ILOILO CITY – The airport at the resort-island of Sicogon in Carles town, Iloilo province has officially resumed operations.
AirSWIFT, a boutique airline of Ayala Capital Corp., re-launched its Manila-Sicogon and vice versa flights last Dec. 16.
AirSWIFT flies to Sicogon and vice versa every Mondays and Fridays.
Direct flights to and from Sicogon stopped during the pandemic in 2020.
Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) reopened its two Sicogon resorts last January. Since then, tourists going in and out of Sicogon have to travel via land and go through the Iloilo Airport or the Roxas Airport in Capiz province.
With the flight resumption, tourists now have better accessibility to the resort-island that preceded Boracay as a popular beach destination.
It currently operates the 52-room Huni Sicogon and the 26-room Balay Kogon.
By the summer of 2023, Ayala is set to open the Hatch Beach Hostel.
Ten years ago, ALI sealed a joint venture with the Sicogon Island Development Corp. to bring back the tourism glory of Sicogon, which has pristine white sand beaches and lush greeneries.