Cebu Pacific to fly to Doha next year

Cebu Pacific is set to fly to Doha in Qatar in February next year as part of the airline’s efforts to service Filipinos living and working overseas.

At present, the budget airline is seeking green light from the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for its Manila-Qatar flight.

The flight will be three times a week — Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays — using the airline's Airbus A330.

Bulk of the country’s 10 million Filipinos working and living abroad are in the Middle East and are concentrated in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, among others.

Cebu Pacific, the airline arm of taipan John L. Gokongwei Jr., is scheduled to launch its long haul operations with its first Manila to Dubai flight on October 7 using A330-300 aircraft with a configuration of more than 400 all-economy class seats.

The airline has a fleet of 43 aircraft consisting of 10 Airbus A319, 25 Airbus A320, and eight ATR-72 500. It plans to expand its fleet to 55 aircraft by the end of 2015 to increase frequency on current routes and add new city pairs and destinations. — KBK, GMA News