Royal Air Philippines

Iata Code

RW

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Royal Air Philippines logo (large)

Founded in 2002, Royal Air Philippines is a budget airline serving predominantly domestic routes within the Philippines, but also to international destinations including China, South Korea and Cambodia. New destinations for 2024 include Beijing and Shanghai.

The airline was initially specialising in cargo, under the name Royal Air Charter Services, and continues to offer cargo solutions and services. Royal Air Philippines moved into passenger operations in 2018. The airline is headquartered in the Clark freeport in Pampanga, at Clark International Airport. Cebu and Manila are also important hubs for the airline.

Royal Air Philippines operates a small fleet of Airbus A319-100 and Airbus A320-200 aircraft. As is standard for a budget airline, service is typically no frills in order to keep ticket prices low. Services typically do not operate in-flight entertainment, although there is a complimentary check-in allowance of 10kg, plus 7kg of carry-on baggage allowance.