AirAsia just lately launched its To the Philippines with Love initiative as a method of supporting regional resilience inside ASEAN.
This specific programme was created to support restoration efforts following current pure disasters that hit the Philippines, notably the highly effective earthquake that hit Cebu in addition to Typhoon Kalmaegi.
By taking part in its half in expressing solidarity with its Southeast Asian neighbour, AirAsia will donate PHP15 for each seat offered from now till 14th January 2026 to support native storm reduction and restoration programmes.
One ASEAN household
Capital A chief government and AirAsia Aviation Group advisor Tony Fernandes mentioned: “Connectivity has always been at the heart of what we do, and it goes beyond flights or routes. As one ASEAN family, in times like these, uniting to help one another is not just the right thing to do, it is who we are. Our hearts are with everyone affected in the Philippines, including our own Allstars. We hope AirAsia’s contribution can bring hope, and help rebuild businesses and enable local residents to get back on their feet.”
The donation shall be disbursed by AirAsia Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the airline group, to support reduction and rebuilding tasks, prioritising group infrastructure and coaching and consciousness to strengthen the capability of susceptible communities to reply to future calamities.
AirAsia Foundation government director Yap Mun Ching added: “At AirAsia Foundation, one of our main priorities involves helping communities rebuild stronger after a disaster. As the focus shifts from emergency relief to recovery in these communities, we leverage our network of social enterprises and trusted partners to connect resources with communities in need, supporting them to restore homes and livelihoods and make a meaningful difference for those affected.”
Boosting disaster resilience
Among current recipients of the Foundation’s disaster resilience grants in 2024 is Bike Scouts, a social enterprise with greater than a decade of on-ground disaster response expertise throughout the Philippines, to present important communication entry to communities remoted by typhoons, floods and different pure occasions.
In 2025, AirAsia Foundation accepted a grant for Arkomjogja, the implementer of previous rebuilding and resilience programmes in Indonesia, to doc classes learnt and disseminate information on the organisation’s community-driven post-disaster restoration mannequin.
AirAsia Foundation has a long-standing report of helming AirAsia’s post-disaster campaigns in Asean. Since its institution in 2012, the Foundation has raised and distributed over US$4 million to fund responses to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2013), the Palu tsunami (2018), and the Malaysian floods (2021), amongst others.
The Foundation has additionally awarded greater than US$670,000 in social enterprise grants throughout seven Asean nations, supporting impactful ventures that tackle poverty alleviation, promote sustainable livelihoods, and construct local weather resilience.
The donation from AirAsia is as well as to the airline’s ongoing post-earthquake support for presidency companions by means of humanitarian flights.
In coordination with authorities authorities, AirAsia transported search-and-rescue groups of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and important rescue tools to support emergency reduction missions in Cebu.
