Flight 5J 242 gets a water cannon salute before leaving Iloilo last night |
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific resumed its direct flights from Iloilo to Hong Kong yesterday night, Oct.27.
Flight 5J 242 was
given a water cannon salute as it left Iloilo airport at 11:06 pm, and arrived
in Hong Kong at 1:35am early this morning.
From Hong Kong, Flight 243 of the Philippines’ second flag carrier headed back to Iloilo at 2:20am for the resumption of the return flight, and arrived there at 5am.
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The flights from Iloilo will be four times weekly, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Flights from Hong Kong to Iloilo
will be every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, following the same
schedule.
To mark the milestone, CebuPac offered one-way promotional
base fares for as low as P1 for direct flights between Iloilo and Hong Kong, between July 26 and July 31, for flights from
Oct 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025.
With
the flight resumptions, CebuPac became the only airline to operate international
flights from Iloilo.
The
airline said the service could make air travel even more affordable and
accessible for a wide range of passengers in the Visayas region.
Next
month, it is scheduled to also resume direct flights to Singapore from both
Iloilo and Davao.
Cebu Pacific currently operates flights to 35 domestic and 25 international destinations across Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
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