BIZ BUZZ: Travelers keep Cebu Pacific busy

It is, indeed, the holiday season.

And we’re not saying this just because of the hellish traffic we’ve been seeing in Metro Manila lately.

For the first time, budget carrier Cebu Pacific surpassed 80,000 passengers flown in a single day on Dec. 20, when 81,243 people boarded its aircraft toward home or a vacation.

The celebration was brief but made better the next day: according to Cebu Pacific chief operating officer Javier Massot, they flew 83,100 passengers on Saturday, Dec. 21.

“As we approach the Christmas season, we’re proud to help reunite families and friends for the holidays,” Massot said in a LinkedIn post.

This, of course, should no longer come as a surprise, especially as nearly everyone we know will spend their holidays in other parts of the country, or, for some, the world.

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Cebu Pacific has likewise been launching new routes left and right. Earlier this year, it began offering direct flights to Chiang Mai and Don Mueang in Thailand, Osaka in Japan, and announced additional flight schedules to local destinations.

Just to make sure that they have enough planes in their fleet to accommodate the booming travel demand, Cebu Pacific also recently took delivery of its 16th aircraft for the year.

Maybe we can expect another breach of its daily record before the year ends. After all, we still have the New Year holiday.