Budget Airlines in Southeast Asia
Travelling in this region has greatly improved in the last few years mainly because of the increase in budget airlines in Southeast Asia. These budget airlines lacks the luxury of other big airlines but compensates it with very low cost airfare.
These budget airlines also flies to smaller islands and cities which helped those places become accessible to tourists and businessmen alike.
Here’s a list of the budget airlines in Southeast Asia.
Philippines
Cebu Pacific Airlines:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
International: Flies to select destinations in China, Japan, Cambodia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea.
Airphil Express:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
International: Flies to Singapore
Seair:
Local: Flies to various Batanes, Clark, Caticlan (Boracay), El Nido, Taytay, Tablas and Vigan
International: Flies to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore
ZestAir:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
International: Flies to Seoul and Pusan in South Korea and Shanghai and Chengdu in China
Kang Pacific:
Local: N/A
International: Flies to Fujairah in UAE
Sky Pasada:
Local: Flies to Boracay, Basco, Itbayat, Palanan and Tuguegarao
International: N/A
Singapore
Tiger Airways:
International: Flies to select destinations in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia
Jetstar:
International: Flies to select destinations in Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Honolulu and Vietnam
Malaysia
Air Asia:
Local: Flies to select destinations in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah
International: Flies to select destinations in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam
MASwings:
Local: Flies to select destinations in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah
International: Flies to Brunei
Firefly:
Firefly flies from Subang to Penang, Langkawi, Kota Bharu, Kuala Terengganu, Kerteh, Johor Bahru and Alor Setar. Regional routes are Koh Samui, Medan, Pekanbaru and Batam. Firefly has also started its new route to Singapore from Subang, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu and Kuantan. At the same time, Firefly also flies from its other hub in Penang to Subang (Kuala Lumpur), Langkawi. Regional routes are Phuket, Banda Aceh and Medan.
Thailand
NokAir:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Thailand
Orient Thai:
Local: Flies to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai and Phuket
Vietnam
Jetstar Pacific:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Vietnam
International: Flies to select destinations in Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
Indonesia
Lion Air:
Local: Flies to various destinations in Indonesia
International; Flies to select destinations in Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam
Hopefully more budget airlines get launched in the future to various destinations across Southeast Asia.
