AirSWIFT, the Philippines’ 1st boutique airline, has kicked off a new route — Manila to Romblon!
For very some time, the only way to arrive at Romblon is by sea. It turned easier to reach when Romblon Airport (also recognized as Tugdan Airport or Tablas Airport) in the municipality of Alcantara opened and typical flights begun operating to the province. Nevertheless, the pandemic place a halt to its operations. The sea, after once more, grew to become the only manner of industrial passenger transportation accessible.
Quickly forward to 24 September 2022: AirSWIFT experienced its inaugural flight! This makes traveling amongst Manila and Romblon substantially more rapidly, less difficult, and much more handy once again. No require to burn off lots of several hours on a ferry. This cuts the journey to approximately an hour.
As of this creating, here are the facts:
- Terminal in Manila: NAIA Terminal 4
- Terminal in Romblon: Tugdan Airport (Romblon Airport) in Alcantara, Tablas Island
- Journey time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Agenda: Tuesdays and Saturdays (2x a week)
Ideal now, AirSWIFT has an introductory promo masking flights to Romblon. If you’re flying ahead of the yr ends, you can snag tickets for only P3,819, all-in. A lot more data in the graphic down below:
AirSWIFT has four types of airfare packages:
- Promo: This delivers endless no cost rebooking and 7kg have-on baggage. Nonetheless, considering the fact that it is a promo, limited seats are obtainable for this offer.
- Simple: This allows rebooking 5x for absolutely free, but refunding and rerouting are not permitted. No examine-in baggage allowance, but you have cost-free 7kg for carry-on baggage.
- Value: This has 10kg examine-in baggage allowance on major of the 7kg have-on baggage. You can do rebooking 5X for absolutely free, but you just cannot do rerouting.
- Quality: This has the exact same perks as the Benefit bundle BUT with a examine-in baggage allowance of 20kg alternatively of just 10kg.
Note: When availing of the totally free rebooking, you must hold in intellect that fare difference might use.
AirSWIFT works by using the ATR 42-600, a turboprop regional airliner created by the Franco-Italian aircraft producer ATR (Avions de Transport Régional). It seats up to 50 passengers only, which signifies fewer fuss and strain at the airport, even throughout verify-in and boarding.
For a lot more details about AirSWIFT and to check out their flight schedule and fares, go to www.air-swift.com.
Below are the best Romblon resorts and resorts on Agoda. Consider be aware of the location of these properties because the province is an archipelago and the houses underneath are in a variety of islands.
Prepared by: Asta Alvarez
Pics by: Yosh Dimen
Disc: We have been fortunate and honored to be invited by the Department of Tourism (DOT) – MIMAROPA to rejoice the occasion with AirSWIFT and the people today of Romblon. The occasion and succeeding tour was organized by AirSWIFT.