Cebu Pacific Reduces Fares for Domestic Routes

Cebu Pacific, the Philippines' second-largest airline, has reduced its year-round `Go' fares for most of its domestic routes.
"We are doing this because we want to stimulate air travel even more especially for the bus and ferry markets that we serve. We've seen how our earlier seat sales have successfully enticed people to travel so now were making these fares available all year-round. We also want to reward those people who book ahead of time," Cebu Pacific Vice President for Marketing and Product Candice Iyog said. The one-way fare for the Manila-Laoag, Manila-Legaspi and Cebu-Iloilo services have been slashed by more than 65 per cent.
The lowest fares for these routes now start from P99 (US$2.21). Including taxes and surcharges, one-way fares are less than P900.
One-way year-round fare from Manila to most Visayas destinations was reduced by close to 50 per cent from P568 to P288.
A one-way fare for Manila to Tagbilaran and Tacloban have been cut by almost 60 per cent from P688 to P288.
The all-inclusive year-round fare for this group is now less than P1,300 one-way.
The year-round one-way fare for services from Manila to any Mindanao destination have been reduced by more than 30 per cent from P998 to P688.
This is equivalent to an all-inclusive one-way fare of a little over P2,000.
"We encourage everyone to plan their trips and buy their tickets as early as possible, and ideally at least a month before their travel date, so they get the best availability of these super low year-round fares," Iyog said.
She added that the airline's fare reduction to domestic destinations will allow guests to spend less on air travel and more on their business and leisure activities.
Now in its 12th year, Cebu Pacific has the youngest fleet in the Philippines at just over one year.
It operates 14 Airbus aircraft to its 20 domestic and soon to be 12 regional destinations with the addition of Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Macau in the next quarter.
Cebu Pacific's additional flight destinations to nearby Asian countries would be a boost to the country's tourism industry.
It recently inaugurated the airline's Manila-Taipei flight offerings at the Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan.