Cebu Pacific CEO apologizes, calls Davao incident ‘unfortunate’

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CLEAR AWAY. The government wants aviation officials to immediately remove the Cebu Pacific aircraft that overshot and currently obstructing the Davao airport runway. Photo by Karlos ManlupigLance Gokongwei, the president and CEO of Cebu Pacific, made a personal apology to the 165 passengers of its Manila-Davao flight that skidded off the runway. In a TV interview on Monday night, June 3, he said: “This is an unfortunate incident. I would like to personally apologize to the affected travelers and those whose travel plans were disrupted.” About 40 flights were cancelled or re-routed, and hundreds of passengers were affected. Cebu Pacific dominates the domestic airline market in the Philippines, one of the world’s biggest markets for budget carriers. The Gokongwei-led airline has figured in several incidents in the past, including a crash in Cagayan de Oro that killed over 104 in 1998.


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