{"id":331567,"date":"2025-02-20T22:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/?p=331567"},"modified":"2025-02-20T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:54:21","slug":"trade-the-news-ceb-passenger-traffic-up-33-in-january-driven-by-holiday-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/trade-the-news-ceb-passenger-traffic-up-33-in-january-driven-by-holiday-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade the News: CEB passenger traffic up 33% in January, driven by holiday demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Potential Impact of this News<\/strong><\/td>POSITIVE on the stock price<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Company<\/strong><\/td>Cebu Air Inc.<\/td><\/tr>
Stock Code<\/strong><\/td>CEB<\/td><\/tr>
Long-term Recommendation on the Stock<\/strong><\/td>Buy<\/td><\/tr>
1-Year Target Price<\/strong><\/td>PHP 43.75<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cebu Pacific (CEB) logged a 33.4 percent growth in its passenger traffic for the first month of 2025, powered by strong demand over the New Year holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement on Friday, Feb. 14, the budget carrier said it carried 2.6 million passengers with seat capacity soaring by 31.2 percent due to additional frequencies and new routes launched last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seat load factor (SLF), which measures how many of the available seats were occupied, improved to 86.5 percent from last year\u2019s 85.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the same period, traffic for domestic passengers saw a 34.6 percent increase on 37.0 percent more seats and SLF of 87 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJanuary traffic saw strong passenger demand, fueled by holiday travel and the airline\u2019s network and capacity expansion over the past year,\u201d said Cebu Pacific President and Chief Commercial Officer Xander Lao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cebu Pacific’s domestic network has expanded to 84 routes from 68 in the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to an upswing in weekly flights from 2,620 in January 2024 to the current 2,912 weekly flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, international passenger traffic tallied a 29.9 percent year-on-year growth on 17 percent higher seats and SLF of 85.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline continues to expand its international scope with the current 40 flights from 36 in the year prior. Of which, weekly flights grew by 16 percent from 561 weekly flights in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Cebu Pacific now covers 124 routes across domestic and international destinations, up from last year\u2019s 104.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLoad factors remained healthy, with international travel demand notably outpacing capacity growth,\u201d said Lao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThroughout this year, we are committed to optimizing our capacity to meet the rising consumer demand along with the need to manage ongoing engine and supply chain issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cebu Pacific operates in 37 domestic and 26 international destinations via a fleet of 98 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(News Source: Manila Bulletin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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