Cebu Pacific suspends Manila-Laoag flights temporarily

Cebu Pacific, the country’s largest carrier, has temporarily suspended flights between the capital and the northern city of Laoag, a government spokesman said Monday.

The company did not give a reason for its decision, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman Eric Apolonio told.

Cebu Pacific did not immediately reply to requests for comment. Separate searches on the carrier’s website and mobile app showed no available flights between Manila and Laoag this week.

“They (Cebu Pacific) advised CAAP that they are temporarily suspending flights. That’s their exact word. We don’t know the reason yet because it’s internal,” Apolonio said.

Passenger traffic in the Manila-Laoag route reached 204,550 in 2015 and was poised to have risen slightly last year after traffic hit 109,550 in the first six months of 2016, before the peak holiday travel period, Apolonio said citing CAAP data.

With Cebu Pacific suspending flights, the route will be left to Philippine Airlines and its low-cost unit PAL Express.