菲律宾国家航空公司已宣布减少飞往中国的航班数量，成为最新一家因旅行需求低迷及北京与马尼拉关系紧张而缩减航线的航空公司。该决定是继其他几家如 Cebu Pacific 和菲律宾亚洲航空在内的多家航空公司近期同样削减往返两国航班后作出的。
据彭博新闻报道，菲律宾航空公司首席执行官斯坦利·恩格 (Stanley Ng) 确认了这一减航举措。这标志着中菲间航线数量进一步下降的趋势。
近期，菲律宾航空已计划从北京和广州减少或暂停服务，并在 AeroRoutes 数据跟踪下显示出了这一调整。值得注意的是，该航空公司的飞往中国的航班数量远未恢复到疫情前的高峰水平。
航班削减之举，正值中国对东南亚其他国家如柬埔寨、泰国等提供更便捷且受欢迎的签证政策之际，菲律宾与中国之间的关系也因领土争端和安全问题而趋于紧张。同时，在北京加强对西方国家军事活动的关注下，马尼拉的此类行动引起了中国的不悦。此外，2016年杜特尔特上台以来，中菲之间在南海领土争议上的纷争导致两国关系日益恶化。
中国在菲律宾入境政策中的地位亦逐渐下降，疫情前，中国游客曾是菲律宾最大旅游客群，然而随着疫情及中国与其他亚洲国家的签证放宽措施，这类情形已不再。据统计，2023年，对于菲律宾来说，中国的入境人数仅位列第14位最受欢迎的目的地，国际旅行总流量占比为2.3%。
“中国公民现在在东南亚有众多免签目的地可选择，”独立航空分析师表示，“对于中国游客而言，旅游目的地的吸引力始终在变。当前，菲律宾对许多旅客来说并不具有吸引力。”
当前，菲律宾航空公司每周仅运营至中国的20个航班，包括三班飞往北京的航线。而近期向广州提供的服务相对较少；疫情前，这些城市的航班通常是几乎每日都有运行。
与此同时，菲律宾亚洲航空已自8月底全面停飞中国航点，并且，中国南方航空公司也调整了其在菲航班安排。
总的来看，中国的旅行市场正在面临着来自本土与国际双重挑战的双重冲击：一方面是中国游客出境游需求不旺及对华航班价格优势导致外航流失客源；另一方面，中欧之间签证政策更加便利的选择进一步削弱了菲律宾作为旅游目的地对中国人的重要性。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Philippine Air Cuts China Flights Amid Weak Demand, Tensions
新闻日期：2024-10-01
原文摘要：
is cutting back flights to China, becoming the latest carrier to reduce traffic amid weak travel demand and fraying relations between Beijing and Manila.The Philippines’ national airline Chief Executive Officer Stanley Ng confirmed the reductions to Bloomberg News, in the latest draw down in flights between the two countries. It follows cuts by and Philippines AirAsia among others in recent months. has also pared back its flights to the Philippines. Read More: Manila-based Philippine Airlines will services to Beijing and Guangzhou in the coming months, scheduling data tracked by AeroRoutes showed. The carrier’s flights into China have failed to recover to anywhere near pre-pandemic peaks.The reduction in flights comes after Philippine President online casinos catering to Chinese gamblers, an industry that he said stoked crimes including money laundering.The sector boomed during Marcos’ predecessor’s term in office, , who steered the nation’s foreign policy toward China. At that time, tens of thousands of Chinese nationals descended upon Manila, boosting property prices and consumption.Since Duterte’s departure however, spats over for disputed territories in the South China Sea have relations between the two countries. Manila has also up military activity with western nations to the ire of China. Beijing has not included the Philippines among the dozens of countries to benefit this year from visa-waivers and easier travel into Asia’s biggest economy.Arrivals by Chinese visitors, once the group of visitors to the Philippines thanks to the lure of its climate and sandy beaches, have languished at of pre-pandemic levels. China this year ranks as the 14th most visited destination for Filipinos, for 2.3% of international travel.“Chinese citizens have lots of attractive visa-free destinations in Southeast Asia to choose from these days,” independent aviation analyst said. “The attractiveness of destinations is always changing for the Chinese traveler and at the moment the Philippines is just not attractive.”Philippine Airlines currently operates 20 flights a week to China, including three to Beijing, according to airline data firm Cirium, though services to Guangzhou in recent months were infrequent. Pre-covid, services to these cities were operated almost on a daily basis. Philippines AirAsia pulled all services to China at the end of August, AeroRoutes . China Southern has also its Philippines schedule.China has struggled to woo back foreign carriers more broadly as tepid demand for travel into the country and a flood of flights operated by Chinese carriers in the other direction with cheaper prices push away airlines.
