Flights from Manila to Kaohsiung — Schedule, Carriers, Best Time

Manila (MNL) to Kaohsiung (KHH) is a southern Taiwan corridor, flown nonstop by EVA Air and Cebu Pacific with around 7 combined weekly departures and a 2.3-hour block. Off-peak roundtrip economy fares sit between PHP 11,000-17,000, climbing during Lunar New Year and summer holidays. Mixed traffic — tourism plus OFW factory workers heading sa southern Taiwan industrial parks (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Pingtung).

Route at a glance

7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on MNL–KHH, flown by EVA Air and Cebu Pacific, with a scheduled block of 2.3 hours. 6 weekly fare snapshots are held for this pair, the most recent from 2026-W29. 6 out of 10 is the demand score this site assigns the corridor editorially.

This corridor carries a demand score of 6/10 in our route file and is flagged as a migrant-worker corridor. Read that number for what it is: an editorial 1-10 ranking of estimated Filipino-language search interest, built for prioritising which pages we research first. It is not a passenger count, not a load factor, and not a quality signal about the airlines involved. High-scoring corridors are the ones where seats on the cheapest fare classes disappear first and where the gap between an early booking and a two-week-out booking is widest; low-scoring corridors tend to hold their price longer but give you fewer departures to choose from if a plan slips.

• Distance & duration: ~2.3 hours nonstop, MNL to KHH.
• Carriers nonstop: EVA Air (BR), Cebu Pacific (5J).
• Frequency: ~7 weekly combined departures.
• OFW corridor: Yes — southern Taiwan factory-worker kabayan.

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Best time to book

6 weekly fare snapshots are on file for MNL–KHH, ranging ₱6,351 to ₱17,566 for the cheapest one-way visible in each week. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file. 6 weekly fare snapshots are held for this pair, the most recent from 2026-W29.

We take one reading a week and keep it. Over 6 of them the low was ₱6,351 in 2026-W29 and the high ₱17,566 — a 2.8× swing on an unchanged route, which is the single most useful thing this series says. Week to week the last move was down ₱10,562 (62%) from 2026-W27 to 2026-W29. Method, so you can discount it properly: each point is the cheapest one-way the feed could see in that ISO week, not a booked price and not an average of the market, and a week where the poll caught a promotional seat reads lower than the week either side of it. The band is the signal; individual weeks are noise. A fare inside the lower third of that band is a good one on this pair; a fare above the top of it is worth re-checking a week later before you commit.

Cheapest pockets are late January (post-NYE) and June through early September, when fares dip to PHP 10,000-13,000 roundtrip. Avoid Lunar New Year (late Jan-Feb), Tomb Sweeping (early April), summer Taiwan school break, and Dec 15-Jan 5, kasi factory-worker kabayan rotation plus tourism push fares past PHP 24,000. Book 8-12 weeks out po for tipid pricing. Tuesday and Wednesday departures shave PHP 1,000-2,000 versus weekend banks. Thin 7-weekly schedule means inventory tightens fast — last-minute fares within 14 days are usually mahal.

Carriers compared

2 carriers — EVA Air and Cebu Pacific — are catalogued nonstop on MNL–KHH, filing about 7 one-way departures a week. Base economy checked baggage runs 0–30 kg across them. 6 weekly fare snapshots are held for this pair, the most recent from 2026-W29.

What each operator brings to this pair, from our carrier file:

• EVA Air (BR) — alliance Star Alliance; hubs TPE; 30 kg economy checked; PH brand strength 7/10.
• Cebu Pacific (5J) — no global alliance; hubs MNL/CEB/CRK/DVO/ILO; 0 kg economy checked; PH brand strength 10/10. Cebu Pacific sit outside a global alliance, which matters at exactly one moment: a disruption. An alliance partner can usually be rebooked onto without a new ticket, an unaligned carrier needs an interline agreement to do the same thing, and if neither exists you are buying a fresh seat at walk-up price.

Fare bracket (peso-first)

6 weekly fare snapshots are on file for MNL–KHH, ranging ₱6,351 to ₱17,566 for the cheapest one-way visible in each week. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file. 6 weekly fare snapshots are held for this pair, the most recent from 2026-W29.

Delays and cancellations: what actually applies on MNL–KHH

2 rulebooks cover MNL–KHH from the Philippine side: the Civil Aeronautics Board’s Air Passenger Bill of Rights, which governs the departure from a Philippine airport, and the Montreal Convention 1999, which caps liability for delay and baggage. Taiwan may operate its own scheme for departures from its airports; this page does not track it.

None of the statutory compensation schemes this site sources — EU261, UK261, the Saudi GACA regulation, Canada’s APPR and the US DOT consumer rules — reaches MNL–KHH. Read that as a statement about our source list, not as a finding that Taiwan has no rules of its own: states routinely regulate departures from their own airports, and the civil aviation authority of Taiwan is the body to check before you conclude that nothing applies. What definitely does apply in both directions is the Montreal Convention 1999, which caps a carrier’s liability for delay and for baggage that is damaged, delayed or lost. Montreal reimburses proven loss up to a cap; it pays no fixed sum for the inconvenience itself, so keep receipts rather than counting hours.

On the Manila end, a flight departing a Philippine airport is covered by the Air Passenger Bill of Rights administered by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which obliges the carrier to offer rebooking or a refund and to provide amenities as a delay lengthens. Be clear on its limits: it sets service standards and refund duties, not a fixed cash scale, so a EU261-style flat payment is not what you are claiming.

• Low (Late Jan, Jun-early Sep): PHP 10,000-13,000 (TWD 5,680-7,390 / USD 180-235).
• Mid (Mar, Oct-late Nov): PHP 13,500-18,500 (TWD 7,670-10,510 / USD 240-330).
• Peak (Lunar New Year, Dec 15-Jan 5): PHP 24,000-32,000 (TWD 13,640-18,180 / USD 425-565).

OFW & travel notes

1 classification applies here: MNL–KHH is flagged as a migrant-worker corridor in our route file. Departure clearance is a Department of Migrant Workers process, separate from anything the airline controls. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file.

Two separate systems meet at the gate on an OFW corridor and it helps to keep them apart. The airline owns the ticket, the seat and the baggage allowance. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Philippines owns your right to leave as a worker — the Overseas Employment Certificate, the record of a licensed recruiter, the contract that the immigration officer is checking against. An airline cannot fix a documentation problem and will not refund a fare because you were offloaded over one; that is a separate process with its own timelines. The practical order of operations is therefore: settle the DMW paperwork first, then buy the ticket around the date it clears, then claim the baggage uplift at check-in with the same documents in hand. Book the other way round and the cheapest fare you found becomes the most expensive change fee you have paid.

Kabayan factory workers sa Kaohsiung Industrial Park, Tainan Science Park, Pingtung electronics plants — sulit ang direct MNL-KHH kasi single-ticket walang TPE feeder hassle. EVA Air’s 30 kg base is sulit para sa pasalubong runs at end-of-contract balikbayan. Cebu Pacific is mas mura para sa backpacker-style kabayan na walang heavy luggage. Kaohsiung is Taiwan’s major southern port — beach access sa Cijin Island, Lotus Pond temples, night markets sa Liuhe and Ruifeng. Always carry your ARC kapag OFW. Paano kung delayed? BR rebooks within Star Alliance network; 5J more limited on this thin corridor.

Entry rules for a Philippine passport in Taiwan

1 rule governs entry here for a Philippine passport: Visa-exempt for Philippine passport, 14 days (currently extended to Jul 2025+ under reciprocity), at Free during visa-exempt window, for a maximum stay of 14 days per visit. Verified 2026-05-18. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file.

• Taiwan — Visa-exempt for Philippine passport, 14 days (currently extended to Jul 2025+ under reciprocity); fee Free during visa-exempt window; max stay 14 days per visit. Confirm eligibility before booking — visa-exempt status is on a rolling extension. Official source

Two things this table does not cover, and they are the ones that strand people. A visa grants permission to apply for entry — the officer at the border still decides, and a return or onward ticket plus proof of funds is what that decision usually turns on. And a visa for your destination says nothing about the countries you transit: several major hubs require their own transit visa or a same-terminal, same-ticket connection to be exempt, and the exemption is lost the moment you have to collect a bag and check in again. Visa rules change frequently. Use this as a starting reference only; verify with the destination’s embassy or official immigration portal before booking. For OFW employment visas, follow the DMW deployment process — that is separate from tourist/visit visas.

Kaohsiung as an arrival point

4 facts identify the arrival airport on this pair: KHH is Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH); the local currency is TWD; region East Asia; OFW relevance rated medium. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file.

On arrival you are landing at Kaohsiung International Airport, ICAO RCKH, serving Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Southern Taiwan factory worker corridor. Across the whole Philippine market, EVA Air and Cebu Pacific are the carriers our destination file records as serving Kaohsiung from home — a wider set than the ones flying this particular pair, which is why a Manila routing sometimes opens options Manila does not have. A planning point that costs people money: an airport code is not a city. Big metro areas usually have several airports, and the cheapest fare tends to land at the most distant one — where the transfer into town can cost more than the fare saved. Check which airport your fare actually lands at before you compare two prices, and if you are connecting onward from a different airport in the same city, treat that as a separate journey with its own buffer — no airline protects a connection that involves a taxi.

FAQ

6 questions below draw only on the route, carrier and fare data this project keeps for MNL–KHH. Cache readings are labelled as cache readings, and any rule with exceptions is answered with the exceptions attached. 7 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 2 carriers on file.

Checked baggage and the OFW uplift on MNL–KHH

0 kg is the smallest economy checked allowance among the carriers catalogued on MNL–KHH, and 30 kg the largest.

Checked allowance on this pair, from our carrier file:

• EVA Air — 30 kg economy base, no OFW uplift recorded in our carrier file.
• Cebu Pacific — 0 kg economy base, no OFW uplift recorded in our carrier file.

The uplift is the part people get wrong, so here is where it does not reach. It travels with the passenger’s status rather than with the fare, and it is unlocked at check-in by documents — an OEC or OFW Pass and, usually, the employment contract. Book a bags-free base fare on a low-cost carrier and there is no base allowance for the uplift to sit on top of. Book the domestic feeder as a separate ticket and the uplift does not follow the bag onto it. Fly a segment operated by a partner airline under a codeshare and the operating carrier’s own rules apply, not the one whose code is on your ticket. And the allowance is per passenger, not per booking — you cannot pool it across a family unless the airline’s own pooling rule says so. Verify the number at booking; excess bought at the airport is priced per kilo and is the most expensive kilo you will ever buy.

How much do MNL–KHH fares move week to week? Across 6 weekly snapshots from 2026-W19 to 2026-W29 the cheapest one-way ranged ₱6,351 to ₱17,566. Each point is the lowest fare visible that week, not an average of the market.

Can I claim delay compensation on MNL–KHH? Not under any scheme this site sources. The fallback is the carrier’s conditions of carriage plus Montreal Convention 1999 liability limits, and Taiwan’s own civil aviation authority is worth checking for departures from its airports. Separately, a departure from a Philippine airport is covered by the Civil Aeronautics Board’s Air Passenger Bill of Rights, which mandates rebooking, refunds and amenities but sets no fixed cash scale.

Magkano ang ticket Manila to Kaohsiung? Roughly PHP 11,000-17,000 (TWD 6,250-9,650 / USD 195-305) roundtrip economy off-peak; peak hits PHP 24,000-32,000.

Visa-free ba ang Pinoy sa Taiwan? Oo po — 14 days visa-free; OFW kabayan use work visa.

May direct flight ba galing Manila? Oo po — BR at 5J fly ~7 combined weekly, around 2.3 hours.

Anong airline ang pinaka-sulit para sa OFW? EVA 30kg base; 5J cheapest with promo. Para sa pasalubong, BR sulit.

Related guides on this site

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• OFW flights complete guide →

Updated 9 May 2026. FlyPilipinas is a 14-person Filipino editorial team; content is researched and edited by Filipino travel and OFW specialists. About the author →.