Zest Airways, the Philippine carrier, is targeting growth of passenger volume by more than 50% this year. The airline is also planning to add more international flights.

Alfredo H. Herrera, chief marketing and sales officer, said: “We want to increase our international traffic to at least half a million.” To meet targets, Zest Air will be launching its Manila-Incheon flight on June 28, Manila-Shanghai flight on July 25, Manila-Kuala Lumpur flight in October. Herrera confirmed that the airline will soon also launch flights to Hong Kong and offer flights to Australia. The Hong Kong announcement was probably caused by AirAsia’s request to regulators to use Zest Air’s 1,250 unused seat entitlements for the route. Zest Air is also planning to use their seat allotments to Japan once