CEB slashes fares by 50%

MANILA, Philippines - Cebu Pacific (CEB) holds a 50 percent off system-wide seat sale from Feb. 7 to 9 or until seats last, in honor of its 500,000 Facebook fans. This is for travel from March 1 to May 31, 2012.

CEB first posted on its official Facebook Fan Page (www.facebook.com/cebupacificair) last Feb. 1 that a surprise awaits its passengers once its page acquires 500,000 fans. It also held a 500,000th mark Facebook contest where five lucky winners each won one round-trip GCs to any domestic destination.

“The 500,000 mark was hit last Feb. 5, at 9:57 a.m. We encourage everyone to like CEB’s Facebook Fan Page to be among the first to find out about CEB’s trademark seat sales, and join CEB’s Facebook contests, raffles and online promos. We will keep on providing relevant information and fun prizes to our continuously growing number of Facebook fans,” said CEB VP for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB also has a Twitter account (@cebupacificair), which has almost 350,000 followers, and a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/cebupacificair) with close to 820,000 video views. CEB’s social networking sites are the most popular compared to other airlines in the Philippines.

For summer travel, passengers can book seats at 50 percent off to any of CEB’s international destinations, namely: Bangkok, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon (Seoul), Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Singapore, Shanghai, Siem Reap (Cambodia), Taipei or Xiamen.

The airline’s 33 domestic destinations are also up for grabs at 50 percent off. They 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.

Iyog highlighted the airline’s new flights, especially with this seat sale. “We are putting 500,000 seats on sale. Guests may check CEB’s newest routes to be launched from February to April: Manila-Hanoi, Manila-Xiamen, Manila-Siem Reap, Cebu-Kalibo, and Kalibo-Hong Kong flights.”

For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or (032) 230-8888. The latest seat sales and promos can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pages.