Cebu Pacific boosts presence in Asean with P999 seat sale

MANILA, Philippines - Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, boosts its ASEAN operations with a seat sale to all its seven Southeast Asian destinations from April 26 to 27 or until seats last, for travel from June 1 to Aug. 31.

CEB offers P999 Lite Fare seats from Manila to Kota Kinabalu, and from Clark to Singapore. Also available are P1,499 seats from Manila to Brunei, Ho Chi Minh or Singapore, as well as from Cebu to Singapore.

Fares are lowered 44 percent with P1,999 Lite Fare seats from Manila to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, and from Clark to Bangkok. After the seat sale, the lowest year-round Lite Fare for these routes is P3,599.

Flights to Jakarta, one of CEB’s farthest destinations, are also available for P2,499, or 39 percent lower than the lowest year-round Lite Fare. After the seat sale, Manila-Jakarta P4,099 seats will be up for grabs.

Meanwhile, domestic flights from Manila to Virac are available for P399, while flights from Manila to Legazpi or Naga are available for P499.

“CEB operates the most ASEAN flights, routes and destinations, making it very convenient for overseas Filipino workers, and leisure and business travelers. With CEB’s trademark low fares and 85 weekly flights to Singapore, Bangkok, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Jakarta, we make it possible for more Juans to fly,” said CEB VP for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.

The airline flies from the Philippines to Singapore 46 times weekly, to Bangkok 12 times weekly, to Malaysia 13 times weekly, to Vietnam seven times weekly, to Brunei three times weekly, and to Jakarta four times weekly.

Iyog also encouraged guests to avail of their prepaid baggage allowances upon booking for more travel savings.

“Guests can also do web check-in for a faster and hassle-free airport experience, or avail of our payment center options such as over-the-counter bank and LBC transactions, online banking and mobile banking,” she said.

CEB operates the most number of routes and flights in the Philippines, using the youngest aircraft fleet in the country. This is composed of 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 3.5 years – one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2012 and 2014, Cebu Pacific will take an additional 16 Airbus A320 aircraft.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com or http://funtours.cebupacificair.com (for Fun Tours packages), or call the reservation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or (032) 230-8888. The latest seat sales and promos can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pages.