Cebu Pacific Prepares for New Aircraft Deliveries

Cebu Pacific will take delivery of four more brand-new aircraft in the last four months of 2011.

Three A320 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered from September to October, while another aircraft is scheduled to arrive in December 2011.

“We are very excited to accept delivery of more brand-new planes, since these will be used to add flight frequencies and destinations for the benefit of the traveling public. It also affirms CEB’s continued commitment to give even more people the chance to travel by air, and to boost tourism and trade in all its destinations,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB is scheduled to add flights from Manila to Davao (7 to 8 times daily), Tacloban (4 to 5 times daily), Boracay (13 to 14 times daily), Dumaguete (2 to 3 times daily), Naga (3 to 4 times daily) and Cagayan de Oro (6 to 7 times daily), among others.

“We will also launch a new destination, Tawi-Tawi, on October 14, with the start of our Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi flights. A Cagayan de Oro-Iloilo route will also be inaugurated on the same day. Both these routes will definitely increase access to these key trade and tourism centers in the country,” Iyog added.

The airline has ordered 30 new Airbus A321neo and 7 A320 aircraft. The order at list price is valued at approximately US$3.8 billion, the largest single aircraft order ever made by a Philippine carrier. These A320 and A321neo aircraft will be delivered between 2015 and 2021 and are on top of firm orders for 18 Airbus A320 aircraft to be delivered from the 2nd half of 2011 until 2014.

Cebu Pacific is also scheduled to take delivery of 2 Airbus A320 aircraft on operating lease agreements in 2012.

CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 15 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. By the end of 2011, CEB will be operating a fleet of 37 aircraft – with an average age of less than 3.5 years – one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world.

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