AirAsia Philippines on Friday reported a 92 percent load factor in the first quarter of 2023, among the highest in all AirAsia airline operations centers.
Overall, AirAsia Philippines’ flight frequency, seat capacity, and the number of passengers carried from January to March 2023 increased nearly 84 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels.
AirAsia Philippines also sold 1.4 million seats in Q1 2023, 8 percent higher than previous, while sales on international seats increased by 70 percent.
The full recovery of the Philippine domestic market and stronger demand for international destinations were seen as the biggest contributing factor to this milestone.
“AirAsia Philippines intends to sustain the momentum by opening more international destinations this second quarter and third quarter. We expect these developments to encourage more guests to fulfill their travel plans as we impact the speedy recovery of the travel and tourism industry,” Steve Dailisan, AirAsia Philippines spokesperson said.
“To sustain our momentum, the airline continues with the push to return to service more aircraft which will be assigned to our Cebu, Clark, and Kalibo hubs,” he added.
With the full restoration of AirAsia’s domestic and international routes, destinations such as Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran, Boracay, Narita, Osaka, and Macao have become the top-performing routes coming from the Manila Hub. AirAsia’s Cebu Hub also performed well in Puerto Princesa and Boracay routes.
To encourage more guests, the budget airline is offering a P55 one-way base fare from its Manila, Cebu, and Clark hubs to domestic and international destinations such as Davao, Cagayan De Oro, Seoul, Kaohsiung, Guangzhou, and Tokyo for flights booked until May 7 and utilized until November 30, 2023.
