Budget airline AirAsia Philippines on Thursday projected a strong rebound in air traffic starting this month until December as top domestic and international destinations attrack bookings in huge numbers from Filipino travelers.
“We see our guests now preparing early for their vacation in later part of this year. This will help us jumpstart our goal of growing our market share next year through the mounting of new flights to East Asia with the help of the reactivation of our Kalibo and Clark hubs,” Ricky Isla, AirAsia Philippines chief executive, said.
The top domestic destinations booked by guests for travel within 90 days include such island destinations as Caticlan (Boracay), Tagbilaran, and Cebu. The top three international destinations, on the other hand, include Bangkok, Osaka, and Narita.
AirAsia Philippines continues to encourage guests to plan their travels ahead with the publication of its operating flights to 27 domestic and international destinations out of Manila, five out of Cebu, and one out of Clark. On the aggregate these total 400 weekly flights.
In a separate development, AirAsia Philippines has partnered with Duty-Free Philippines to extend guests even more chances of bringing home the best pasalubong for the holidays plus the chance to explore Japan and South Korea when they win free round-trip tickets under the “Travel, Spend, Save, and Win” promo.
Starting September 2023, guests flying with AirAsia are eligible to receive up to 5 percent off on all purchases across three Duty-Free stores, namely Fiestamall, Luxe, and NAIA T3. In the same manner, guests flying via AirAsia and other airlines will also get a “Free Flights Fiesta” raffle entry for every $200 spent on duty-free items.
Effective 1 September, AirAsia Philippines will continue to service guests from NAIA Terminal 3 to other international destinations: Macao (daily), Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai (2x weekly), Bangkok (daily), Hong Kong (daily), Kota Kinabalu (3x weekly), Osaka (daily), Seoul (3x daily), Taipei (2x daily), Kaohsiung (3x weekly), and Taipei (4x weekly), and via Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Tokyo (daily) and Seoul (daily).
Domestic flights via NAIA Terminal 2 on the other hand continue to fly to Bacolod (3x daily), Bohol (4x daily), Caticlan (7x daily), Cagayan de Oro (2x daily), Cebu (7x daily), Davao (5x daily), Iloilo (4x daily), Kalibo (3x daily), Puerto Princesa (3x daily), Roxas (3x weekly), and Tacloban (4x daily), and via Cebu to Caticlan (3x weekly) and Davao (3x weekly), as well as daily flights to Caticlan from Clark International Airport.
AirAsia Philippines advises guests to allot at airports a three-hour allowance for domestic travels and 4 hours for international flights.
