Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will expand its route network to Australia with flights to its fifth destination Cairns.
The service takes flight from December 1 and the route includes an onward leg to Auckland, New Zealand.
"In the long term, the service will drive traffic between Southeast Asia and New Zealand," said PAL chief operating officer Jaime Bautista of the new Manila-Cairns-Auckland route.
Cairns Airport chief executive Kevin Brown expects to see a big boost on tourism from Southeast Asia.
"Through Manila the new Philippine Airlines service will offer even more Asian connections for visitors coming to Cairns and Great Barrier Reef," Brown said.
"The Auckland service will provide us with year round direct connectivity with New Zealand once again linking us with this important neighbouring tourism market, and resort islands such as beautiful Boracay are sure to prove popular with Cairns locals."
PAL also operates from its Manila hub to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane via Darwin.
