Cebu Pacific fleet now all Airbus

Cebu Pacific, the country's second largest airline, said it retired its last DC9 airplane on Wednesday, making its all Airbus fleet the youngest in the Philippines and one of the newest in Asia. Company president and CEO Lance Gokongwei also said the airline's $670 million re-fleeting program is near completion. "We await the delivery of four more until February 2007. As we continue to take delivery of our new and bigger planes, we are carrying on with our expansion program," Gokongwei said. Gokongwei said Cebu Pacific has taken in 10 brand-new Airbus aircraft so far. Its all-Airbus fleet will be marked by the maiden flights of its Airbus A319 to Zamboanga and Butuan on Thursday. The new Airbus fleet replaces the DC9 planes which the airline has been using for ten years. The airline services 17 domestic destinations and also flies to Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea. It is set to start its Manila-Legaspi service on August 17 and Manila-Singapore on August 31. - GMANews.TV