Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Airline to create more flights to 3 areas from Manila in Nov.
JG Summit Holdings Inc.’s airline business unit, Cebu Pacific (CEB), announces that it will add another year-round frequency for its Manila–Cagayan de Oro, Manila–Davao, and Manila–Iloilo daily service beginning Nov. 2, 2007.
The year round frequencies to Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo is a more than 30 percent while the additional frequency to Davao is a 25-percent increase in frequency.
The Manila–Cagayan de Oro additional frequency will utilize a 179-seater Airbus A320 aircraft. The flight leaves Manila at 8:20 a.m. and arrives in Cagayan de Oro at 9:45 a.m. The flight departs Cagayan de Oro at 10:15 a.m. and lands in Manila at 11:40 a.m.
The additional frequency will increase flights to Cagayan de Oro from three to four times daily.
The frequency for the Manila–Iloilo service will increase from three to four times daily. The additional flight departs from Manila at 4:50 p.m. and arrives in Iloilo at 5:50 p.m.
The return flight leaves Iloilo at 6:20 p.m. CEB’s A320 aircraft will be used for this service.
CEB’s 150-seater A319 aircraft will be used for the Manila–Davao additional frequency.
The flight will leave Manila at 12:25 p.m. and lands in Davao at 2:10 p.m. The flight will depart from Davao at 2:40 p.m.
The additional frequency will take CEB from four to five times daily in the Manila-Davao market.
Candice Iyog, CEB vice president for marketing and product said, the airline is increasing its year-round frequencies to the major trunk routes “because we see the growing demand for our year-round low fares in these destinations.”
“Iloilo, Davao and Cagayan de Oro are very important local markets with their high potential to boost business and leisure tourism,” said Iyog.
Iyog said CEB’s move to add frequencies to these destinations is in line with the airline’s commitment to bring air travel closer to more Filipinos. “We are very happy that we will be able to provide more low fares with our increased frequencies,” she added.
The lowest year round “Go” fare for the Manila–Iloilo service starts from P288 one-way while the lowest year round “Go” fare for both Manila–Cagayan de Oro and Manila–Davao service starts from P688 one-way. This is exclusive of government taxes and applicable surcharges.(PR)
