Amid the endless fight against the COVID-19, budget carrier AirAsia Philippines Inc finally made its Manila - Gensan inaugural flight on October 28, 2020.
The coronavirus works hard, but AirAsia works harder to give people access to quality yet affordable flights.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, GSCCCII President Elmer Catulpos, and Director Armin Hautea of the Department of Tourism Region XII warmly welcome the AirAsia chief executive officer, Mr. Ricky Isla.
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| Photo Courtesy of Paul Fernandez Llanos |
After a long flight, General Santos City International Airport gave the newly landed aircrafts a water cannon salute as a tradition.
Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao, Congresswoman Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles 1st District of South Cotabato, city officials, and the other AirAsia executives have also participated in the event.
Perhaps, due to excitement, the flight Z2661 arrived seven minutes ahead of its scheduled time (9 a.m). The flight departed from Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 7:03 in the morning and arrived at General Santos City International Airport at 8:53 a.m.
“Finally, we are in General Santos, and we are so happy that we even arrived earlier than our expected arrival,” Mr. Ricky Isla said during the inaugural ceremony.
Isla said the airline persevere to continue with its expansion in General Santos despite the pandemic to principally provide help to locally stranded individuals in Manila and other areas in Luzon in the last eight months.
Besides helping the locally stranded individuals, he thinks that this could also help in bringing the city’s delicacies to Manila, Clark in Pampanga, and “all over the world.”
Scheduled every Wednesday and Friday, the mentioned airline above will have two return flights every week from Manila to General Santos City.
To celebrate this new destination, Isla said, they will offer “two-in-one” discounts of at least 50 percent for airfare and hotel accommodations in cooperation with at least eight hotels in the city once the regular commercial flights reopen.
The booking period is from October 28 until November 1, 2020, for travel starting Wednesday until June 2021.
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