Flights Manila to Hanoi

Why Manila to Hanoi Is Growing Into a Real Three-Airline Route

Manila to Hanoi covers roughly 1,770 kilometers, a hop just long enough to need a proper mid-sized jet rather than the regional turboprops or narrowbodies that cover Manila's Visayas and Mindanao routes.

Flight Fares from Manila to Hanoi

Return fares on Traveloka start from ₱ 5,512.30. Cebu Pacific is generally the lowest one-way fare of the three, Philippine Airlines sits in the middle with baggage and a meal bundled in, and Vietnam Airlines' fare typically reflects its full-service positioning at the Hanoi end of the route. Because this is still a comparatively thin route next to Manila's Bangkok or Singapore traffic, fares can move more sharply around a single carrier's seat sale than on a denser route — booking around a month ahead tends to land inside whichever airline's current promotion window is running.

How Prices Move Across the Year

Tet, Vietnam's Lunar New Year, is the clearest spike on this route — the holiday shifts between January and February depending on the lunar calendar and empties out much of Hanoi's own workforce for travel within Vietnam, while simultaneously pulling in visitors timing a trip around the festive atmosphere in the capital. Because the date overlaps closely with the Philippines' own Chinese New Year observances in Manila's Chinese-Filipino community, demand firms up in both directions at once. The Christmas-to-New-Year stretch brings a smaller, more ordinary leisure-travel bump. Outside those two windows, the comparatively thin schedule on this route means fares are less consistently cheap in any one month than on Manila's busier international pairings — it comes down more to which specific carrier has a live promotion than to the calendar.

Daily Departure Patterns

Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines split their departures between a morning bank and a late-evening or overnight one, while Vietnam Airlines' flight is scheduled as an early-morning departure timed to connect into its own Hanoi hub operations rather than around Manila's domestic rhythm.

Airlines Flying Manila to Hanoi

Cebu Pacific is the low-cost option and generally the highest-frequency of the three. Philippine Airlines flies the route as a full-service option with baggage and a meal included. Vietnam Airlines, a SkyTeam member and Vietnam's flag carrier, is the one airline on this pairing actually based at the Hanoi end rather than the Manila end, and typically runs the most premium product of the three.

Direct Flights and Flying Time

The 1,770 kilometers between Manila and Hanoi is far enough that no airline bothers routing this as anything but a mainline narrowbody or widebody service, unlike the turboprop-friendly hops common on some of Manila's shorter domestic routes. A one-stop routing through another Southeast Asian hub would add hours for no real benefit, so nonstop is effectively the only option worth booking.

Flying Out of Manila

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)

Because two of the three flights on this route run overnight or late-evening, it's worth checking your specific departure time rather than assuming a daytime slot, since airport curb traffic and check-in-counter staffing both thin out later at night.

Arriving in Hanoi

Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)

Noi Bai sits about 27 kilometers from central Hanoi, a 45-minute to hour-long drive depending on traffic on the approach into the Old Quarter. The airport runs two separate terminal buildings roughly 850 meters apart — T1 for domestic flights and T2 for international arrivals — connected by a free shuttle bus rather than an indoor walkway, so international arrivals land at a different building than a same-airport domestic connection would use. Bus route 86 is the most commonly used public option into the city center, running from early morning to around 9pm at a low flat fare; taxis and ride-hailing cover the same distance faster at a moderate cost and run around the clock.

Cabin Classes on This Route

Cebu Pacific skips the question entirely with a single all-economy cabin, which given how thin this route's overall schedule already is, is what most seats on it are sold as regardless of carrier.

Things to Do in Hanoi

Hanoi's Old Quarter, a single square kilometer of 36 streets each historically tied to one trade or craft since the 15th century, is the natural place to start — walkable in a few hours and centered on Hoan Kiem Lake, where the red Huc Bridge leads to the small, photogenic Ngoc Son Temple. The Temple of Literature, built in 1070 as Vietnam's first university, is one of the city's oldest and most intact historic sites. The Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, a short walk from the lake, preserves an 11th-century Red River Delta art form with several shows running daily. St. Joseph's Cathedral, a French colonial-era church near the Old Quarter, and Dong Xuan Market, Hanoi's largest indoor market, round out a full day of walking without needing to leave the historic core. Egg coffee, cà phê trứng, a Hanoi invention from the 1940s made by whipping egg yolk and condensed milk into a foam over strong Vietnamese coffee, is specific enough to the city that most visitors seek it out at one of the Old Quarter's long-running cafés rather than treating it as a generic Vietnam souvenir.

Festivals and Events

Tet Nguyen Dan, Vietnam's Lunar New Year and by far its most important holiday, falls in January or February depending on the lunar calendar; the most visible celebrations run for three days around New Year's Eve itself, though the broader festive season stretches for weeks on either side. Hanoi's own Mid-Autumn Festival, in September or October depending on the lunar calendar, fills the Old Quarter's toy and lantern shops with seasonal decorations and mooncakes in the weeks beforehand. Vietnam's National Day on September 2 marks the 1945 declaration of independence with a flag ceremony and events around Ba Dinh Square, where the declaration was originally read.

Where to Stay in Hanoi

The Old Quarter itself is the most walkable base, putting Hoan Kiem Lake, the water puppet theatre, and the bulk of the city's street-food scene within a short walk of most hotels, though rooms here tend to be smaller and streets busier with motorbike traffic. The French Quarter, just south of the Old Quarter around the Hanoi Opera House, offers a quieter, more spacious alternative with colonial-era architecture and a denser concentration of upscale hotels. West Lake, further from the historic core, suits a longer stay, with a calmer, more residential character and some of the city's best lakeside dining.

Travel Tips for Manila-Hanoi Flights

Philippine passport holders can enter Vietnam visa-free for stays of up to 21 days, provided the passport is valid for at least six months beyond the exit date and a return or onward ticket can be shown if asked. Longer stays require an e-visa, arranged in advance rather than on arrival. Vietnam uses its own currency, the dong, and sits one hour behind Manila, a small enough gap that it barely counts as jet lag but is still worth adjusting a watch for, unlike Manila's same-timezone Southeast Asian routes. Dong notes run into the tens and hundreds of thousands for even an ordinary meal, so withdrawing cash from an airport ATM on arrival and mentally dropping the extra zeros is a more practical habit than trying to convert every price back to pesos in the moment.

Alternative Routes from Manila

Hanoi covers Vietnam's north; for the south, Manila to Ho Chi Minh City is a separate route worth comparing if your trip is flexible on which Vietnamese city to start from. Every other flight to Vietnam from the Philippines is listed on Traveloka's country page.

Why Book Manila to Hanoi on Traveloka

This route carries far fewer total seats in the market than Manila's busier international pairings, so a fare that looks available today can disappear from a specific carrier's inventory faster than you'd expect on a bigger route — worth locking in a Price Alert as soon as your dates are fixed rather than waiting to compare later. Easy Reschedule is there if your plans shift afterward, and GCash or over-the-counter payment both work alongside the usual cards at checkout.