Cebu Pacific eyes Clark International Airport as third hub, to operate services to Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, and Taipei
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(CAPA) Cebu Pacific announced plans to use Clark International Airport as its third base and hub (after Manila and Cebu) to operate daily services to Hong Kong, four-times weekly services to Singapore and Macau, and three times weekly services to Bangkok and Taipei.
“If we get the necessary approvals from all the governments concerned, we will make Clark our third base and hub after Manila and Cebu,” said Lance Y Gokongwei, CEB President and CEO. He added: “We hope to get a favorable response from all other governments considering that our own government has given their carriers similar rights to Clark.”
Victor Jose I Luciano, President and CEO of the Clark International Airport Corporation, welcomed CEB’s plan, stating, “Clark addresses a much-needed demand and this is shown in the exponential growth of passenger traffic and cargo volume in the relatively short time that it has been in operation as an international airport. With CEB there, we expect to grow faster”.
CEB’s plan, Gokongwei said, is strategically important to the unit since making Clark a hub for services to and from various regional destinations provides CEB with a major presence in Central Luzon, one of the country’s fastest growing regions, and in the whole of Northern Luzon. However, the move means that Cebu Pacific will operate directly against other foreign LCCs that had been entitled to use Clark International Airport for regional services.
The airline expects to carry more than 300,000 passengers through Clark per annum initially but is confident of increasing this volume as Clark continues to spark growth in the region, being the gateway to the northern corridor.
“We want to help accelerate the growth of the region as well as the commercial aviation market. We have done this in other parts of the country by offering our permanently low ‘GO’ fares and serving more destinations using our new Airbus fleet,” Gokongwei said.
Gokongwei added that as CEB takes delivery of more Airbus aircraft, Clark will see CEB introducing more local and regional flights to make travel to and from the North more convenient.
CEB currently has 14 new Airbus aircraft and is acquiring up to 20 more. It has also recently placed an order for up to 14 ATR72-500 aircraft with delivery of the first two in early 2008. CEB expects to operate a fleet of 46 aircraft by 2013.
Date posted: 20-Jun-07
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