CEB Doubles Capacity on Key Routes


22 April 2019

Low cost carrier Cebu Pacific has doubled its capacity to key domestic routes as it increased weekly flight frequency to and from Cagayan de Oro, Dumaguete, Siargao, Iloilo, Caticlan, Ozamiz and Zamboanga from Cebu by an average 63%.

Flights between Manila and Cebu had likewise increased 24% starting April 15.

Meanwhile, CEB has increased flights from its Cebu hub adding six-times-weekly Cebu-Shanghai and Shanghai-Cebu routes which commenced on 15 April 2019. The airline flies to Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calbayog, Clark, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Kalibo, Legazpi, Pagadian, Surigao, Tacloban, Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo (Narita), Singapore and Incheon. Cebu Pacific had earlier stated that it would ramp-up capacity at its Cebu hub by as much as 20% in 2019.

For its Clark hub, CEB has increased capacity of flights to and from Caticlan by 231%, shifting from the 78-seat ATR 72-600 aircraft to multiple Airbus A320 flights. The airline is also growing Clark as it adds Narita, starting 9 August 2019; and daily flights between Clark and Puerto Princesa starting 9 October 2019.

Cebu Pacific also plans to launch an additional daily flight between Manila and Bangkok, starting 28 April 2019, raising capacity further by 41%.

Also in Manila, the carrier is upgauging aircraft on key international routes, switching to its 236-seat Airbus A321neo for flights to and from Narita and Denpasar (Bali), ramping up capacity by three percent, respectively; and to its 436-seat Airbus A330 for its Osaka and Shanghai routes, which will grow the number of seats by 90%, respectively.


"We are now in a position to allot aircraft to expand key routes in our other hubs. We are excited over the prospects for growth and will continue to roll-out new routes when the opportunities arise," said Alexander Lao, Vice-President for Commercial Planning of Cebu Pacific.

1 comment:

  1. Need more international flights from cebu what's the point in terminal 2 even Qatar airways not coming back there now

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