Post by Denis-NFA on Jun 17, 2014 0:44:18 GMT 7
Cebu Pacific Air have finally got the relevant permissions to fly into Australia and are starting flights on September 9, 2014.
Normal fares appear to be approximately $655 (no meals or baggage) with current promo reducing this to $543.
Flight times are scheduled as,
Sydney - Manila = 6 hours and
Manila - Sydney = 10 hours
There is supposed to be an introductory $99 one way promo if you book by Thursday but
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www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/launch-fare-to-introduce-cutprice-sydneymanila-route/story-e6frg95x-1226956500079#
Quantas and other full service carriers will face cut-price competition from another overseas budget airline from September when Philippines-based Cebu Pacific Air starts flying between Sydney and Manila.
Cebu plans to start services flying 436-seat all-economy Airbus A330-300 aircraft from September 9 and is offering launch fares starting at $99 one-way until Thursday.
Fares will normally start at $335 one-way, which the airline says represents a discount of about 30 per cent on existing tickets.
The carrier will fly four times a week and is hoping to capitalise on a 25 per cent growth in the past two years in Australians visiting The Philippines as well as an increase in Filipinos travelling to Australia.
Qantas and Philippine Airlines fly between the two countries and Cebu will provide another 226,800 seats annually on the Sydney-Manila route.
“We expect both inbound and outbound tourism to grow as a direct result of this new service — with more than 170,000 passengers per year, including around 40,000 Filipino visitors a year with a total visitor expenditure of more than $74 million,” Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather said.
“The estimates from our government is there’s something like 300,000 Filipinos or of Filipino descent in Australia scattered all throughout the various cities,’’ said Cebu Pacific long-haul general manager Alex Reyes.
“I think the Australian census says it’s about 170,000 as of 2011 but it’s growing.’’
Cebu Pacific is the biggest low-cost carrier in The Philippines with flights to 34 domestic and 26 international destinations.
It is the latest LCC to fly to Australia and is part of a phenomenon that has claimed a sizeable percentage of the market. LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16.1 per cent of total international passenger traffic to and from Australia in March.
Normal fares appear to be approximately $655 (no meals or baggage) with current promo reducing this to $543.
Flight times are scheduled as,
Sydney - Manila = 6 hours and
Manila - Sydney = 10 hours
There is supposed to be an introductory $99 one way promo if you book by Thursday but
??www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/launch-fare-to-introduce-cutprice-sydneymanila-route/story-e6frg95x-1226956500079#
Quantas and other full service carriers will face cut-price competition from another overseas budget airline from September when Philippines-based Cebu Pacific Air starts flying between Sydney and Manila.
Cebu plans to start services flying 436-seat all-economy Airbus A330-300 aircraft from September 9 and is offering launch fares starting at $99 one-way until Thursday.
Fares will normally start at $335 one-way, which the airline says represents a discount of about 30 per cent on existing tickets.
The carrier will fly four times a week and is hoping to capitalise on a 25 per cent growth in the past two years in Australians visiting The Philippines as well as an increase in Filipinos travelling to Australia.
Qantas and Philippine Airlines fly between the two countries and Cebu will provide another 226,800 seats annually on the Sydney-Manila route.
“We expect both inbound and outbound tourism to grow as a direct result of this new service — with more than 170,000 passengers per year, including around 40,000 Filipino visitors a year with a total visitor expenditure of more than $74 million,” Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather said.
“The estimates from our government is there’s something like 300,000 Filipinos or of Filipino descent in Australia scattered all throughout the various cities,’’ said Cebu Pacific long-haul general manager Alex Reyes.
“I think the Australian census says it’s about 170,000 as of 2011 but it’s growing.’’
Cebu Pacific is the biggest low-cost carrier in The Philippines with flights to 34 domestic and 26 international destinations.
It is the latest LCC to fly to Australia and is part of a phenomenon that has claimed a sizeable percentage of the market. LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16.1 per cent of total international passenger traffic to and from Australia in March.
