Flying LOW

Last Feb 6 after plans had been besmirched by several circumstances, I went home and decided to pay old folks a pretty delayed visit. Low on budget, I scourged the internet for online booking of promos. Alas, there is Zest Airways, a relatively new comer in Philippine air travels after it was established in 2008 by AMY Holdings Corporation. 

My round trip ticket to Iloilo costs me only P484.00 all in which means i only have to pay for the terminal fees and land transportations which is about P1,600. Not bad right?

Okay, the cost really is amaaaazingggly reasonable. But what about the services?

Arriving at the old domestic airport for my 4:00 AM flight, the atmosphere was cordial. The guard checking the tickets and IDs was all-smiles prompting the no-sleep and grumpy me to also be affable.  

Understandably, compared to the other bigger airlines, the old domestic airport's system of checking in passengers is less systematic. Probably because of its size and it's just early morning. I wonder how it would look like in mid-day. The situation was comparable to a seaport terminal, noticeable was the panabong doing its morning call at the quarantine area. I looked at it to check if it was in a bayong. LOLz. 

After checking in, I immediately proceeded to the smoking area to get my dose of morning nicotine then proceeded to the waiting lounge. The wait was relatively quick and we boarded the plane with ease. The new plane was well groomed amidst some napunit na bahagi ng upuan. hahaha. The plane can accommodate more than a hundred passengers and is comparable to that of Cebu Pacific and Air Philippines. The crew were young and accommodating.  

What is striking though is the photocopy of passenger's safety instruction. At inannounce pa talaga na ayon sa civil aviation law bawal tanggalin ang photocopied paper. haha. Anyhoots, its the thoughts that counts. Clear namang mababasa ang instructions. 

The flight itself was relatively calm. I was sleeping all throughout. Needless to say, Zest Air is reckoning for its position in the Philippine's low budget domestic travels scenario. A little improvement and it will soon be the wisest choice when travelling light... for the pockets.   

PS: This review is not paid. Ha ha. Mabuti na ang malinaw. At sana makarating sa kinauukulan. LOLz.