The Manila-Jakarta service will be operated using CEB's brand new Airbus A319 aircraft and is scheduled to operate every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The flight departs from Manila at 8:55 p.m. and arrives in Jakarta at 11:45 p.m.
The flight then leaves Jakarta at 12:30 a.m. the following day and arrives back in Manila at 5:20 a.m.
The fare rate for the service is almost 90 percent lower from the current lowest airfare to Jakarta. The seat sale will run from November 28 to December 5 only and is good for travel from January 31 to March 31.
After the seat sale, the year-round "Go" fares to Jakarta will start at P3,499 one-way, still 64 percent less than the current lowest airfare to Jakarta.
The seat sale and "Go" fares are exclusive of regular surcharges and government tax.
Jakarta, the capital and the largest city of Indonesia, is a major tourism and business hub in the region.
CEB will be operating from the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Lance Gokongwei, CEB president and chief executive officer, said, "Once again, we are proud to be the only Filipino carrier operating a direct Manila-Jakarta service; furthermore, we will be the only airline offering a direct, non-stop service. We hope that our trademark low fares will further stimulate business and leisure travel to and from this destination because this will benefit the economies of both countries."
CEB offers direct flights to and from Jakarta with a flying time of three hours and 50 minutes without stopovers.
"Although we expect that the majority of the traffic to be business travelers to start with, we are also anticipating the potential surge of leisure travelers because of our low fares," Gokongwei added.
Gokongwei also said that Jakarta is home to a growing number of overseas Filipino workers.
"As we open our 7th international destination, we are excited to be able to serve and reach more Filipinos working overseas," Gokongwei said.
Now in its 11th year, CEB has the newest fleet in the Philippines with a fleet age of less than 10 months, and one of the newest in Asia as it operates 12 brand new Airbus aircraft to its 20 domestic and seven regional destinations, including Kuala Lumpur starting on November 30 and Bangkok starting on December 14.
The airline awaits the delivery of two more Airbus aircrafts in early 2007 to complete its $670 million re-fleeting program.
