AirAsia Philippines recently met with policymakers from Singapore and South Korea — two of its top-preferred international destinations — to reaffirm its commitment to driving larger foot traffic to these countries for the remainder of 2022. The airline is also strengthening its partnership with transportation and tourism agencies present in its routes as travel demand peaks this time of the year.
Singapore ranks third to fourth among top-preferred destinations by AirAsia guests as the airline flies to the Lion City four times weekly.
“We are determined to achieve our pre-pandemic international capacity by Q2 of 2023, and surpass our records come the second half. The demand for international travel is getting stronger every month as more countries relax their border protocols. We plan on increasing our frequency to our current routes and grow our number of destinations before the year ends,” according to AirAsia Philippines CEO Ricky Isla.
Isla, together with AirAsia Singapore CEO Logan Velaitham recently paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Emmanuel Fernandez, Chargé d’Affaires and Consul General of the Philippine Embassy in Singapore to discuss the growing demand for Manila-Singapore flights. Isla and Velaitham also touched on bringing AirAsia’s cargo, BigPay, and Super App verticals to Singapore in service of Filipinos living in the country.
The AirAsia Philippines boss also met with Hon. Yonghyun Choi, First Secretary & Infrastructure and Transportation Attache from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines to discuss the current frequency of the airline to Seoul: Manila (7x weekly) and Cebu (3x weekly). AirAsia Philippines is set to grow its Cebu-Seoul frequency to four times a week come November.
The Filipino airline saw an outstanding demand for international travel at the recently held BDO Travel sale, wherein 55 percent of total sales came from travel bookings going to Seoul, Singapore, Osaka, and Bangkok. Domestically, Caticlan remains at the top of the list of preferred destinations.
The world’s best low-cost airline also recently visited Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco to align the airline’s growth and recovery plan with the vision of the agency for the local tourism sector. Among the highlights of the discussion are the need for better regional connectivity, an expanded inter-island route network, and the promotion of lesser-known local destinations.
Guests traveling from 01 November 2022 to 30 June 2023 can purchase flights at 20% off until 23 October 2022. Check the airasia Super App now, as it readily shows all the destinations for which the discount is applicable for. Promos like these are part of AirAsia Philippines’ commitment to spurring domestic and international tourism demand.