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A return trip
to Palawan?
Yes, please!
More flights
for summer
CEBU PACIFIC (CEB) is set to add more
domestic fl ights in time for the summer
peak season in the Philippines. This
coincides with the arrival of two brand-new
Airbus A320 aircraft from Toulouse, France
this March 2012.
The Cebu-Dipolog, Cebu-Legazpi and
Cebu-Pagadian routes will become daily
ones from February 8 to June 15, 2012;
while three weekly fl ights will be added to
the Cebu-Puerto Princesa route, making it
10 times weekly from March 17 to June 4,
2012. There will be four daily fl ights from
Manila to Legazpi and Puerto Princesa
from March 24 to April 25, 2012 as well.
March and April will also see fl ight
frequency increases for the Cebu-Bacolod,
Cebu-Caticlan, Cebu-Davao and Cebu-
Siargao routes. Passengers can choose
more fl ights from Manila to Cebu (99
weekly fl ights), to Bacolod (40 weekly
fl ights), and to Iloilo (49 weekly fl ights).
airline news
Fly higher, go
farther...the sky's
the limit!
Going the distance
Cebu Pacifi c unveils plans for budget long-haul fl ights
THE PHILIPPINES’ largest national fl ag
carrier, Cebu Pacifi c (CEB), will commence
long-haul fl ights in the third quarter of 2013.
The airline will lease up to eight Airbus A330-
300 aircraft to serve new markets beyond the
range of CEB’s current fl eet of Airbus A320
aircraft. The Airbus A330 has a range of up
to 11 hours, which means CEB could serve
markets such as Australia, the Middle East,
parts of Europe and the US. The aircraft is
one of the most commonly used wide-body
aircraft in operation today, given its highly
reliable operating statistics.
“The A330-300 will give us the lowest
cost per seat, allowing us to drive long-haul
fares 35 percent lower than those currently
offered by other airlines, and as much as 80
percent lower when CEB offers promo fares.
This aircraft type is very well suited to the kind
of network we want to build and the routes we
want to launch,” says Lance Gokongwei,
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CEB President and CEO.
“We are exploring serving cities where
large Filipino communities reside — Europe,
the Middle East, Oceania and the US. Data
indicates that more than half of Filipinos
deployed in these regions take multiple stops
and connecting fl ights, because no home
carrier can fl y them there non-stop,” he adds.
Gokongwei also cites Saudi Arabia as an
example, where only 165,000 passengers
fl ew direct non-stop fl ights from Manila
(according to Civil Aeronautics Board 2010
data), compared to 293,000 Filipinos
deployed to Saudi Arabia in the same year.
This means that nearly half of Filipinos who
fl ew to Saudi Arabia in 2010 had to take
multiple fl ights to get to their destination. With
CEB’s long-haul operations, the budget airline
will provide more affordable, direct fl ight
options to Filipinos overseas, a population
estimated to be 11 million worldwide.