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Cebu Pacific offers new flights
BusinessWorld

BUDGET AIRLINE Cebu Pacific will add new domestic routes as it takes delivery of its seventh brand new turbo-prop plane next month. In a statement, the Gokongwei-owned carrier said it would fly to Catarman and Calbayog in Samar, Virac in Catanduanes, and Caua-yan, Isabela starting Feb. 18.

The airline will also increase flights from Manila to Naga from daily to 10 times weekly starting Feb. 14 and from Manila to Busuanga from daily to 11 times weekly starting Feb. 15. "We are expanding our Manila hub operations with the arrival of our brand new ATR aircraft and will make more areas accessible through our low fares and new planes," said Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacific vice-president for marketing.

The company also announced a zero fare seat sale for its Manila-Osaka service, which excludes surcharges and government taxes. The seat sale will run from Jan. 9 to 14, and is good for travel from Feb. 1 — the starting date of the flights — to March 31. The company will fly the Manila-Catarman and Manila-Virac routes every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; and Manila-Calbayog and Manila-Cauayan on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Earlier this week, Cebu Pacific cut fuel and insurance surcharges on all domestic flights, effectively lowering total ticket prices by as much as a fifth. Meanwhile, direct flights from Cotabato City and Cebu City are set to start on Saturday, a welcome development for local businessmen and Filipinos from Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces who will enjoy shorter travel time. Cebu Pacific will offer the Cotabato-Cebu route thrice a week.

Ricardo C. Juliano, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry governor for Central Mindanao, said the service would hopefully attract more investments in the restive south. "This will bring convenience to our businessmen. Local investors do not just put their investments in one basket but spread these," he said, noting companies have been expanding from Metro Manila to Cebu City and other areas in the Visayas.

Prior to Cebu Pacific’s newest offer, businessmen and air commuters from Cotabato City and the provinces of North Cotabato and Maguindanao had to travel by land to either Davao or General Santos to reach Cebu City, which takes three to four hours. Cebu Pacific and rival Philippine Airlines (PAL) offers daily flights from Cotabato to Manila.

Mr. Juliano expects PAL, through its low-cost brand PAL Express, to follow suit. "Hopefully, too, Cebu Pacific will serve the Cotabato-Cebu route on a daily basis," he added. Cebu Pacific is also opening new flights from Cebu to Dumaguete, Legaspi and Siargao, and increasing flights from Cebu to Iloilo, Ozamis and Tacloban.

Cebu Pacific has the most number of interisland routes and connections from its hubs in Clark, Manila, Cebu and Davao. The new routes will bring its local destinations to 32. Cebu Pacific has one of the youngest fleets in the region composed of 10 Airbus A319, nine Airbus A320 and six ATR 72-500 aircraft as of end-2008.

[benchjade]

dapat irenovate din to.

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Originally posted by six

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Zest Airways will start flying to LGP on Feb. 24, 2009 according to their website: http://www.asianspirit.com/flight_schedules.htm

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The volcano, the hill and the plane

image hosted on flickr

[kiretoce]

The tarmac badly needs some improvements.

[majaba]

Originally Posted by [dx]

The volcano, the hill and the plane

image hosted on flickr

i like this photo, especially the poetic approach to the title.
thank you DX.

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Originally Posted by majaba

i like this photo, especially the poetic approach to the title.
thank you DX.

Hehe. thanks!!

Originally Posted by kiretoce

The tarmac badly needs some improvements.

^Yes and an ILS too, especially now that flights to and from LGP have increased

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Originally Posted by six

Source:ZestAir

From the Legazpi thread

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Originally Posted by six

5J ATR plane from Cebu (Feb. 14, 2009)

Originally Posted by six

Cebu Pacific Airlines

From the Legazpi thread

[zoroethgenre_003]

when will be the ground breaking of the new Legazpi International Airport?

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Originally Posted by zoroethgenre_003

when will be the ground breaking of the new Legazpi International Airport?

They're still building the access road:

P100-M Bicol airport road to be finished next year
02/14/2009

Government has allocated P100 million for the construction of a two-kilometer access road between the national highway and the terminal complex of the proposed Bicol International Airport (BIA) in preparation for the full implementation of the flagship project. Engr. Eduardo Talastas, chief of the planning division of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office in Legazpi City, said the amount has been incorporated with the funds of the agency under the 2009 General Appropriation Act (GAA).

“We expect to get a go signal from our central office for the start of the implementation of this project before the end of the first quarter of this year when the GAA recently passed by the bicameral conference of Congess is finally enacted,” Talastas said. The road, a first class structure, would connect the BIA terminal complex in Barangay Alobo, Daraga, Albay with the Maharlika Highway two kilometers away, Talastas said.

This air transport facility would further improve the performance of the region in tourism arrivals, employment generation and business investment, said Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, the main proponent of the airport. Preparations for its construction are now in full-swing following the release last year of some P600 million for right-of-way and site acquisitions, feasibility studies and other pre-implementation requirements.

Salceda said completion of the construction component of the project is expected to come next year and it would be made operational as soon as all facilities and equipments required are put in place. Talastas said the Department of Transportation and Communications is the main implementing agency of the project while the DPWH has been made in charge of its road requirements.

The P100-million road project will be implemented by private contractors required to utilize local labor as workforce, he said. This scheme has been adopted by the DPWH regional office in an effort to open more employment opportunities for the local labor in response to the national government’s call for more economic activities in the countryside, Talastas added.

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5J taking off from Legazpi airport (with great aerial view of the city)


Cebu Pacific A320 in Legazpi Airport

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Yao airline offers all-you-can-drink Zest-O juice

DAVAO CITY — Zest Airways, Inc. intends to slug it out with the big boys in the airline industry by offering competitive rates and all the Zest-O juice you can drink in flight.

Zest Air will launch its maiden flight between Davao and Manila on March 1. Mark E. Hilario, Zest Air assistant vice-president for sales and marketing, told reporters the carrier was undeterred by the slowing economy and the price wars between bigger rivals Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.

"The challenge really is how we can create a travel need through good package and competitive rates. Our focus is to give them good service and [that includes] all-you-can-drink Zest-O products," he said. Zest Air is owned by juice magnate Alfredo M. Yao, who acquired Asian Spirit, Inc. in March last year.

Neil Jason P. Ampo, passenger sales executive, said all the fleets of Asian Spirit had been mothballed since Zest Air decided it was best to start fresh. According to its Web site, the company has a fleet of two Airbus 320s and five MA60 aircraft. "It’s very hard to create awareness in the market so we want to tie up with travel agencies and hotels for a good package for local and foreign passengers," he said.

Last week, Zest Air executives met with local travel agents and operators in this city to discuss package rates for the Manila-Davao routes, to be served by a 162-seater Airbus 320 and the smaller 56-seater Xian MA60 turbo prop airplane.

A promotional all-in rate of P1,698 will offered initially for the Manila-Davao route. But Mr. Ampo said the price would go up to P1,788 after the promotional period.

The airline will also offer flights to Caticlan, Busuanga, Calbayog, Catarman, Legaspi, Marinduque, Naga, Puerto Princesa, San Jose and Virac from Manila aside from its regular routes to Tagbilaran, Tacloban, Iloilo, Cebu, Kalibo and Davao.

Mr. Hilario said Zest Air would launch in May its Incheon, South Korea service — its first international flight, although it will be a chartered flight to accommodate Korean tourists and students coming here.

Zest Air is also looking at Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China. "For now, we’re still testing the waters and we are not closing our doors to the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area)," he added. — Joel B. Escovilla

[c0kelitr0]

may rendering na ba ng terminal of the new airport?

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Originally Posted by c0kelitr0

may rendering na ba ng terminal of the new airport?

wala pa as of now

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[kokoro]

Incident: Cebu Pacific AT72 at Legaspi on Mar 14th 2009, runway incursion during landing

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Mar 16th 2009 13:45Z, last updated Monday, Mar 16th 2009 13:45Z

A Cebu Pacific Airlines Aerospatiale ATR-72-500, flight 5J-172 from Cebu to Legaspi (Philippines) with 68 passengers, was almost into the flare to Legaspi, when a van of the airport authority crossed the runway without authorization. The Cebu Pacific crew initiated a go-around and landed safely a few minutes later.

The incident was observed by the Legaspi City Mayor, who immediately informed the Civil Aviation Authority about the incident. The van was reportedly driven by the son of the local representative of the Air Transportation Office ATO.

[megalgzp]

Nothing bad happened. And justice is served. Legazpi was fast in service.

[Rodel]

taken last Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10am