BUDGET airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) is the domestic aviation market leader based on Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) passenger data from January to June 2007.
CEB carried a total of 2,256,289 passengers for the period in review compared to Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) 1,981,267.
The Gokongwei-owned carrier also registered an 84% load factor compared to 80% and 72% of its nearest competitors.
CEB’s total domestic passenger carriage in the first semester of 2007 soared 72% from 1,310,376 commuters for the first half of last year. Load factor percentage was also up from 74% for 2006.
The CAB data showed that the domestic air travel market rose 24% in the first half of 2007.
