Cebu Pacific bagged the Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) of the Year award, and Lance Gokongwei, its president, was named LCC CEO of the Year during the recent Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012.
The Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012 was one of the highlights of the 2012 Low-Cost Airlines World Asia Pacific Conference held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on February 9.
Cebu Pacific surpassed other airlines such as Air Asia, Jetstar, IndiGo, Spring Airlines and SpiceJet for LCC and LCC CEO of the Year, two Budgie$ awards categories that were introduced just this year. The airline of the Gokongwei group won Friendliest LCC of the Year award in 2011.
“We at Cebu Pacific are very happy and humbled by these awards, especially since they were voted by our peers in the Asia- Pacific aviation industry. It is a very exciting time for the airline since we recently announced we will offer long-haul services in the third quarter of 2013. Rest assured we will continue providing the lowest fares, extensive route network and more innovative travel products to our passengers,” said Candice Iyog, the airline’s vice president for marketing and distribution.
The airline will lease A330-300 aircraft to expand its range to possible destinations such as Australia, Middle East, and parts of Europe and the United States.
“We want our passengers to join in the celebration and the excitement. Many requested for a P1 seat sale when we first posted the awards on CEB’s official Facebook fan page and Twitter account. As the pioneer of the P1 seat sale in the country, we are proud to offer it once again to our passengers,” Iyog said.
The airline places its 33 domestic destinations on P1.43 Valentines seat sale from February 13 to 15, for travel from June 1 to September 30. The seat sale fare is exclusive of government tax and fuel surcharge.
The airline’s domestic destinations are Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Busuanga (Coron), Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Catarman, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tawi-Tawi, Tuguegarao, Virac and Zamboanga.
