Tandag, Philippines, loses last scheduled route by Cebgo ch-aviation PRO exclusive

Vanilla Air (JW, Tokyo Narita) has announced it will withdraw from Value Alliance on March 30, 2019, and will thereafter no longer sell tickets for other alliance members' flights.

In a statement, the Japanese LCC did not provide any reasons for its leaving the alliance. However, the carrier is in the process of being merged into Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai) which is not a member of the alliance.

Value Alliance was formed in 2016 as a partnership of East, South-East Asian, and Australian LCCs. Its members include Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) and Cebgo (DG, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) in the Philippines, Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) in South Korea, Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) and NokScoot (XW, Bangkok Don Mueang) in Thailand, Scoot (TR, Singapore Changi) in Singapore, Tigerair Australia (TT, Melbourne Tullamarine) in Australia, and Vanilla Air.

According to the ch-aviation capacity module, following Vanilla Air's withdrawal, other alliance members will continue...

Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) is planning to grow its fleet from the current seventy units to eighty-three by 2022 and will launch dedicated full freighter operations in the first half of 2019.

Speaking during the delivery ceremony of the carrier's first A321-200neo, CEO Lance Gokongwei said, quoted by ABC-CBN, that in 2019 alone Cebu Pacific plans to take six A321neo, five A320-200neo, and a single ATR72-600. The larger A321neo will be deployed primarily out of congested Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l to better utilise the available slots, while the A320s will be then placed at regional bases in the Philippines.

Cebu Pacific also plans to use the A321neo's extended range to study new destinations in India, Japan, Russia, and potentially Australia.

Currently, the airline operates thirty-six A320-200s and seven A321-200s. It has thirty-two A321neo on order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).

Vice-President (Cargo) Alex Reyes additionally told SunStar that the airline planned to take two ATR72-500(F)s freighters, with the first one due to arrive in March...

Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) plans to launch a base at and international services out of the newly opened airport in Panglao during the course of 2019, with Macau Int'l and Taipei Taoyuan likely to be the first destinations, CEO Dexter Comendador told the Filipino media.

The LCC currently operates 21 weekly flights to Panglao from Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l. According to the BusinessMirror, Comendador said the carrier would be interested in increasing the frequency to five flights per day, subject to the capacity of Bohol's tourist infrastructure.

Subsequently, Philippines AirAsia is also mulling launching a base at Panglao with a single A320-200 stationed there. The aircraft would be used, among others, for international services, initially to Taipei and Macau, and later also to mainland China, Korea, and Japan.

Panglao currently sees predominantly domestic traffic. Besides Philippines AirAsia, Cebu Pacific Air, Philippine Airlines, Cebgo, Air Philippines, and AirSWIFT offer scheduled services from the airport. The only international route presently operated is Air Philippines' 7x...