The Philippine unit of Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline said it will launch flights to Osaka, Japan from Manila in the second half of the year.
Captain Dexter Comendador, AirAsia Philippines chief executive, said the airline had entitlements of 14 flights per week between Osaka and Manila. “We are planning to use it in the second semester of the year,” he said.
AirAsia also plans to add international flights from Clark International Airport to Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore this year.
AirAsia launched commercial flights at Clark in 2012 before transferring its hub to Manila following a strategic partnership with ZestAir in 2013. Philippines Air Asia resumed flights from Clark with three weekly flights to Kalibo (Boracay) in March.
Comendador earlier said he expected revenues to reach P12 billion this year and about P15.6 billion in 2018. Last year, the airline posted P10.81 billion in revenues, up 21 percent from P8.93 billion in 2015.