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Cebu Pacific to Fly 12 Per Cent More Passengers in 2018

: Apr 28, 2018 - : 2:14 am

Cebu Pacific, the largest budget airlines of Philippines, expects passenger volume to grow 12 per cent this year due to the increasing growth in the demand for air travel.

 

The carrier flew 19.7 million passengers in 2017 and aims to take the number to 22 million this year.

 

“To reach our goal of flying 22 million passengers this year, we remain committed to offering a compelling route network where we can meet rising demand and sustain our year-round low fare proposition,” said JR Mantaring, the airline’s vice-president for corporate affairs.

 

“Despite the challenges posed by higher prices of petroleum products, the weakening of the peso versus the US dollar, security concerns and travel advisories, we have remained relatively resilient,” he added.

 

This year, the carrier is scheduled to add seven A321s from March through September, before its first Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered A321neo is delivered in November. These large narrow-bodies will add capacity and also free up some A330s that are used on short-haul services to go further afield

 

The 3 per cent year-on-year increase of passenger volume of the airline in 2017 was mainly due to the international sector growth which saw a growth of 8 per cent. Sydney, Dubai, Hong Kong, Narita, Taipei and Incheon exhibited strong performance.

 

The domestic travel remained relatively flat.

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