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Election season triggers increased mobility in PH, AirAsia supports further with B1T1 PILI-Pinas promo

AirAsia Philippines confirms high domestic seat bookings coming into the second quarter of 2022 vis-a-vis election season, indicating an increase in interzonal mobility across the nation. The world’s best low-cost airline has booked a total of 63,524 seats in the seven days leading to May 09 and 50,284 seats in the week that ensues.

The demand for air transport is indeed increasing and AirAsia Philippines is keen on supporting this demand and the right of Filipinos to suffrage. Effective until May 01, the Buy 1 Take 1 Para sa PILI-Pinas promo of AirAsia is geared at encouraging more Filipinos to participate in this year’s national elections. Guests can fly in pairs for the price of one from and to Manila, Clark, Cebu, and any AirAsia domestic destination. The promo is complemented by low base fares, which start from as low as Php 188.

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airasia Super App officially launched in PH, set to excite and further grow e-commerce

The airasia Super App, ASEAN’s fastest-growing integrated digital travel and lifestyle platform, has officially arrived in the Philippines! The newest Super App entrant in the Philippines is aiming to further stimulate the country’s strong e-commerce market.

The airasia Super App, a digital venture of Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia Group), is expected to change the local e-commerce game as it is the first and only one-stop-shop travel and lifestyle app in the country.

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airasia aims to propel travel rebound, launches Super+ Pass

airasia furthers its efforts in supporting travel rebound with the launch of its latest product – the revolutionary SUPER+ subscription plan. The plan is available for purchase across Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines concurrently until 02 April 2022.

The travel and lifestyle brand is confident that its latest product can aid in the boost of local and international tourism, especially for the destinations within the airasia network. AirAsia Philippines alone has sold more than 300,000 seats to date for its domestic flights from April to June 2022. The demand for air travel is expected to rise even more in the coming months with the relaxation of domestic and global borders.

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AirAsia PH launches Vaccinated Travel Lane for Manila-Singapore flights

Guests traveling between the Philippines and Singapore will now have a much more seamless, convenient and safer travel experience as AirAsia Philippines launches the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) for its Manila-Singapore flights. Through VTL, tourists may visit the Lion City sans the need to undergo quarantine, making a more seamless travel experience possible. The first AirAsia VTL flight will depart Manila on 5th March 2022.

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Love is in Vacay: AirAsia PH rolls out flight promos to these top destinations in time for Love Month

The world’s best low-cost airline, AirAsia is inviting Filipinos to celebrate their love this Valentine’s Day at various romantic spots – dropping its base fare to as low as Php 114 to key destinations.

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AirAsia Philippines’ SimplyFly campaign leverages digital reach for information dissemination

Manila, Philippines, 27 January 2022 – Filipinos have proven time and again that they are among the world’s top digital citizens, growing hours spent online every year consuming content on various interests – travel included. Given this and the perpetually changing dynamics in travel and aviation, AirAsia Philippines has launched its SimplyFly: Traveling Made Simple online information campaign.

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Ancillary products set to drive additional revenue for air carriers in 2022

Manila, Philippines, 20 January 2022 – Five out of ten Filipinos avail of ancillary products or add-on purchases while traveling via air transport, as shown in a recent survey commissioned by AirAsia Philippines. Dominating the list of most purchased ancillary products are additional baggage allowance and in-flight meals.

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7 out of 10 Filipinos pushing through with air travel in 2022, AirAsia survey shows

The new year may have started out bleak for the Philippines with the new surge in COVID-19 cases. To better understand, however, the travel behavior of Filipinos in 2022 amid the emergence of new variants and implementation of reworked protocols, AirAsia Philippines has commissioned a survey with big-data analytics firm, Tangere.

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AirAsia Philippines CFO takes seat in ACPACI Board

AirAsia Philippines Chief Finance Officer Ray Cauilan Berja has been appointed as one of the board of directors of the Association of Public Accountants in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI), taking office from January to December 2022. The 48-year old organization held its online national elections end-year 2021, electing Berja and other leaders from the Philippine finance industry as officers, such as 2021 Outstanding CPA in the Commerce and Industry and CEO of Red Chef and Events Specialist, Aphat C. Martinez Jr.; veteran CFO Lito Diga of United Laboratories; SGV’s Chief Financial Officer Catherine Lopez; President of Infocycle Solutions Rowena Lemen; Director of Isla Lipana and Co. Floredee Odulio; and VP of the Center for Internal Audit Services of the Philippines Alejandro Palacio.

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AirAsia Philippines optimistic of improved 2022 performance, shares forecast on local aviation

AirAsia Philippines has gained a stronger footing versus its pre-pandemic domestic market share as it bids farewell to 2021, maintaining its optimism for sustained growth momentum in the coming year. The world’s best low-cost airline has grown its domestic market share to 19 percent this year, climbing 3.5 notches up from its 15.5 percent share in 2019.

The low-cost airline has also peaked at 95 percent load factor over the course of the recent holiday period, while ending December at 88 percent – both record-high figures over the past 1.5 years. In the month of December, AirAsia Philippines ranked third most popular airline in terms of flight bookings among AirAsia territories, following Malaysia and Thailand.

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