Monday, September 19, 2011

CEB adds four more weekly flights to Manila-Kuala Lumpur

The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific adds four more weekly flights to its direct Manila-Kuala Lumpur service, making it double daily starting January 8, 2012.CEB currently operates a daily service that leaves Manila at 8:55 p.m., and a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday service that leaves Manila at 10:10 a.m.

The additional four times weekly Manila-Kuala Lumpur-Manila flights will depart Manila at 2 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The return flight will depart Kuala Lumpur at 6:30 pm.We are happy to finally increase our flight frequencies to Kuala Lumpur, given the strong demand for direct flights from Manila, not Clark which is two hours away. CEB flights will offer more flight schedule options to business and leisure travelers for their convenience in January,said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

Iyog said that CEB holds a Malaysia seat sale from September 20-21, 2011 or until seats last.For travel from October 15, 2011 to February 29, 2012, passengers can buy seats as low as P488 from Manila to Kota Kinabalu. Meanwhile, they can also buy Manila-Kuala Lumpur seats for P1,488, for travel from October 15 to December 31, 2011.Flights from Malaysia to Manila are also on sale, for as low as MYR 134 from Kuala Lumpur and MYR 94 from Kota Kinabalu. CEB will continue to boost tourism and trade in the destinations it flies to with its trademark lowest fares,she added.

International seats to Macau, Taipei, Hong Kong, South Korea, Osaka, Beijing, Brunei, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Shanghai and Singapore are also on sale until September 21, 2011.CEB also puts all its domestic and international flights from Cebu on sale, along with flights from Manila to Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Tawi-Tawi, Boracay Caticlan, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo and Surigao, among others.CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 15 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. By the end of 2011, CEB will be operating a fleet of 37 aircraft with an average age of less than 3.5 years one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world.