Cebu Pacific resumes flights to Australia

BUDGET carrier cebu Pacific said on Sunday it has expanded its Asia Pacific footprint with the resumption of its flights to Australia.

With the easing of travel restrictions in the Philippines and Australia, cebu Pacific has resumed its thrice weekly f lights between Manila and Sydney.

“With this route resumption, we are pleased to fly once again to and from this destination after more than two years. We know that many are excited to visit Sydney’s attractions like the Sydney Opera House, Harbour bridge, bondi beach, Taronga Zoo and many more,” said Xander lao, chief commercial Officer at cebu Pacific.

He added: “This also allows Filipinos to reunite with friends and family. We will continue working on boosting seamless connections across our network to address demand.”

Sydney requires arriving tourists to present printed copies of their covid-19 Vaccination certificate upon check-in. Travelers must also complete and submit their Digital Passenger Declaration form at least 72 hours before departure.

coming home, boosted Filipinos no longer need to take a covid test pre-departure.

As countries continue to reduce covid-19 measures, cebu Pacific plans to revitalize its international network. its domestic network has already been restored to 100 percent of its pre-pandemic capacity.

last month, the airline announced that it will ramp up its flights to Singapore from Manila and cebu.

in an advisory, cebu Pacific said it will double the daily frequency of its Manila-singapore operations starting July 1, while its thrice weekly cebu-singapore route will reopen on July 15.

“We are delighted to continue ramping-up our international flight frequencies, not only in Manila, but also in cebu. We know majority of the traveling public have been looking forward to travel internationally again, especially since a lot of countries have eased their restrictions. We continue to work towards the expansion of our international network while we maintain operating over 100 percent of our pre-pandemic domestic capacity,” lao said.