Cebu Pacific said Tuesday its passenger traffic grew 18.9 percent in March 2025, driven by increased seat capacity.
The airline unit of the Gokongwei Group said it carried 2.2 million passengers in March, up from 1.85 million passengers it served in the same month last year.
The airline’s seat load factor (SLF) reduced slightly to 81.4 percent from 81.6 percent last year, while seat capacity grew by 19.2 percent.
Domestic passengers increased 20.2 percent to 1.65 million from 1.37 million passengers last year on 17.9-percent increase in seats, with a SLF of 84.1 percent.
International passenger traffic grew 15.2 percent to 551,0000 on 22.9-percent higher seats, coming with a percentage point decrease in SLF to 74.3 percent.
CEB said the first-quarter passengers also grew 26.3 percent to 7 million from 5.5 million a year ago.
Domestic passengers increased 27.9 percent to 5.2 million, while international passengers grew 21.8 percent to 1.8 million. SLF averaged 84.9 percent, while overall capacity in seats grew 24.8 percent to 8.2 million.
“Despite the shift of Easter from March of last year into April of this year, the traffic growth and seat load factors remained robust for both domestic and international networks,” said Xander Lao, president and chief commercial officer of CEB.
“For the first quarter, overall, we have registered increases in load factor while growing capacity at circa 25 percent. This reinforces our positive outlook for the second quarter of this year,” he said.
Darwin G. Amojelar
CEB flies to 37 domestic and 26 international destinations across Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
