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chairwrecker 1st Nov 2010 12:40

Air asia Philippines?
 
A couple of months ago TF mentioned about setting up Airasia Philippines in Clark. Anybody got any news? Would be interesting since Tiger will soon have one foot in the philippines domestic air travel with Seair starting their A320 ops in Clark soon.

chairwrecker 8th Dec 2010 06:35

there it is boys! more pilots, engineers needed soon! :cool:

AirAsia to Form Philippine Venture With Cojuangco in First Quarter of 2011

By Cecilia Yap - Dec 7, 2010 7:00 PM GMT+0800
AirAsia Bhd., Southeast Asia’s biggest budget carrier, plans to form a Philippine unit by the first quarter of next year, Philippine Board of Investments head Cristino Panlilio said.
The Philippine venture will be formed with Antonio Cojuangco, a former chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., and start flying domestic and overseas routes in 2011, Panlilio said by phone today. Cojuangco is President Benigno Aquino’s cousin and a nephew of San Miguel Corp. Chairman Eduardo Cojuangco.
Sepang, Malaysia-based AirAsia may expand into the Philippines as airlines including Cebu Air Inc. increase their fleets and services to meet rising demand in the archipelago. The government has set a target to double tourism arrivals in six years to help spur economic growth.
Today is a national holiday in Malaysia. An e-mail to AirAsia Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes didn’t immediately receive a reply.
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd., the budget carrier backed by Singapore Airlines Ltd., on Nov. 23 said it will lease two planes to South East Asian Airlines or SEAir and form a marketing venture to expand into the Philippines.
SEAir flights from Clark, north of Manila, to Singapore will start Dec. 16 and be offered through Tiger Air’s website.

Sunstar320 11th Dec 2010 07:19

Philippines :bored: Whatever happened to Vietnam..?

fernandeztv 16th Dec 2010 14:57

Airline Industry and Aviation Safety News from Flightglobal
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Excerpt from the article:
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Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia will set up a new joint venture carrier in the Philippines, which will begin operations in the third quarter of 2011.
It will hold a 40% stake in the carrier through its wholly-owned subsidiary AirAsia International, says the carrier. Philippine investors Antonio O. Cojuangco Jr, Michael R. Romero and Marianne B. Hontiveros will own the remaining 60%, with each individual holding a 20% stake."...
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This is great news for the region. AA does for sure have a nice product coupled with cheap fares...win-win for the travellers in the Philippines! :ok:Always nice to have a competing product. ...needless to say GREAT employment avenue for the locals!:D

QAR 17th Dec 2010 11:52

Air Asia Philipines Packages
 
Heard from a insider of Air Asia Philipines package for Captains320:

1.Basic salary : 2 coconuts

2.Sector: 1 Banana per sector

3.Bonus: 365 peanuts/year...performance based..


Really good package..one of the best 320 T&C in the region!!!

cebuano 18th Dec 2010 08:42

Interesting times ahead
 
Air Asia's Philippine unit sees maiden flight in 2011 - Yahoo! Philippines News

onieangeles 27th Dec 2010 04:13

i dont think air asia will materialize, coz tiger air rocks our world in seair mabuhay goodluck guys you have a long way to go.

sbg007 29th Dec 2010 12:00

The best Reply I have read in a long time. Ha Ha:).

cebuano 30th Dec 2010 05:01

we'll see. i heard the package is going to be better than tiger

yano 30th Dec 2010 10:26

will they be hiring local pilots for F/O position?

squarecrow 1st Jan 2011 13:05

Not for 2 coconuts and 1 Banana per hr. Maybe you can hire new graduates from the Koh Samui Monkey School to do that.

onieangeles 2nd Jan 2011 03:02

stop dreaming guys, you cant stop tiger airways, its with us in seair

ILSystem 2nd Jan 2011 06:00

Onie tiger airways will be going to a brighter and better future as long as you don't interfere with the company with your own SOP!

chairwrecker 3rd Jan 2011 00:23

my bet is that the tiger/seair partnership will fall apart once airasia philippines sets up shop.

a345xxx 3rd Jan 2011 00:44

This is turning out into another cock fight between the two Tony's hopefully it ends up with pilots getting a better deal in the Philippines! :)

capt papa bear 4th Jan 2011 03:12

Good for all of us
 
Hi all.
Once Air Asia gets off ground 3Q this year, this will be good for all of us.
Remember this is a 60% owned Filipino company which bought the franchise from Air Asia Malaysia. Thus, its going to be local pilots & cabin crews & mechanics.
No way they will pay coconuts, bananas & peanuts. They wont get the pilots & cabin crews to get off the ground if they do this.
My reliable insider info told me that Air Asia Philippines is more interested into flying the West Coast US (i.e. SFO & LAX) route via Clark using the A340. PAL, watch out!!!
Sea Air/Tiger Air... hmmm...:confused:... not gonna be as big as Air Asia Phils... the Singaporean partners are not as enthusiastic as TF & his partners. Bear in mind that TC is first cousin of Pnoy... my best guess is he'll get the routes (and a lot more) for Air Asia Phils.
Cheers everyone.:ok:
The future is looking bright... I gotta wear shades!!! :cool:

a345xxx 4th Jan 2011 05:02

If they do go to LAX and SFO it would work out nicely for AK X as it would merge nicely into their network! Not just PAL but a lot of other carriers better watch out.......

chairwrecker 5th Jan 2011 00:24

AK flying to the US makes a lot of sense but it's not exactly a secret that every airline in the country wants to do that. 5J and Zest both have ambitions to fly transpac once the Philippines gets out of FAA Category 2. AK's edge is that they already have the equipment to do it, while the others will still have to get those big aircraft. :D

my oh my, PAL will definitely die once this happens. their US flights are the only ones keeping them alive. no wonder people chuckle whenever you hear old boy Jimmy B saying PAL isn't against Open Skies lol! :rolleyes:

ACORD 5th Jan 2011 06:39

Gotta get to FAA CAT 1 first.... And with PNoy's cronies playing politics at CAAP that may take a while.

arigato 5th Jan 2011 11:37

Re-Cat I Restriction (FAA)
 
Does it apply to Air Asia? :confused: Will anyone elaborate further?

Anyway, Air Asia Philippines is a "FORCE" to reckon with considering the "powerful players" behind its establishment.

Does anyone know how much is the total package? Where to apply?

I'm just wondering if it is worth leaving my current outfit right now. :)


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