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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.

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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).

Incidents and accidents

Destinations

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

Former destinations

Cebu Pacific Air is in exploratory talks with Singapore airport authorities to use its budget terminal, paving the way for the carrier to fly to the city-state again, an aviation official said Monday. The carrier is one of many that are considering using the purpose-built terminal for low-cost airlines, a spokeswoman from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said. "CAAS has spoken to a number of airlines including Cebu Pacific Airways who may have an interest to operate from the budget terminal," the spokeswoman said, adding no official confirmation had been received as yet. Cebu Pacific Air, the second largest domestic carrier in the Philippines controlled by the family of tycoon John Gokongwei, suspended its loss-making route to Singapore in 2003 barely three months after its launch. The Straits Times newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying the carrier will start its Singapore route as early as July.

Cebu Pacific flies to 16 destinations in the Philippines and has only two international points, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Singapore-based Tiger Airways is the only budget carrier operating at the dedicated low-cost terminal which opened in March. The low-cost terminal can handle 2.7 million passengers a year.

Fleet

The Cebu Pacific Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2006):

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 and 757s. Delivery of the A319s will start in September 2005 and be completed in 2007 (ref: Air International, July 2005).

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