AirAsia Philippines completes IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA)

AirAsia Philippines has been officially registered as an International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registered operator, following the completion of the IOSA audit.

AirAsia Philippines is the fourth airline within AirAsia Group to achieve IOSA certification, after AirAsia X Malaysia in 2014, AirAsia Indonesia in August 2018 and AirAsia Malaysia in September 2018.

AirAsia Philippines CEO Captain Dexter Comendador said, “We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed IOSA certification. This achievement is a recognition of everyone at AirAsia’s dedication to safety and security.”

IOSA is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess an airline’s operational management and control systems and is regarded by the industry as the global benchmark for safety management.

The audit, conducted every two years, covers eight functional and operational areas: organization and management system, flight operations, operational control, and flight dispatch, aircraft engineering and maintenance, cabin operations, ground handling operations, cargo operations, and security management.

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Earlier this year, AirAsia Philippines received its ISO Certificate which gives world class specification for products, services, and systems to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency. ISO 9001:2015 helps ensure guests get consistent, good quality products, and services. This international standard is based on quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation, and implication of top management, the process approach and continuous improvement.

“We are closing this year with two important achievements from IOSA and ISO and it is but fitting to dedicate an aircraft to our hardworking team who we proudly call, Allstars. We are officially launching this month a special Allstars livery bearing faces of more than one thousand Filipino Allstars including AirAsia Group’s management team,” Comendador added.

AirAsia Philippines started with only two aircraft in 2012 when the airline began its commercial operation in Clark, Pampanga, and currently operates a fleet of 21 Airbus A320s from its hubs in Manila, Cebu, Kalibo, and Clark.

AirAsia in the Philippines offers several domestic and international flights from its hub in Manila, Cebu, Kalibo, and Clark. Keep updated with AirAsia’s latest promotion and activities via Twitter (@AirAsiaFilipino), Facebook (facebook.com/AirAsiaPH) and on Instagram (@AirAsiaFilipino).

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"AirAsia now flies to Cagayan de Oro from Manila! The World’s Best Low Cost Airline today flew its maiden flight to Cagayan de Oro today with pilot in command, AirAsia Philippines CEO Capt. Dexter Comendador. To mark AirAsia’s first flight in Cagayan de Oro and to celebrate its expansion in Mindanao, AirAsia launched its newest flight using its brand new Airbus A320 fitted with wing-tip devices or sharklets that enable savings of 4% in fuel consumption or corresponding to an annual carbon reduction of around 1,000 tons per aircraft. The "sharklets" helps reduce fuel burn and emissions by improving the plane's aerodynamics." #AirAsiaInCagayandeOro

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About AirAsia Philippines:

AirAsia Philippines (AAP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of AirAsia Philippines Inc, a joint venture between Filipino investors Antonio O. Cojuangco, former Ambassador Alfredo M. Yao, Michael L. Romero, Marianne B. Hontiveros, and Malaysia’s AirAsia Group Berhad. The airline started its commercial operations in 2012 in Clark, Pampanga and has since expanded to include hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark and Kalibo.

AirAsia currently operates a fleet of 21 aircraft with several flights to and from Manila, Cebu, Clark, Davao, Tacloban, Puerto Princesa, Iloilo, Tagbilaran (Bohol), Kalibo, Caticlan and Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines with international flights from Manila, Cebu, Davao, Clark and Kalibo to Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh, Bali, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore, Seoul/Incheon, Pusan and Bangkok.

About AirAsia Group:

AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia by passengers, services an extensive network of over 130 destinations. Since starting operations in 2001, AirAsia has carried more than 500 million guests and has grown its fleet from just two aircraft to over 200. The airline is proud to be a truly Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) airline with operations based in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines as well as India and Japan, servicing a network stretching across Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the Middle East. AirAsia has been named the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards ten times in a row from 2009 to 2018. AirAsia was also awarded World’s Leading Low-Cost Airline for the fifth consecutive year at the 2017 World Travel Awards, where it also beat a field of full-service carriers to become the first ever low-cost carrier to win World’s Leading Inflight Service.