AirAsia Inc (Philippines) has received its commercial air carrier certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and plans to lease up to 16 Airbus 320 planes to service domestic and international routes.

AirAsia Inc. is a 60-40 joint venture between Filipino investors Antonio O. Cojuangco, Michael L. Romero and Marianne B. Hontiveros, and Malaysia’s AirAsia International Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AirAsia Berhad.

AirAsia Inc. CEO Marianne Hontiveros said: "With the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark, Angeles, Pampanga as our hub, we look forward to revitalising tourism and significantly increasing passenger traffic at DMIA.

“In the coming weeks, we will begin our domestic and international operations using two brand new Airbus A-320s flown in from the Airbus factory in Toulouse.”

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