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Cebu Air, Inc. (PSE: CEB), operating as Cebu Pacific (stylized in lowercase), is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Pasay in Metro Manila. Founded in 1988, [ 2 ] it is Asia's first low-cost airline and the Philippines' largest airline.
John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. (traditional Chinese: 吳奕輝; simplified Chinese: 吴奕辉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ E̍k-hui; pinyin: Wú Yìhuī; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) [2] was a Filipino banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Key subsidiaries include Universal Robina and Cebu Pacific. Incorporated in November 1990, JG Summit Holdings was founded by John Gokongwei Jr., one of the wealthiest individuals in Southeast Asia. [2] In 2010, JGSHI was one of the ten most profitable companies on the Philippine Stock Exchange. [3]
Founded as Island Transvoyager. Alphaland Aviation: 0A BIC BALESIN Clark Manila: 2015 Bangsamoro Airways: Cotabato: 2024 Cebgo: DG SRQ BLUE JAY Cebu Manila: 1995 Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates as Cebu Pacific. PAL Express: 2P GAP AIRPHIL Manila Cebu Clark Davao Zamboanga: 1995 Founded as Air Philippines and commenced operations ...
In 1996, Gokongwei was tasked by his father to take on the challenge of building a new low-cost airline, Cebu Pacific Air. [13] In February 1998, two years after the company's inception, Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashed into a mountainside, killing all 104 people aboard. At the time, it was the nation's worst air disaster.
The name "Philippines", instead of "Philippine Airlines", is to denote that PAL is the primary flag carrier of the Philippines. However, this sometimes leads to confusion that a PAL plane, especially when chartered by the President for official or state visits, is, in fact, the official air transport of the Philippine head of state .
Cebgo, Inc., operating as Cebgo or Cebu Pacific Cargo (stylized in all lowercase as cebgo), is the regional brand cargo airline of Cebu Pacific. It is the successor company to SEAIR, Inc. , which previously operated as South East Asian Airlines and Tigerair Philippines . [ 4 ]
Cebu Pacific Air is an airline owned by Cebu-based Gokongwei family. On May 28, 2008, Cebu Pacific was named as the world's number one airline in terms of growth. The airline carried a total of almost 5.5 million passengers in 2007, up 57.4% from 2006. [81] On January 6, 2011, Cebu Pacific flew its 50 millionth passenger (from Manila to Beijing).