Cebu Pacific

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Cebu Pacific Air is a low-cost airline based in Pasay City, Manila, the Philippines. It is the country's second largest airline after Philippine Airlines. Its main base is Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, with a hub at Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

The airline is a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings, controlled by the Gokongwei family - one of the richest Filipino-Chinese families based in the Philippines. Cebu Pacific is currently headed by Lance Gokongwei, presumptive heir of John Gokongwei, the chairman emeritus of JG Summit.

1 History
2 Incidents and accidents
3 Destinations
- 3.1 Asia
  - 3.1.1 East Asia
  - 3.1.2 Southeast Asia
- 3.2 Former destinations
4 Fleet
5 See also
6 External links

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History

The airline was established on 26 August 1988 and started operations on March 8, 1996. It initially started with 24 flights daily among Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Davao City. By the 2000s, Cebu Pacific was granted rights to operate international flights to the neighboring countries of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Guam. In May 2005 Cebu Pacific received 2 Airbus A320-214 aircraft on lease from CIT Leasing and operated its first service with the new aircraft on 3 June 2005 from Manila to Davao City. The airline is wholly owned by JG Summit Holdings and has 1,356 employees (at January 2005).

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Incidents and accidents

On February 2, 1998, Cebu Pacific Flight 387, a DC-9-32 travelling from Manila to Cagayan de Oro, crashed on the slopes of Mount Sumagaya in Misamis Oriental, killing all 104 people on board. The crash was one of the country's worst air tragedies. Aviation investigators deemed the incident to be caused by pilot error when the plane made a non-regular stopover to Tacloban. Flight 387 was supposed to be a direct flight but due to the stopover, the pilots were not familiar with the route.

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Destinations

Cebu Pacific operates the following services (at January 2006):

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Fleet

The Cebu Pacific Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005):

Type	Total	Passengers (Economy)	Routes (as of January 2006)	Notes	Liveries
Boeing 757-236	3	228	Manila-Cebu, Manila-Davao	Available to be chartered.	City of Manila, Eagle.
Airbus A320-214	2	179	Manila-Cebu, Manila-Hong Kong, Manila-Subic	Available to be chartered.	New Eagle.
Airbus A319-100	4	150	Manila-Bacolod, Manila-Cagayan de Oro, Manila-Cebu, Manila-Hong Kong, Manila-Iloilo, Manila-Kalibo, Manila-Tacloban		New Eagle.
Douglas DC-9-32	12	115	Cebu-Davao, Cebu-Iloilo, Cebu-Zamboanga, Davao-Zamboanga, Manila-Butuan, Manila-Cebu, Manila-Cotabato, Manila-Davao, Manila-Dumaguete, Manila-Puerto Princesa, Manila-Roxas, Manila-Tagbilaran, Manila-Zamboanga	Available to be chartered.	City of Cebu, City of Davao, Eagle, Philippine Centennial, Plane Fun.

The airline ordered 12 Airbus A319 aircraft direct from Airbus on 31 August 2004 under its total fleet renewal programme, replacing the old DC-9s. Delivery of the A319s will start in September 2005 and be completed in 2007 (ref: Air International, July 2005).

There are also rumours that Cebu Pacific will order wide-body aircraft (747,A340 etc...) and fly internationally on long range routes with these aircraft.

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