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  • Cebu Pacific, Cebgo, AirAsia flights still canceled until May 31

    Cebu Pacific, Cebgo, AirAsia flights still canceled until May 31

    All domestic and international flights of the Cebu Pacific, Cebgo, and AirAsia airlines remain canceled until May 31, 2020 in line with the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila.

    “We encourage passengers on canceled flights to manage their bookings online via the website, before their scheduled travel dates,” Cebu Pacific said in an advisory on Wednesday.

    When rescheduling, passengers may select from either free rebooking or full travel fund.

    Under free rebooking, passengers may rebook to any travel date within three months. Change rebooking fees and fare difference are waived, according to Cebu

    For a full travel fund, passengers may place the full cost of the ticket in a travel fund valid for one year. This fund can then be used within one year either to book a flight up to one-year ahead or pay for add-ons like baggage allowance and seat selection.

    If the travel fund is not used within one year, passengers can also apply for a full refund, said Cebu Pacific.

    Processing of refunds will start after the community quarantine is lifted and regular work schedules resume.

    “However, due to the unprecedented volume of requests for refunds, the process will take as long as three to four billing cycles,” the airlines company said.

    Passengers with booked flights from June 1 to September 30, 2020 who want to change travel plans have the option to rebook to any other travel date within one year or place the full cost of the ticket in a travel fund valid for one year.

    Meanwhile, AirAsia also said it is offering provisions for passengers affected by flight cancellations following the government directive.

    “Guests with existing flight bookings made on or before 12 May 2020 with a departure date between 23 March and 31 July 2020 will now be able to select from a range of extended flexibility options for future travel,” the airlines said in a separate advisory.

    AirAsia said one of these options is unlimited flight change or changing to a new travel date before October 31 on the same route for unlimited number of times and without any additional cost subject to seat availability. The other option is a credit account or retaining the value of the flight booking for future travel with AirAsia to be redeemed within 730 calendar days from the issuance date.

  • Cebu Pacific gets its 3rd ATR 72-600 aircraft

    Cebu Pacific gets its 3rd ATR 72-600 aircraft

    In a statement, Cebu Pacific said the new high capacity aircraft as delivered to its wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo on Feb. 3.

    The new ATR 72-600 will be used for the two new routes to be launched on Feb. 15 — Manila to Masbate and Manila to Tablas.

    “We are glad to take delivery of another brand-new ATR 72-600, especially since this is the first to have the titanium seats from Expliseat installed. This aircraft therefore combines reduced seat costs while optimizing comfort for passengers,” Cebgo President and CEO Alexander G. Lao was quoted as saying in a statement.

    Cebu Pacific’s aircraft fleet has an average age of 4.92 years, which the airline says is one of the youngest around the world.

    It currently operates a 58-strong fleet made up of four Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72-500, and three ATR 72-600 aircraft. Starting this year to 2021, the budget carrier expects to receive one more brand-new Airbus A330, 32 Airbus A321neo, and 13 ATR 72-600 aircraft.

  • Cebu Pacific passenger volume jumps 5% in January-October

    Cebu Pacific passenger volume jumps 5% in January-October

    Cebu Air and its wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo, Inc. flew 5.1% more passengers in the first ten months of the year, as the budget carrier increased its load factor and added new planes.As of end-October, however, the tally showed passenger volume of 1.519 million, lower by 3% against the 1.566 million last year, amid lesser seat capacity, load factor and number of flights during the period.

    The group ferried a total of 15.996 million passengers from January to October from the 15.218 million recorded during the same period in 2015, according to the latest operating statistics uploaded on its Web site.

    Seat load factor in the 10 months to October stood at 85.9% compared to the 81.8% seen during the comparable period last year.

    Cebu Pacific mounted 110,467 flights from 111,091. The airline currently operates across 36 local and 30 international destinations with a fleet of 58 aircraft.

    Cebu Air President and Chief Executive Officer Lance Y. Gokongwei had said the budget carrier is seen flying 19 million passengers this year, a record passenger volume, driven by the airline’s low-cost, long-haul services and increased frequencies in key domestic markets from 18.4 million passengers in 2015 and also up from the 16.9 million passengers flown in 2014.

    The airline is targeting to ferry 20 million passengers next year, as the company expect the delivery of 48 additional planes in the next five years to 2021.

    Cebu Air, operator of budget airline Cebu Pacific Air, saw its profit double in the first nine months of the year to P7.1 billion from P3.56 billion a year ago, led by strong passenger volume, higher ticket prices and lower fuel costs during the period, it told the stock exchange in its quarterly report.