The Cebu Pacific Air will start operating direct commercial flights to and from Batanes on March 25 in time for the summer travel season, airline officials said on Monday.
CEB, through its sister airline CebGo, will operate the direct flight service once daily between Manila and Basco, Batanes beginning March 25 until Oct. 27, 2018.
The flight, according to CEB spokesperson Charo Lagamon, departs from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport-Terminal 4 in Manila at 6:20 a.m., with the return trip from Basco, Batanes departing at 9:15 a.m.
Lagamon said CebGo will utilize its ATR aircraft for the Batanes route.
Batanes emerged as the most requested destination in a crowdsourcing campaign CEB launched last year—the first of its kind in Philippine aviation.
Lagamon said the CEB will hold an introductory all-in seat sale for flights from Manila to Basco from Feb. 12 to 13, 2018, or until seats last.
