Good news to our friends from Australia. Starting June 1, Philippine Airlines (PAL/PR) will launch services to PER, BNE and DRW. Timetable below: BRISBANE All services operate via Darwin with A320s MNL/BNE 2205/0920+1 PR221 Mon/Wed/Sat BNE/MNL 1010/1800 PR222 Tue/Thu/Sun DARWIN All services operate with A320s MNL/DRW 2205/0400+1 PR221 Mon/Wed/Sat MNL/DRW 2225/0420+1 PR219 Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat DRW/MNL 1500/1800 PR220 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun DRW/MNL 1500/1800 PR222 Tue/Thu/Sun PERTH All services operate via Darwin with A320s MNL/PER 2225/0750+1 Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun PER/MNL 0850/1800 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat This will provide more connectivity, options and convenience to our friends from Australia.
For Cheaper flights you may look for Air Asia: Clark - Sydney (via Kuala Lumpur) for 12,000 pesos one way. Or Tiger Airways Cebu-Perth (via Singapore) around the same price as Air Asia,
For Aussies who live in Darwin, Jetstar is still viable depending on season but return fares from Darwin/Manila are still around the $200 mark or less depending if you catch the friday 4 hours sales.....
Cebu Pacific has also applied for entitlements to Melbourne (MEL) and Sydney (SYD) If approved, flights will start on February 2014 utilizing an all cattle class A330-300 with 436 seats on board... MNL - SYD will depart MNL every MO/WE/FR at 2030H and arrive SYD at 0725H +1 SYD - MNL will depart SYD every TUE/THU/SAT at 08:55H and arrive MNL at 1400H MNL - MEL will depart MNL every TU/SA at 2020H and arrive SYD at 0725H +1 MEL - MNL will depart MEL every WE/SU at 0855H and arrive MNL at 1405H http://www.cab.gov.ph/announcements/item/march-21-2013-cebu-air-inc-cebu-pacific-air?category_id=127
