By Lailany P. Gomez Philippines’ AirAsia is seeking the right to serve Hong Kong despite existing bilateral rights, which Cebu Pacific Inc. has opposed. Pampanga-based AirAsia asked the Civil Aeronautics Board in a letter for an extrabilateral grant of 1,260 weekly seat entitlements for the Clark-Hong Kong route and vice versa in order to operate [...]
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Cebu Pacific opposes AirAsia’s HK rights
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013CebuPac eyes PAL’s unused seats to Taiwan
Monday, January 28th, 2013By Paolo G. Montecillo BUDGET carrier Cebu Pacific has asked government regulators for the reassignment of key flight entitlements to Taiwan, currently allocated but not being used by flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL). Documents from the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) show that the carrier of the Gokongwei group wants to take on a total of [...]
Cebu Pacific passenger volume up by 11%, 13.26M flown in 2012
Saturday, January 26th, 2013By Jovan Cerda (philstar.com) MANILA, Philippines – Expanded operations locally and internationally pushed budget carrier Cebu Pacific to reach 13.26 million passengers in 2012, 11 percent more than the 11.93 million passengers flown in 2011, Cebu, Inc. reported on Friday. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the country’s largest flag carrier said direct [...]
CEB Operates Direct Dubai Flights
Friday, January 18th, 2013By Emmie V. Abadilla Cebu Pacific (CEB) yesterday announced it will operate direct daily flights between Manila and Dubai, beginning October 7, 2013 to serve over 700,000 Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “We are interested in flying to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, anywhere with a big concentration of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs),” announced Alex [...]
Local carriers eyeing more flights to Bangkok
Monday, January 7th, 2013FIVE local carriers have asked regulators for fresh seat allocations for the Manila-Bangkok route, a Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) official said on Friday. Ma. Elben S.L. Moro, chief of CAB’s Hearing and Examiners Division, said Philippines Airlines (PAL), Cebu Pacific, Zest Airways (ZestAir), Airphil Express and Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir) have filed separate petitions for [...]
Cebu Pacific ends talks to sell old planes
Sunday, January 6th, 2013GOKONGWEI-LED Cebu Pacific has junked a plan to sell its 10 aging Airbus A319 planes to American low-cost carrier Allegiant Travel Co. due to inability to agree “on certain terms of the transaction,” the Philippine budget carrier said in a disclosure yesterday. “It is unfortunate that we were not able to finalize the sale agreement. [...]
Cebu Pacific’s Airbus fleet sale cancelled
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013MANILA, Philippines – Budget carrier Cebu Pacific’s sale of 10 Airbus A319 aircraft to Allegiant Travel Company has been cancelled. The deal was terminated as both parties were not able to reach an agreement on certain terms of the transaction, Cebu Pacific told the Philippines Stock Exchange in a disclosure on Wednesday, January 2. “It [...]
Cebu needs to be more aggressive, innovative
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013Jay Aldeguer Contributor THE author is the chairman of The Islands Group, the company behind popular brands like Islands Souvenirs, Island Banca Cruises and Islands Stay Hotels. He was named one of the country’s Ten Outstanding Young Men for Business and Entrepreneurship and awarded Entrepreneur of the Year for Tourism by the Cebu Chamber of [...]
15 domestic flights cancelled due to ‘Quinta’
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012MANILA –- Budget airline Cebu Pacific cancelled at least 15 domestic flights on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions brought by tropical storm “Quinta” that is affecting Visayas and Mindanao. According to media affairs of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the canceled flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal (NAIA) 3 include Cebu [...]
Cebu Pacific carries 48% of domestic cargo in Jan.-Sept. period
Monday, December 10th, 2012Cebu Air Inc. (Cebu Pacific) carried almost half of the total domestic cargo sent by air for the first nine months of 2012, data from the Civil Aeronautics Board showed. Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog said in a statement that the CAB data shows the airline achieved a 48 percent [...]
