Cebu Pacific News Archive

Cebu Pacific is now the No. 1 domestic airline

October 18, 2006 - Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s low fare leader, is now the No. 1 domestic airline in terms of flying the most passengers, operating the most number of flight frequencies & routes and flying to the most domestic destinations.

CEB flies to 20 domestic destinations and operates a total of 624 one-way flights per week. The airline also operates a total of 24 routes in its domestic network. As of the latest market share report for the period covering October 1-15, CEB has a domestic market share of 45% and is ahead of its closest competitor by 1 market share point. This information comes from various airport operations summary reports.

Lance Gokongwei, CEB CEO and president, said that the airline now offers an unbeatable combination of the lowest fares, the most number of domestic destinations and routes, the most flight frequencies, on-time flights and the newest planes in the country.

“Since the launch of our ‘Go’ fares last November, we have seen how this has influenced air travel and encouraged more people to fly. Our end-September reports show that total domestic travel was up by almost 40% compared to the same period last year and we believe that there’s still more we can do for the industry and the growing Philippine economy,” Gokongwei said.

“As we expand our operations and open new routes, both domestic and regional, we will continue to offer the lowest fares in the destinations we fly to. Tens of thousands of people are flying for the first time and that makes both our passengers and the airline very happy,” Gokongwei added.

Gokongwei also said “This is indeed a milestone in the history of Cebu Pacific and much of the credit must go to the CEB team who has worked tirelessly for the past 10 years. Now we are No. 1 in the Philippines and hope to do the same for the region.”

Now in its 11th year, CEB has the newest fleet in the Philippines and one of the newest in Asia as it operates 12 brand new Airbus aircraft to its 20 domestic and 6 regional destinations. The airline awaits the delivery of two more Airbus aircraft in early 2007 to complete its $670 million re-fleeting program.