AirAsia launches new Cebu hub

AirAsia marked a significant milestone in its regional growth with the official launch of Cebu as its latest hub within the Philippines, underscoring the airline’s dedication to progress and connectivity throughout Asean. The new hub will function a strategic gateway to reinforce accessibility between the Philippines and the remainder of Asia, together with Malaysia, leveraging Cebu’s place as one of many nation’s fastest-growing tourism and enterprise centres. With this improvement, AirAsia is about to additional solidify its standing because the Philippines’ fastest-growing low-cost provider.

Cebu will now be a part of Manila as a key working hub for AirAsia Philippines (flight code Z2), enabling the airline to broaden its attain to extra home and worldwide locations. For Malaysian travellers, this transfer opens up smoother connections to the Visayas and Mindanao areas, in addition to improved entry to in style leisure locations resembling Bohol, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.

Set to formally take off on 15 November 2025, AirAsia Philippines will fly Cebu-Kuala Lumpur-Cebu (14x weekly), Cebu-Davao-Cebu (18x weekly), Cebu-Caticlan-Cebu (11x weekly), Cebu-Iloilo-Cebu (4x weekly), and Cebu-Macao-Cebu (3x weekly).

Amanda Woo, Group Chief Commercial Officer of AirAsia, stated: “The reopening of the Cebu hub signals AirAsia Group’s strong commitment to the Philippines, exploring new gateways that will drive great economic opportunities. This shall allow travellers from the southern part of the country to directly access over 130 destinations across Asean, North Asia and Europe via our mega hub in Kuala Lumpur. We laud our partners from the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA), the Philippine Government and other stakeholders for ensuring the success of this comeback initiative.”

Via this new hub, AirAsia company can now take pleasure in direct connectivity between Cebu and the airline’s fundamental hub in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur with promotional all-in-one-way fares from solely RM288*. In addition, travellers from Cebu will get to entry Greater China affordably through direct connectivity to Macao.

From now until 21 September 2025, company can ebook direct flights through Cebu by means of MOVE app from as little as PHP904* for all-in-one-way fares for journey between 15 November 2025 and 28 March 2026. The promotion fare covers newly reopened routes from Cebu, together with Iloilo, Caticlan and Davao.

Located within the coronary heart of the Visayas, Cebu is a key hub for AirAsia within the Philippines, serving as a key gateway to the central and southern area of the nation. With seamless connectivity to stunning islands like Bohol, Siquijor, and Dumaguete, Cebu is the right base for island-hopping adventures, nature escapes and heritage experiences that transcend the standard vacationer path.

The Cebu hub will initially serve flights to 5 mixed home and worldwide locations, with additional progress anticipated within the coming months. This growth aligns with AirAsia’s ongoing efforts to construct a stronger multi-hub technique within the Philippines whereas maximising synergies with the broader AirAsia community in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.