Cebu Pacific revives Iloilo flights to Bangkok, Singapore

MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Pacific is restoring parts of its international network suspended during the Middle East war, despite high jet fuel prices worsening its first-half losses.

In an advisory on Tuesday, the Gokongwei-led airline said it would resume direct flights from Iloilo to Bangkok and Singapore starting Nov. 23.

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Both routes will operate thrice weekly, with outbound flights from Iloilo scheduled every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Flights to Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport will depart Iloilo at 9:30 p.m. and arrive at 12:25 a.m. the following day. Meanwhile, Singapore-bound flights will leave Iloilo at 10:50 p.m. and arrive at 2:25 a.m.

Cebu Pacific said return flights from both Bangkok and Singapore will begin on Nov. 24 and operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

These resumptions would reconnect Iloilo directly to two major Southeast Asian destinations after Cebu Pacific suspended the routes earlier this year amid operational disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.

In March, the airline announced it would suspend its Iloilo-Bangkok and Iloilo-Singapore services until late October as part of measures to keep its operations stable as the crisis sent global fuel prices to more than double their 2025 averages.

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Since then, Cebu Pacific has been gradually rebuilding its international network.

Earlier this month, Cebu Pacific also announced the resumption of its Clark-Hanoi and Cebu-Ho Chi Minh routes starting Nov. 20 and Oct. 26, respectively.

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Cebu Pacific ended the first half with a net loss of P5.9 billion, which it attributed largely to elevated fuel costs and foreign exchange losses during what it described as “one of the most challenging operating environments” it had faced since the pandemic.

Even with those challenges, Cebu Pacific asserts that passenger demand will likely remain strong, with market conditions expected to improve in the second half.

In July, the airline carried 2.2 million passengers, up 4.7 percent from a year earlier, as a 9.1-percent increase in domestic traffic offset an 8.6-percent decline in international passengers. /pai