Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Cebu Pacific Airlines expands fleet

FOR the convenience of Filipino travelers, both domestic and international, Gokongwei-owned budget carrier Cebu Pacific Airlines is set to acquire more Airbus aircraft.

In a statement issued yesterday by Lance Gokongwei, Cebu Pacific president and chief executive officer, to the Philippine Stock Exchange, he said the airline had finalized its order with Airbus for 30 A321neo aircraft, increasing its total firm orders for the A320 Family to 71, of which 16 have already been delivered.

“The A321neo will enable us to increase capacity on our key routes while benefiting from the lowest operating costs of any aircraft in this size category,” said Gokongwei. “With these aircraft we will continue to build upon our reputation for offering high quality low fares service with one of the most modern and youngest fleets in Asia.”

The airline currently operates 25 A320 Family aircraft, including the 16 purchased from Airbus and nine leased aircraft.

Cebu Pacific plans to configure its A321neo fleet with 220 seats in a single class layout and will fly the aircraft across its expanding pan-Asian network. This network presently includes 34 domestic and 16 international destin


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