Asian Spirit Sale

It's time that local carrier Asian Spirit join the seat sale bandwagon for the lean season. Lately, all I am posting here in my blog is the promotions from Cebu Pacific Air, Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines. I commend the humble efforts of Asian Spirit for serving the secondary and even some tertiary air routes in our nation of 7,107 islands that big airlines try to stay away. And now, I am even happier that they announced a seat sale which also now includes all applicable taxes and surcharges. As usual, you still have to pay for the terminal fee in respective airports.

For as low as 989 pesos you will be on your way to for a holiday in Palawan or other destinations in Bicol and the Visayas region starting today up to October 15. The seat sale will be only available up to July 20.

I'm Off to Baguio City... I'll be Back in a Jiffy!

It's raining in the middle of summer? Well, it must be a global warming thing. I hope the weather will be better in the next 3 days (at least in Baguio) as I am very excited to ride a small turbopropeller Asian Spirit aircraft on our way back home. Normally it is just a 6-hr. drive from Manila but why did I chose to take an airplane back to Manila? It's simple, I'm just fascinated with small planes. Yup, I prefer to ride small propeller-driven planes than a Boeing 747 or Airbus A340. I think it would be my 6th or 7th time in Baguio so I am not that excited in what to see, eat and do there. I'm more excited to return in Manila in a turboprop.

I read from aviation enthusiasts that it's so much thrilling to land and takeoff at the Loakan Airport because of the views including the fear of going down a cliff at the end of the runway. Loakan Airport in Baguio is the country's highest airport with an elevation of 1,296 meters above sea level. The runway is short that Airbus A319 or A320 of other airlines cannot land there and because of visibility limitations the airport can only accommodate morning flights as it becomes foggy in the afternoon.

In line with my love of turboprop planes I also bought a roundtrip Asian Spirit ticket to Boracay for next month and I deliberately chose their 1-hr. flight using old Dash-7 aircraft rather than a quicker 35-min. flight using a jet plane.

FREE! FREE! FREE! asian spirit & philippine airlines

Asian Spirit is currently celebrating its 12th anniversary by offering 12,000 FREE SEATS to all its domestic destinations. If you have a credit card, just pay the appropriate taxes and surcharges online in their official Web site and you will be issued an electronic ticket.

For more information you may call their hotline (02) 855-3333. Travel period is from June 1 to October 15.

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Philippine Airlines (PAL) will once again roll out its FLY DOMESTIC ALL YOU CAN promotion starting April 15.

Free 2 DOMESTIC tickets for every purchase of 1 economy class regular fare domestic ticket which are valid for travel from June 15 to October 15. As with all other airfare sale here in the Philippines, each promo ticket does not include fuel surcharge and government taxes.

For bookings and more information, call PAL Reservations in Manila: (02) 855-8888, Cebu: (032) 340-0191, Davao: (082) 222-0366 or your local travel agent.