Oct 192013
 

MANILA, Philippines – Tiger Airways Philippines is beefing up its flights to Davao starting December as part of efforts to expand its domestic routes via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 4 (NAIA4).

The airline launched a special one-way offering from Manila-Davao promo fare for as low as P499 with travel validity from Dec. 2 this year to March 29 next year. It would use the 144-seater Airbus 319 aircraft.

Aside from Manila – Davao, other domestic destinations of TigerAir include Manila – Cebu; Manila – Bacolod; Manila – Iloilo; Manila – Kalibo; Manila – Puerto Princesa; and Manila – Tacloban.

Its international destinations include Phuket in Thailand via NAIA4, Singapore via the Kalibo international airport in Aklan as well as Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore via the Clark international airport in Pampanga.

Aside from Manila-Phuket, its other international flights include: Clark – Hongkong; Clark – Bangkok; Clark – Singapore; and Kalibo – Singapore.

Davao is the premier hub of Mindanao and is home to some of the country’s top beach and mountain resorts, most notably the Pearl Farm in the secluded island of Samal. Davao City has been recognized as one of the most liveable cities in Southeast Asia.

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Tiger Airways Philippines president and chief executive officer Olive Ramos earlier announced that the budget airline intends to beef up its existing fleet of five aircraft to 25 within the next three to five years.

Ramos said the airline would be acquiring at least three to four aircraft per year over the next three to five years as it intends to increase its flights to existing destinations and mount flights to more destinations.

The airline has an existing fleet of three Airbus A320s with a seating capacity of 180 and two A319s.

It also sees its revenues tripling to P5 billion this year compared to last year due to the increasing number of airline passengers as shown by data from the Department of Tourism.

Jun 282013
 
Cebu Pac posts 1-digit growth in number of passengers

MANILA, Philippines – Listed budget airline Cebu Air Inc. (Cebu Pacific) of taipan John L. Gokongwei Jr. is likely to serve less than 15 million passengers this year after posting a single-digit growth in the volume of passengers in the first quarter of the year. Cebu Pacific president and chief executive officer Lance Gokongwei said in an interview with reporters that the low cost carrier would likely miss its projected volume of passengers this year after the slowdown in the growth in air traffic in the first quarter. “That remains our target, although after the first quarter I think we will be a little bit short. It will be lower than 15 million but close to that,” Gokongwei stressed. In the first quarter of the year, volume of passengers of Cebu Pacific inched up 4.9 percent to 3.5 million from 3.4 million in the same quarter last year, while number of flights increased 4.8 percent as the number of aircraft went up to 43 from 40. The growth in the first quarter was less than half the double-digit growth in the volume of passengers booked last year. Cebu Pacific booked a double-digit 11 percent growth in volume of passengers to 13.26 million in 2012 from 11.93 million in 2011 on the back of robust domestic and international operations brought about by aggressive sales promotions last year. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 This was however lower than the target of 14 million passengers. Latest data from the Read More …