CEBU PACIFIC NOW FLIES TO CLARK ON SUNDAYS
December 10, 2001

Effective December 14, this year, Cebu Pacific Airways will start flying every Sunday from Clark to Cebu in addition to its thrice-weekly flight operation.

This was the announcement made by Regional Director Ronaldo Tiotuico of the regional office of the Department of Tourism – Region III in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.      

Tiotuico said that the decision of Cebu Pacific to fly on a Sunday was triggered by the persistent public demand for additional flights to enable travelers to avail themselves of a flight back during weekends. Cebu Pacific now flies to Clark from Cebu every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

With the added flight frequency on a Sunday, it is expected that the load factor will correspondingly increase as the Christmas season is at its peak. In the past some business opportunities were lost to Manila in view of the non-availability of weekend flights to and from Clark. In fact more than 200 potential convention-bound passengers to Cebu last November had to bypass Clark and instead fly from Manila only because of a no-weekend flight here in Clark.

Tiotuico said that Cebu Pacific management is convinced that the regular flight operation in Clark will continuously be on the upswing with the coming long-weekend holidays and the holding of a number of conventions in Cebu and Clark. The flight operation started in October 26 with just 20% occupancy level. Now the flights are hitting close to 30% occupancy and the level is continuously growing, according to Tiotuico.

Issued on 10 December 2001, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.