CebPac revolutionizes PH air freight market with dedicated cargo aircraft

Leading Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB) has signed an agreement with Switzerland-based IPR Conversions Ltd to convert two of its ATR 72500 passenger aircraft into freighter planes. This will make Cebu Pacific the only passenger airline in the Philippines with dedicated cargo planes.

“We will be able to offer cargo capacity that no other carrier in the Philippines can provide,” said Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO of Cebu Pacific, “With the freighter aircraft, we will further support the growing needs of the logistics industry, especially as the Philippines’e-commerce businesses expand rapidly and look for faster delivery schedules.”

Cebu Pacific expects to receive the first of two converted aircraft in the fourth quarter of 2018. The cargo aircraft will continue to be operated through CEB’s wholly owned subsidiary, CebGo.

IPR Conversions, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is one of the leading ATR freighter conversion service providers in the world.

Rights, junior and high school students discussed issues such as discrimination and bullying toward the members of the LGBT. The rights and privileges of the LGBT community were also imparted, through House Bill No. 4982 or An Act Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) and Providing Penalties.

The SOGIE bill states that the LGBT community should be given rights to education and employment, equal to what heterosexuals get, with programs and projects that promote their protection to free them from discrimination and bullying.

Organized by the Local Government of San Fernando, through its Gender and Development, the “Seminar Orientation: Discrimination Amongst LGBT in the Community Learning Institutions” is part of the city’s observance of the LGBT June Pride Month for this year, which aims to promote gender equality and social inclusiveness among Fernandinos, with the theme, “Magkakaiba, Nagkakaisa”.