Low-cost airline AirAsia Philippines continues to forge a strong alliance with the Department of Tourism as well as to its counterparts in Singapore and South Korea for the promotion of local and international tourism.
Low-cost carrier AirAsia Philippines has strengthened its partnership with transportation and tourism agencies as travel demand peaks this fourth quarter of 2022.
The local carrier said it "recently met with policy makers from South Korea and Singapore - two of its top-preferred international destinations - to reaffirm AirAsia's commitment to driving larger foot traffic to these countries this Q4."
It added that AirAsia Philippines CEO Ricky Isla and AirAsia Singapore CEO Logan Velaitham recently paid courtesy visit to Dr. Emmanuel Fernandez, Charge d'Affaires and Consul General of the Philippine Embassy in Singapore, to discuss growing demand for Manila-Singapore flights.
Singapore ranks third to fourth of top-preferred destinations by AirAsia guests as the airline flies to the Lion City four times weekly.
The two executives also discussed bringing AirAsia's cargo, BigPay and Super App verticals to Singapore to service Filipinos living in the country.
Isla also met with Honorable Yonghyun Choi, First Secretary and Infrastructure and Transportation Attache from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines, to talk about 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 December, the airline management said.
"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," Isla said.
Isla said they saw an outstanding demand for international travels 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 to top the list of preferred destinations.
He added that they also 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.
With the increase of domestic and international tourism demand, AirAsia Philippines rolls out regular promos for guests travelling from November 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 can purchase flights at 20 percent off until October 23.
"The airasia Super App readily shows all the destinations to which the discount is applicable for."
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