Cebu Pacific Joins IATA

Cebu Pacific has joined the International Air Transportation Association, IATA.

With over 290 member airlines from 117 countries, representing 82% of global air traffic, IATA represents, leads and serves the global airline industry.

Cebu Pacific was established on 26 August 1988 and started operations on 8 March 1996. In 2018, the airline flew over 20 million passengers to 37 domestic and 26 international destinations, across over 107 routes spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA.

Conrad Clifford, IATA's Vice President for Asia Pacific, said, “We warmly welcome Cebu Pacific, Asia’s oldest low-cost carrier, to the IATA family. Today about 20% of our members globally are low-cost carriers and we encourage more to join. We look forward to working together with the Cebu Pacific team to help shape industry standards, best practices and policies that ensure the safe, efficient and sustainable growth of aviation in the Philippines and Asia. Together with our 290+ member airlines, we make aviation the business of freedom.”

The airline has achieved full compliance with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), joining a registry of 437 carriers worldwide that have strictly complied with an internationally-recognised and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.

“We are pleased to join IATA as we can gain access to expertise and learnings on best practices and innovations among global airlines, as well as help formulate policies on critical aviation issues. Moreover, we will also be able to share our own operational experience and contribute to further developing the airline industry as a whole,” said Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO of Cebu Pacific.

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