AirAsia Philippines will resume its Singapore and Hong Kong flights in December to service Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) coming home for the Christmas break.
Some 165,000 OFWs are in Hong Kong and 30,000 are in Singapore.
Beginning Dec. 4, AirAsia’s weekly Manila-Singapore flight Z2-825 will depart from NAIA Terminal 3 every Saturday at 8:00am and arrive at Changi Airport 11:40am. Its return flight Z2-826 will depart Changi Airport at 12:25nn and is expected to arrive at NAIA T3 around 4:00pm.
AirAsia’s bi-weekly Manila-Hong Kong flight will take off on Sundays, Dec. 5. Its Z2-1264 from NAIA T3 leaves at 8:35am and is expected to arrive at Hong Kong International Airport at 10:55am. Its return flight will leave an hour after and is expected to land in Manila at 2:00pm.
“Hong Kong and Singapore have always been key markets for AirAsia primarily because of the number of OFWs present in these economic hubs," said AirAsia Philippines Spokesperson Steve Dailisan.
"This is why we are excited to kickstart the return of our international flights with these routes,” he added.
The Philippines has categorized Hong Kong under the Green list, which means fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to undergo quarantine but will be asked to submit a negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to departure.
Fully vaccinated travellers coming from Singapore, which falls under the Yellow list, however, will be required to undergo a five-day quarantine until the release of their RT-PCR test. They will then be allowed to finish their quarantine at home.