Cebu Pacific receives new Airbus A330-300 aircraft

The Philippines’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), has received a new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, creating more available seats in time for the holiday season.

CEB will be utilising this aircraft for flights between Manila and Hong Kong from Tuesday, a move that will provide more than 9,800 available seats per week on this route.

In a statement, CEB said this upgrade reflects a 22% increase compared to the number of seats offered in the previous periods, which allows the airline to maintain its position as the largest Philippine carrier operating the Philippines – Hong Kong market.
“CEB also takes pride as the only Philippine carrier linking Hong Kong to other cities in the Philippines, such as Cebu, Clark and Iloilo,” said JR Mantaring, vice president for corporate affairs, CEB.

With this easy connectivity to such hubs, CEB aims to strengthen economic trade and tourism from one of Asia’s largest financial centers to the Philippines.

This new aircraft, configured with 436 all economy-class seats, will join CEB’s existing fleet of six A330s flying on long haul and selected regional and domestic routes.

CEB continues to modernise its current 58-strong fleet of five Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72-500, and two ATR 72-600 aircraft to further expand its route network and frequencies all over the world.

Recently, the airline announced two new domestic routes from Manila to Masbate and Tablas. With these additions, CEB now offers flights to 38 domestic and 30 international destinations, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA.