CLARK FREEPORT – AirAsia-Philippines, the country’s newest low cost carrier based here, will fly their first international route on June 9.
AirAsia announced on Thursday (May 10) that it will fly from Clark International Airport to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia starting next month.
To commemorate the launch, AirAsia offers all-in promo fare from P799 one way from Clark to Kuala Lumpur.
The promo will be available from May 9 to 13. Guests who will avail of this promo seats will be able to travel from June 9 to November 30, 2012.
“We are excited to announce that in the next few weeks, we will start operating our first regional route. Business travelers and Overseas Filipino Workers will welcome this new service while it provides tourists exciting choices,” AirAsia Inc. CEO Maan Hontiveros said in a statement.
This new daily route will depart from Clark to Kuala Lumpur at 3:15 p.m. Its return flight from Kuala Lumpur LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) is at 7:50 p.m.
Hontiveros said the new route “complements Malaysia AirAsia’s existing Kuala Lumpur-Clark-Kuala Lumpur flights which have been in operation since 2005.”
“The additional frequency to Kuala Lumpur enables our guests especially Filipinos to have access to Malaysia’s awesome tourist destinations as well as to draw tourists from Malaysia to our amazing beaches and natural wonders in Puerto Princesa, Kalibo and Davao,” Hontiveros added.
AirAsia will operate the new route with brand new Airbus A320 operated by well-trained and experienced flight and cabin crew, it stressed.