To Add 12 New Routes Next Year
13 December 2024
Low cost carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) is set to increase its capacity by 130% beginning January next year, as it grows its network across the country.
Cebu Pacific President and Chief Commercial Officer Alexander G. Lao said they intend to grow offered seats by around 24%-26% next year.
CEB also plans to further expand its Manila hub, while also strengthening its hubs in Cebu, Clark, Davao and Iloilo.
"There will be new routes, as well as resumption of suspended routes next year" says Lao.
The airline said that it launched 24 additional routes this year across its domestic and international network, expanding connectivity and enabling it to operate 76 domestic routes and 39 international routes as of December.
The company plans to increase its current 104 routes to 116 routes and aims to boost its monthly flights from 12,000 to 15,000-16,000, according to Cebu Pacific Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer Candice A. Iyog.
"We are increasing monthly seat capacity to 2.9 million by January next year from 2.3 million currently, Ms. Iyog said.
“By January next year, we will have grown the network by 130% year on year, while seats will increase from 2.3 million a month to 2.9 million,” she added.
CEB disclosed that its Cebu hub have expanded seats by 67% to 790,000 in December 2024 from 473,000 available seats in January this year, while available flights has grown by 54% to 6,000 per month from 4,000 in January.
Meanwhile, offered seats in its Clark hub, has more than doubled to 161,000 in December 2024, from 79,000 in January this year, while available flights jumped by 97% to 872 from 441 as compared to January figures.
Its newly established Davao and Iloilo hubs saw dramatic improvements as seats offered in the Davao hub increased by 81% to 289,000 for December 2024, as compared to 160,000 from January of this year, while flight frequency went up by 57% to 1,345 from 852 in January.
At the same time, Iloilo hub has expanded as it introduces new planes to its fleet, with offered seats increasing by 67% to 178,000 in December from 106,000 in January figures, while flight frequency rose by 54% to 851 in December from 552 in January.
Cebu Pacific is expecting delivery of 18 new aircraft before the end of the year, with 15 planes already delivered while 3 planes are scheduled for delivery in the next two weeks, further expanding its fleet to a total of 95 aircraft.
The airline serves 35 domestic points and 26 international destinations across Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
