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MANILA, Philippines – Budget airline Cebu Pacific of taipan John Gokongwei is seeking more flight entitlements to Hong Kong and Taiwan to accommodate more passengers, documents from the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) showed.
In a filing with the CAB, Cebu Pacific is seeking the reallocation of additional entitlements of 1,260 weekly seats for the Clark-Hong Kong route, and vice versa, from the pool of unutilized seat entitlements previously allocated to other airlines.
The application was filed under the existing Philippines and Hong Kong air service agreement and the corresponding confidential memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries.
Likewise, Cebu Pacific is seeking the reallocation of additional entitlements of 1,237 seats for the Manila-Taipei route unutilized by legacy carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL).
The governments of the Philippines and Taiwan signed the Manila Economic Cultural Office – Taiwan Economic Cultural Office confidential MOU in 1996.
Cebu Pacific and unit Tigerair Philippines aim to service 17 million passengers this year.
Cebu Pacific operates an extensive network of 60 domestic and 34 international routes, with a total of 2,231 scheduled weekly flights. It will operate 62 Airbus aircraft with an average age of 4.16 years by 2017 as part of its $4-billion refleeting program.
Cebu Pacific is also gearing up for possible flights to the United States particularly Hawaii and Guam after the US Federal Aviation Administration upgraded the safety rating of the Philippines back to Category 1, allowing local carriers to launch new and expand existing services to the world’s largest economy.
The airline is also looking at flying to London, Paris, and Amsterdam after the European Union lifted a ban preventing it from entering the European airspace.
The low cost carrier is set to mount direct flights to Kuwait and Sydney early next month to augment its long-haul operations. It currently flies direct to Dubai. – Rappler.com
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