Flights between the Philippines and China will increase from the current 99 times weekly to 103 times weekly, said PAL in a statement.
The Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it is boosting the number of flights between the Philippines and China starting March 25.
Flights between the Philippines and China will increase from the current 99 times weekly to 103 times weekly, said PAL in a statement.
The increase in flight frequency on existing routes, coupled with the opening up of new destinations in China, are in line with the country’s national campaign to target two million Chinese tourist arrivals annually, said PAL.
The spike is due to the shift to daily Manila-Jinjiang and Manila-Guangzhou services from the current five times weekly on each route, the airline said.
"These numbers are expected to continue surging in 2018 as PAL further expands flights in the coming months from new Chinese cities: the industrial mega-city of Tianjin in northern China, the commercial trading center of Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta, and the southern city of Nanning that hosts the annual China-ASEAN Expo," it added.
Tianjin, Shenzhen and Nanning boast a combined population of 33.8 million residents – rich sources for Philippine tourism, according to PAL.
The airline's 2018 plans include direct air links to Puerto Princesa in Palawan province from both Tianjin and Shenzhen, and to Boracay from both Shenzhen and Nanning.
Last year, Chinese arrivals rose 43.33% to 968,447 tourists from 665,663 in 2016.