February 1, 2018 marked a milestone for Davao’s travel and business community as AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, officially launches its four-times weekly Davao, Kuala Lumpur flights. Although the flight has already been operating since December last year, the event held at the Jade Room of the Marco Polo Davao was the official launch ceremony of the route.
Officiating the Davao – Kuala Lumpur route were Honourable Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, Mayor Davao City; Eden Josephine L. David, Tourism Assistant Secretary; Aireen Omar, AirAsia Deputy Group CEO – Digital, Transformation, Corporate Services and Riad Asmat, AirAsia Berhad CEO.
Aireen Omar, AirAsia Deputy Group CEO – Digital, Transformation, Corporate Services said, “AirAsia is excited about our first international route to Davao. We do not only connect Davao to Malaysia, but we also bring Davao closer to our extensive network of destinations in Asean, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Australasia, the Middle East and the US”.
“We are committed to growing tourism beyond the most famous tourism hotspots. We look forward to work closely with the Davao City Mayor, airport authorities and government bodies to put Davao on the map of must-visit destinations in Asean,” she added.
The direct flights from Davao to Kuala Lumpur connects Davao to Malaysia’s capital city via AirAsia’s biggest hub, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which has the direct connections to regional cities across Malaysia as well as the rest of Southeast Asia. Travellers from Davao connecting to other flights beyond Kuala Lumpur can use AirAsia’s Fly-Thru service that connects flights conveniently from one flight to another with your baggage tagged through to your final destination.
In her speech Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte welcomed AirAsia’s new route “We thank Mr. Tony Fernandez and AirAsia for choosing Davao City as its newest point of destination out of Kuala Lumpur. This route, an expression of your commitment to ASEAN connectivity and the growth of the ASEAN member states is truly a welcome development for the Philippines and Davao City.”
“Air connectivity is a major component in strengthening tourism, business, and foreign relations as it creates more direct people to people linkages and as part of our ASEAN community we are excited for this new route to not only bring our two cities closer but also Mindanao and its industries to our Malaysian neighbours and vice versa.” she added.
The new route signifies the third direct route from Malaysia to the Philippines after Manila and Cebu. AirAsia also connects guests to other cities in the Philippines including Clark, Manila, Caticlan, Kalibo, Tacloban, Palawan, Cebu and Tagbilaran.
As part of the celebration, all-in-fares from PHP1599 one-way are available for booking online at airasia.com from now until 18 February 2018 for the travel period between now until 31 July 2018. The promotional fares are also available on AirAsia’s mobile app on iPhone and Android devices, as well as mobile site at mobile.airasia.com.
Congratulations to AirAsia on making Davao more connected to ASEAN and the rest of the world.
