AirAsia Philippines seeks eased travel restrictions

AirAsia Philippines is backing calls by Philippine local governments to ease domestic travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people. In a Monday statement, the low-cost carrier says it is “strongly backing the calls of local government units to scrap the use of RT-PCR tests as a travel requirement for incoming visitors who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19”. AirAsia Philippines’ CE Ricky Isla states: “AirAsia is 100% behind our [local government units] in calling for a more relaxed travel restriction and requirement for fully vaccinated individuals to lessen the cost of air travel.” AirAsia says that during the dialogue with presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, the local governments of Palawan, Aklan and Cebu have asked for fewer restrictions and more simplified entry requirement for fully vaccinated travellers, while Bohol has called for vaccine cards to be fully authenticated to facilitate travel of vaccinated tourists.<br/>