Clark International Airport near Manila issued this statement on social media:
The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) is eyeing to resume partial operations at the airport Wednesday, April 24, after the assessment showed the tower, apron, runways and taxiways are structurally sound following the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that jolted Luzon Monday.
AirAsia Zest (AirAsia Philippines) (formerly Zest Air) (Manila), another associated airline of the AirAsia Group (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur), today (December 30) was involved in an incident in the Philippines while the world attention focuses on the crash of an AirAsia Indonesia Airbus A320. An AirAsia Zest Airbus A320-216, registered as RP-C8972 (msn 2826), today overshot the runway on landing at Kalibo on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Flight Z2 272 was operating from Manila to Kalibo with 159 passengers and crew members on board. There were no reported injuries.
Twitter photo by Jet Damazo-Santos.
Zest Air (Zest Airways) (Manila) has rebranded as AirAsia Zest (AirAsia Zest Airways, Inc., formerly Asian Spirit) following the investment of AirAsia (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) through AirAsia Philippines (Clark).
In other related news, AirAsia Philippines will be temporarily suspending flights to Davao, Kalibo, Taipei and Hong Kong from Clark International Airport effective on October 9, 2013.
Flights between Clark and Hong Kong, however, will continue to operate from December 20, 2013 until January 6, 2014 to cater to the strong holiday demand.
Maan Hontiveros, Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Philippines said, “The temporary suspension is primarily to manage costs following the recent grounding of Zest Air by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). This has affected many factors and allocating necessary resources such as aircraft and crew is critical to ensure its recovery.”
“Right now we need to focus our resources to support Zest Air where we have significant economic interest, and we believe in Zest Air’s potential with their Manila based operations,” added Hontiveros.
AirAsia Philippines holds a 49 percent share in Zest Air, a low-cost carrier operating in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Manila; and Zest Air will be carrying the AirAsia brand once it is approved by the CAAP.
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Zest Air: 
All images by AirAsia Zest.
AirAsia Philippines (Manila-Clark) received its AOC on February 8, 2015 and will now start operations on March 26, 2012 on the Clark-Davao domestic route along with service to Kalibo (near Boracay). The initial fleet will be two Airbus A320s.
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Copyright Photo: Terry Wade.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Philippines) Airbus A320-216 RP-C8191 (msn 4989) LGW (Terry Wade) (new airline), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia Philippines (Manila-Clark) received its AOC on February 8, 2015 and intends to start operations on March 15, 2012 on the Clark-Davao domestic route along with service to Kalibo (near Boracay) and Puerto Princesa (Palawan) also starting in March 2012. International destinations of Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau are planned. The second group of international destinations is expected to be Bangkok, Seoul (Incheon). The carrier expects to lease around 14-16 Airbus A320s.
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AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Philippines) Airbus A320-216 RP-C8191 (msn 4989) LGW (Terry Wade) (new airline), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia Philippines (Manila-Clark-Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) is taking delivery of its new Airbus A320s. The new AirAsia carrier is currently going through the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) process. The carrier intends to start low-fare operations shortly from Clark (near Manila) once the AOC is received.
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AirAsia currently only has two routes to Clark:
AirAsia Philippines (Manila-Clark-Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) on August 13 received its first Airbus A320 (A320-216 RP-C8189, msn 4797). The first aircraft arrived at Clark two days later.
The new airline is a joint venture between Filipino investors and AirAsia International Ltd, a subsidiary of AirAsia of Malaysia. The Filipino group includes Antonio Conjuangco, Jr., former owner of Associated Broadcasting Company with flagship television station TV5, Micheal Romero, a real estate developer and port operator, and Marianne Hontiveros.
AirAsia Philippines is the fourth member of AirAsia Group, which now includes AirAsia (Malaysia), AirAsia Thailand and AirAsia Indonesia.
AirAsia Philippines is awaiting its AOC in order to start operating. The airline plans to use the first A320 to fly to Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong. The second A320 is due later this year and will fly to Bangkok, Seoul (Incheon), Kalibo (near Boracay, Philippines) and Puerto Princesa (Palawan, Philippines).
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