The Experience of Flying Seair

The Experience of Flying Seair

I decided to make this post on Seair (Southeast Asian Airlines) because it is not commonly used by a greater number of people. Seair flies only to Batanes, Caticlan (Boracay), Tablas, Cebu (only to and from Boracay), Clark (only to and from Boracay), and on certain months, to El Nido. In addition, Seair fares are very expensive so only those with a large budget for airfare will opt to use it.

You use the Manila Domestic Airport. This is the lounge facing the airport gate.

The 32-seater Dornier turbo prop plane. The flight going to Basco took 1 1/2 hours. But the return flight to Manila, where they used a Dornier jet, took only 1 hour.

You walk on the runway to board the plane. You do not use the airport tube. Manila Domestic Airport is the oldest airport terminal in Manila so it doesn't have a tube built around it to access the planes

The 32-seater plane has a 2-1 seat configuration. We were seated on the 1st row which only has 2 seats because the emergency exits are located on the 1st row. If you happen to be seated at the last row, then you're unfortunately seated beside the small toilet also located at the back.

Inflight meal is composed of bottled water and a fudgee bar. In the background is the Inflight magazine, which is a good magazine to read on board the aircraft.

The view of the Batanes group of islands from the plane. Since Seair is a small plane it tends to fly low so the ground underneath is more visible from the plane.