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Air and sea routes to the Philippines
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Most major Southeast Asian airlines have regular
flights
to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, with a few also flying to Cebu.
Hong Kong
is the best gateway to the Philippines because Cathay Pacific has five flights a day and Philippine Airlines has three. British Airways, Emirates and Gulf Air all fly to Manila through Hong Kong and it is possible to get good fares because they are keen to fill seats for the last leg of the journey.
Thai Airways has one or two flights a day from Bangkok , depending on the day of the week. Garuda flies twice weekly from Indonesia and Malaysia Airlines flies from Kuala Lumpur to Manila and Cebu.
Every week or so a
cargo boat
leaves Bitung
in northern
Sulawesi
for General Santos, the Philippines' southernmost city. Boats also sail from
Sandakan
in Sabah to Zamboanga twice weekly. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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