Official Philippine Holiday

As early as this month, you can plan your travel vacation to coincide with the expected holidays. That way, you can have more days to spend and extend your vacation.

The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2009 shall be observed in the Philippines:

Regular Holidays

Maundy Thursday April 9
Good Friday April 10
Araw ng Kagitingan April 6 (Monday), Monday nearest April 9
Labor Day May 1 (Friday)
Independence Day June 12 (Friday)
National Heroes Day August 31 (Monday), Last Monday of August
Bonifacio Day November 30 (Monday)
Rizal Day December 30 (Wednesday)

Special (Non-Working) Days

Ninoy Aquino Day August (Friday)
All Saints Day November 1 (Sunday)
Additional special (non-working) day November 2 (Monday)
Additional special (non-working) day December 24 (Thursday)

I post this without permission, Originally posted @

http://www.pinoytravelblog.com/travel-tips/863/official-philippine-holidays-for-2009:

ZestAir Promo

THE WARMTH OF SUMMER

Summer is here again, and we welcome the season with open arms. For as the temperature outside begins to rise, so does the peak season for travel.

This is the time of year when students get their much needed break from school. Most plan for the annual barkada outing and fly to their favorite beach destinations. Others look forward to going back to their home towns to visit relatives. Most mothers grad this chance to take her brood on a holiday for that essential family bonding. And even if you hear the fathers complain about those unavoidable expenses that travel entails, believe me, they too look forward to taking a break from their daily routine for some rest and recreation with loved ones.

Last December, our Airbus 320 began flying to and from Cebu daily. In March, our Airbus-serviced routes will include Bacolod, Davao, Kalibo, Iloilo, Tacloban and Tagbilaran.

Also on the list of new regular routes starting this March are: Legaspi, Naga and Puerto Princesa.

Zest Airways Inc. is barely six months old and we are glad to be able to fly you to 18 local destinations. As a very young airline, we are constantly faced with obstacles and challenges… birth pains. But we are unfazed.

Our commitment to serve does not stop with opening more domestic routes. We are constantly on our toes in finding ways to serve you better. Right now, our efforts are geared towards breaking Philippine boarders and hopefully by the middle of this year, we will be flying you to select Southeast Asian neighbors.

So enjoy the warmth of the season, whether it be with friends, family or colleagues. Our new airline has lifted off, slowly but surely… and we are happy to have you with us as we rise to greater heights.

Welcome aboard!

-From ZestAir  Visit Website

AirAsia serving Clark Airport

I was surfing in the internet and look what I found. A flight to Singapore/Kuala Lumpur for as low as 1,200++

Its pretty cheap. Fuel surcharges and taxes excluded but I think its a good deal.

AirAsia Profile

AirAsia operates over 200 flights a day, to over 75 domestic and international routes covering Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Australia, United Kingdom, India and the Philippines.

In 2007, 19 new routes had been introduced over the AirAsia wide network. These include routes from Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast (Via AirAsia X), Vientiane, and Banda Aceh; and the connection of Southern China (Macau and Shenzhen) with different Malaysian hubs and Bangkok. In 2008, new routes were introduced which included destinations in India and China.^[20][21]

Future plans include:

• AirAsia has gained approval from Indian authorities to start flying to destinations in India (Chennai, Madurai, Kochi)
• AirAsia is seeking to set up a hub in Malacca serving Medan, Pekan Baru, Palembang, Padang, Penang and Langkawi 
• New route for Penang to Macau will begin in 1 March 2009 with 4 flights from Penang to Macau and 3 flights from Macau to Penang per week.
• AirAsia will introduce flights from Penang to Singapore and Singapore to Jakarta soon in line with the ASEAN Air Service Liberalisation.
• AirAsia wants to expand its network in The Philippines, particularly in the city of Cebu, Davao City, Manila and Zamboanga City.
• AirAsia Bhd will fly to new destinations in China and Taiwan in 2009, these new destination are Tianjin, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi’an in China as well as Taipei by AirAsia X and Kaoshiung in Taiwan by AirAsia.
• According to AirAsia Website, there are some upcoming routes will be launch soon include Singapore - Jakarta, Singapore - Bali, Singapore - Bandung, Singapore - Yogyakarta and Bali - Perth.
• AirAsia will soon open new routes of Surabaya - Kota Kinabalu and Surabaya - Kuching.
• Thai AirAsia has planned new routes to India (BKK-Calcutta and BKK-Amritsar) and China in year 2009

Visit AirAsia

Airfare promo

Cebu Pacific Air is once again doing round-trip promo fares across Asia and the Philippines. The following airline ticket prices are the current promos being offered by CebuPacific which is valid in 2009 (see dates below):

Manila, Philippines to Osaka, Japan (one-way trip): Php1,999
Manila to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Taipei, Taiwan and Singapore: Php799
Manila to Kota Kinabalu, Macau and Hoh Chi Min: Php299
Davao to Hong Kong: Php799
Cebu to Singapore, Hong Kong: Php799

These Cebu Pacific promo fares are exclusive of fuel surcharges, insurance and government taxes. Sale period starts January 23 to February 15, 2009. Flight schedule starts February 1 to April 30, 2009.