Cebu Pacific top local airline as air travel market rose in 2018

February 26, 2019

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) on Tuesday said air travel market rose by double digits in 2018 compared to 2017. 

CAB data showed domestic passenger traffic reached 27.28 million last year, up by 10 percent from 24.81 million in 2017. 

Cebu Pacific remained the leading domestic airline with 12.26 million passengers in 2018 from 11.95 million in 2017. 

CebGo, Cebu Pacifi’c subsidiary recorded a total  1.69 million passengers last year from 1.77 million passengers in 2017. 

PAL Express followed with 6.46 million last year from 5.94 million in 2017 and Philippines AirAsia with 4.59 million passengers from 3.44 million passengers. 

Philippine Airlines carried a total 1.73 million passengers last year from 1.26 million passengers in 2017. 

Magnum Air and Air Juan Aviation carried 259,957 passengers and 33,403 passengers , respectively. 

CAB said the number of international passenger traffic last year grew by 10.3 percent to 26.86 million from 24.37 million in 2017. 

Of the total, domestic airlines carried 14.43 million passengers, while foreign airlines flew 12.42 million. 

PAL was the number one airline in the international market with 7.44 million passengers in 2018 from 6.88 million passengers in 2017. 

Cebu Pacific was second with 5.02 million passengers last year from 4.74 million in 2017. 

Philippines Air Asia and PAL Express, recorded a total international passengers of 1.72 million and 250,977, respectively. DMS