THE airline unit of JG Summit Holdings Inc. on Thursday said it has increased flight frequencies to popular domestic and regional destinations because of the holiday season.
In a statement, Cebu Pacific said it added a daily Manila-Hong Kong-Manila flight from December 21, 2011 to January 3, 2012, giving passengers a choice between a total of five daily flights to Hong Kong. The airline also added daily flights from Manila to Kalibo and from Cebu to Caticlan to accommodate the influx of visitors to Boracay, one of Asia’s top beaches.

Cebu Pacific also said that one daily flight each is added to the Cebu-Davao-Cebu, Davao-Iloilo-Davao, Manila-Cebu-Manila, and Manila-Davao-Manila routes. One daily flight each is also added to the airline’s Manila-Tacloban-Manila and Manila-Dumaguete-Manila routes until further notice.

Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacific’s vice president for marketing and distribution said the airline’s December bookings increased by 23 percent this year, driven by a 27 percet increase in international bookings.

“We added these flights so more local and foreign passengers can take advantage of the holiday season and CEB’s low fares,” Iyog said.

Cebu Pacific operates 10 Airbus A319, 18 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft.
By the end of 2011, it will operate a fleet of 37 aircraft—with an average age of less than 3.5 years—one of the youngest fleets in Asia.