ILOILO CITY, February 23 (PIA) — Direct flight services from Iloilo to Xiamen, China will be launched via AirAsia Airlines by September 2016.
This was the special announcement of Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during the Chinese New Year grand cultural show held Friday, Feb. 20 at the Iloilo Chinatown at Iznart Street here.
“AirAsia’s commitment is that starting next year, 2016, by September, they are going to launch the first Iloilo direct flights to Xiamen, China,” he announced.
He said that 80 percent of Chinese-Filipinos from Iloilo City are from Xiamen, China.
“Aside from that, AirAsia also committed to have direct flights from Iloilo to Incheon, South Korea by the last quarter of next year,” he said.
At present, the Iloilo International Airport caters to direct flights for two international destinations – Hong Kong and Singapore via Cebu Pacific Air.
There are three flights weekly for Hong Kong while two flights in a week are scheduled for Singapore.