AirSWIFT, the Philippines’ first boutique airline, has kicked off a brand new route — Manila to Romblon!
For fairly a while, the one option to attain Romblon is by sea. It turned simpler to succeed in when Romblon Airport (also referred to as Tugdan Airport or Tablas Airport) within the municipality of Alcantara opened and common flights began working to the province. Nevertheless, the pandemic put a halt to its operations. The ocean, as soon as once more, turned the one mode of economic passenger transportation out there.
Quick ahead to 24 September 2022: AirSWIFT had its inaugural flight! This makes touring between Manila and Romblon a lot quicker, simpler, and extra handy once more. No have to burn many hours on a ferry. This cuts the journey to roughly an hour.
As of this writing, listed here are the main points:
- Terminal in Manila: NAIA Terminal 4
- Terminal in Romblon: Tugdan Airport (Romblon Airport) in Alcantara, Tablas Island
- Journey time: 1 hour and quarter-hour
- Schedule: Tuesdays and Saturdays (2x per week)
Proper now, AirSWIFT has an introductory promo protecting flights to Romblon. For those who’re flying earlier than the yr ends, you possibly can snag tickets for under P3,819, all-in. Extra information within the picture under:
AirSWIFT has 4 varieties of airfare packages:
- Promo: This gives limitless free rebooking and 7kg carry-on baggage. Nevertheless, because it’s a promo, restricted seats can be found for this package deal.
- Fundamental: This enables rebooking 5x without spending a dime, however refunding and rerouting aren’t permitted. No check-in baggage allowance, however you’ve got free 7kg for carry-on baggage.
- Worth: This has 10kg check-in baggage allowance on high of the 7kg carry-on baggage. You are able to do rebooking 5X without spending a dime, however you possibly can’t do rerouting.
- Premium: This has the identical perks because the Worth package deal BUT with a check-in baggage allowance of 20kg as an alternative of simply 10kg.
NOTE: When availing of the free rebooking, you will need to understand that fare distinction might apply.
AirSWIFT makes use of the ATR 42-600, a turboprop regional airliner manufactured by the Franco-Italian plane producer ATR (Avions de Transport Régional). It seats as much as 50 passengers solely, which implies much less fuss and stress on the airport, even throughout check-in and boarding.
For extra details about AirSWIFT and to take a look at their flight schedule and fares, go to www.air-swift.com.
Listed below are the highest Romblon resorts and resorts on Agoda. Pay attention to the placement of those properties as a result of the province is an archipelago and the properties under are in varied islands.
Written by: Asta Alvarez
Pictures by: Yosh Dimen
Disc: We have been fortunate and honored to be invited by the Division of Tourism (DOT) – MIMAROPA to have fun the event with AirSWIFT and the folks of Romblon. The occasion and succeeding tour was organized by AirSWIFT.