes more stable.

Low-cost airlines Airphil Express and Tiger-SEAIR announces new service routes. These routes expand each airlines coverage in both domestic and international flights. Airphil Express Now Flies to Batanes and Sandakan Batanes, considered to be one of the remotest provinces in the Philippines, can now be accessed easier than ever. Before, SEAIR flies from Manila to Basco, the capital of Batanes group of islands. But recently, it wasn't anymore in the list of Manila routes available in their website.The sole airline that flies to Batanes is SkyJet. As of today, they are still serving the Manila - Basco route. But Skyjet won't be alone anymore, because just a few days ago, Airphil Express announces their Manila - Basco route starting May 2013. Another new route of Airphil Express is Zamboanga - Sandakan. Sandakan is the second largest city in Sabah, Malaysia. Because of its proximity to the the Philippines as well as the historical connection of Sabah to the Sulu Sultanate...

San Miguel owned low-cost airline  Airphil  Express website had a major face-lift featuring a cleaner and clearer interface for easy booking and management of of your bookings. Here's a snapshot of the new Airphil website: Just like the previous designs, Airphil Express still maintained its motif: orange. But this time, the contrast between the white background and the graphics make it easier to find the function you are looking for like the Manage Booking, Web Check-in and Flight Status. New Payment Options: 7-11, Petron, M Lhuillier One major change aside from the looks is the addition of new payment options. Before, you need to have a credit card to book online. Now, even without credit card, you can avail of Airphil Express deals and promos. Just go ahead with the normal booking procedure until the Payment portion. In that portion, choose "other" payment choices. Just take note of the reference number and the amount. On that same ...

Has it ever occurred to you at one time that you forgot where you  placed your printed ticket? For me, it happens a lot of times. Especially now that most people book promo fares, they have to keep their tickets at a longer time because the actual flight date is far from the booking date. With Cebu Pacific , it's OK. You just have to know the name of at least one of the passengers or the credit card number used, and the confirmation number and presto, you just go the "manage booking" section of Cebu Pacific website and you can reprint your tickets from there. The problem occurs when you are booked with either Philippine Airlines , Zest Air , or Airphil Express . They don't have that type of service. You have to go to their ticketing office just to secure a copy of your purchased ticket. Manage Booking  Service of Airphil Express But things have changed for Airphil Express ! Today, Airphil Express proudly introduces their latest service: Mange Booking. This i...

Low-cost airline Airphil Express announces today that they are giving away 20% student discount on all domestic flights. This adds up to other existing discounts such as that of Senior citizens, persons with disability and infants without seat. The discount is only available for those who will book via Airphil Express ticketing offices. The student shall be enrolled by the time of the booking and must present their valid school ID or registration forms.

Image via Wikipedia As many of you might have already noticed, Cebu Pacific has changed their trademark promo PISO FARE recently in terms of pricing. Last year, I remember booking a round trip ' piso fare '   ticket for my two friends coming from Manila to Cebu. The price was totally awesome, 195 pesos only for (no-baggage). And just recently, Cebu Pacific announces another edition of piso fare promo . This time however, I was a little surprised to find out that the total fare for a two-person (Cebu to Davao) , no baggage, piso fare ticket was amounting to 1228 Pesos. This was a stunning 530% increase! What happened? Well I did a simple investigation. I compared the price breakdown of my previous bookings and compared it to the one I recently done. Here's what I found out. Facts: Cebu Pacific breaks the price of your ticket with these categories: Base Fare Taxes & Fees Web Admin Fee Web Admin Fee (PC) Travel Insurance Excess Baggage Sports Equip...

Image via CrunchBase Remember the contest launched by Planely.com last April 2011? Yes, Planely goes out to determine who is the most sociable airline in the world. The goal is simple, to find out which airline has the most number of passengers who wants to share their flight information. In turn Planely will find a match for your profile. This can lead to having a new friend or a potential business partner. Well, last month's competition was already done. At the conclusion of the contest, our very own Cebu Pacific was crowned as the most sociable airline in the world . The victory was almost landslide, with Cebu Pacific registering a score of 913 and at the far second place was  Norwegian Air Shuttle with 351. Other airlines in the Philippines was also included in the list with Airphil Express was at No.7, Philippine Airlines (PAL) at No.11 and Zest Airways at No.17. But wait! After a month after the competition was concluded, Planely redefined their sc...