AirAsia PH unveils expansion plan

BUDGET carrier AirAsia Philippines disclosed plans to strengthen its partnership with the AirAsia Group, after the European Union lifted a safety-related ban on European destinations two weeks ago.

“We are expanding. We will have a board meeting on July 3. We plan to interconnect with AirAsia, the long-haul unit of the AirAsia Group,” said former Philippine ambassador Alfredo Yao, who owns a 13-percent stake the AirAsia Philippines by virtue of the latter’s takeover of 49 percent of his family-owned Zest Airways Inc.