Cebu Pacific News Archive

Cebu Pacific now flying to LAOAG

Cebu Pacific (CEB) adds another route to its domestic service with its three times weekly service between Manila and Laoag City starting today, June 8, 2006. The Manila- Laoag flight departs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 12:25pm arriving Laoag at 1:15pm and departs Laoag at 1:45pm arriving in Manila at 2:35pm.

Lance Gokongwei, CEB President and CEO, said the Manila-Laoag service plays an important part in the airline’s vision of making travel a lot more affordable and convenient for both local and foreign travelers. Laoag, the capital of Ilocos Norte, is the province’s commercial and industrial hub. The city is known for its pottery, furniture and woven products. It is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in North Luzon.

The Manila- Laoag route will be Cebu Pacific’s first regular service in Northern Luzon. The airline will utilize its brand-new airbus A319 aircraft with a 150-seating capacity.

“CEB recently offered an introductory Seat Sale of P488 (one-way) to and from Laoag. To support the promotion of domestic tourism, we will continue to offer our trademark low fares as we enter new markets and expand our operations. With these efforts we hope to achieve our vision of making air travel an option for more and more Filipinos,” Gokongwei said.

Regular ‘Go’ fares to Laoag start at P568 one-way, more than 75% less than the current airfare. The ‘Go’ fares, which are not promotional but available year round, are exclusive of regular taxes and surcharges. The quickest way to get the lowest ‘Go’ fare is through CEB’s website (www.cebupacificair.com).

“We are confident that by offering our low fares and brand new Airbus A319 aircraft to our latest route, we will stimulate traffic to the destination and bring down the fares to and from Laoag. CEB’s commitment to the country’s tourism agenda is to ensure that we will offer the lowest fares and great value service to wherever we fly,” added Gokongwei.

Laoag is CEB’s 17th domestic destination. CEB is now operating more than 500 flights a week for the domestic market. The airline also flies to Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea.

Now on its 11th year, CEB pioneered low fares in the country in March 1996. It also introduced travelers to on-time service, e-ticketing, and on-line booking, setting the standards for airline innovation in the local aviation industry.