Cebu Pacific adds morning flights to GenSan, Butuan

Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s leading domestic airline, will expand its existing daily mid-day service from Manila to General Santos and Butuan on July 11 and 12, 2008, respectively.

CEB will add a morning flight to its Manila-General Santos service every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, expanding the service to ten times weekly. This translates to a 42% increase in capacity for the Manila-General Santos route.

The additional flight will depart from Manila at 7:05am and will arrive in General Santos at 8:55am using CEB’s A320 aircraft. The return flight takes off at 9:25am and lands in Manila at 11:15am.

The budget airline will also increase its daily flights from Manila to Butuan to 11 times weekly, increasing the capacity by 57% for the service. The additional morning flight will depart every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday also using the A320 aircraft.

The flight leaves Manila at 7:35am and arrives in Butuan at 9:00am. The return flight departs at 9:30am and arrives in Manila at 10:55am.

Candice Iyog, CEB VP for marketing and product, said, “We hope that by adding morning flights to the existing daily mid-day schedule for these routes, we will be able to provide ease and convenience for both business and leisure travelers both to General Santos and Butuan. This will also mean that more low fare seats are going to be available for these routes.”

Now in its 13th year, CEB operates flights to 23, soon to be 24 domestic cities with the addition of San Jose (Mindoro) on July 1. It also flies to 15, soon to be 16 international destinations with the addition of Kota Kinabalu on July 18, 2008.

CEB increases capacity to Butuan and Tagbilaran

Cebu Pacific (CEB), the airline business owned by the Gokongwei conglomerate, JG Summit Holdings Inc., will mount additional flights to Butuan and Tagbilaran this summer period.

At present, CEB flies a daily A320 service to Butuan and a twice daily A319 service to Tagbilaran.

Beginning May 17, 2008, CEB will add four times weekly, A319 flights to Butuan (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday). The additional flight departs from Manila at 06:10am and arrives in Butuan at 7:35am. It departs from Butuan at 8:05am and lands in Manila at 9:30am.

The airline will also mount an additional three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), A319 service to Tagbilaran. The flight leaves Manila at 6:30am and lands in Tagbilaran at 7:55am. Consequently, it departs for Manila at 8:25am and arrives at 9:40am.

“We are confident that we can sell the additional seats with our low fares and further stir domestic travel to these destinations. We are now the biggest carrier operating the most flights to Butuan and Tagbilaran.”  said Candice Iyog, CEB Vice President for Marketing and Product.

The lowest ‘Go’ fare to Butuan starts from P688 one-way and Tagbilaran starts from P288 one-way. Fare is exclusive of applicable surcharges and government tax.

For more information, visit CEB’s website at www.cebupacificair.com.

Now in its 13th year, CEB continues to have the youngest fleet in the Philippines. CEB flies to 12, soon to be 15 international destinations, with the addition of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, and Kaohsiung. CEB also operates flights to 21 domestic destinations.