Cebgo: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Regional airline inof the Philippines}}

| airline = Cebgo

| image =

| logo = Logo of Cebgo.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| fleet_size = 17

| destinations = [[List of CebgoCebu Pacific destinations|30]]

| IATA = DG<ref name="chavprofile">{{cite web | url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/5JG | title=Cebgo | work=ch-aviation | access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

| ICAO = SRQ<ref name="chavprofile" />

| callsign = BLUE JAY<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2G_Bsc_dtd_1-5-17.pdf | title=JO 7340.2G Contractions | work=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] | date=5 January 2017 | access-date=25 February 2017 | pages=3–1–29}}</ref>

| aoc = 2009004<ref name="caap-aoc">{{Cite web | title=ACTIVE/CURRENT AOC HOLDERS | url=https://caap.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/UPDATED-AOC-PROFILE-AS-OF-30-May-2019.pdf | publisher=[[Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines]] | date=May 30, 2019 | access-date=January 8, 2023 | archive-date=May 18, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518142901/https://caap.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/UPDATED-AOC-PROFILE-AS-OF-30-May-2019.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

| founded = {{ubl|

| {{start date and age|1995||}}<br /><small>(as ''South East Asian Airlines'')</small>

| {{start date and age|2013|06|}}<br /><small>(as ''Tigerair Philippines'')</small>}}

| commenced = {{ubl|

| {{start date and age|1995||}}<br /><small>(as ''South East Asian Airlines'')</small>

| {{start date and age|2013|07|10}}<br /><small>(as ''Tigerair Philippines'')</small>

| {{start date and age|2015|05|11}}<br><small />(as ''Cebgo'')</small>}}

| hubsbases = {{ubl|class=nowrap
| [[Mactan–Cebu International Airport|Cebu]]

| secondary_hubs =| [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila]]}}

| allianceparent = [[ValueCebu AlliancePacific]] (affiliate)

| revenue net_income =

| net_income num_employees =

'''Cebgo, Inc.''', operating as '''Cebgo''' (stylized in [[all lowercase]] as '''cebgo'''), is the regional brand of Cebu Pacific. It is the successor company to '''SEAIR, Inc.''', which previously operated as '''South East Asian Airlines''' and '''Tigerair Philippines'''.<ref name="alternativeairlines.com">{{Cite web|title=Cebgo {{!}} Book Our Flights Online & Save {{!}} Low-Fares, Offers & More|url=https://www.alternativeairlines.com/cebgo#:~:text=About,its%20flight%20from%20Terminal%204|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.alternativeairlines.com}}</ref> It is now owned by [[JG Summit]], the parent company of [[Cebu Pacific]] which operates the airline. The airline's main base has been transferred from [[Clark International Airport]] in [[Angeles City]] to [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] in [[Metro Manila]]. On April 30, 2017, Cebgo planned to move out from [[Manila]] and transfer its main base to [[Mactan–Cebu International Airport]] in [[Cebu City]] because NAIA has already maxed out its capacity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2017/04/30/cebgo-to-move-main-base-of-operations-to-cebu/|title=Cebgo to move main base of operations to Cebu - Lorenz S. Marasigan|first=Lorenz S.|last=Marasigan|website=[[BusinessMirror]] |date=Apr 30, 2017|access-date=Sep 29, 2019}}</ref> Currently, it operates an all-[[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] fleet, with a total of 16 in service.<ref name="alternativeairlines.com"/>

On September 29, 2006, a deal was announced in which Singapore-based [[Tigerair]] would enter a commercial and operational tie-up with SEAir from February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/233181/1/.html|title=Channel NewsAsia}}</ref> The tie-up was finally approved in 2008 after protest from four other Philippine airlines. However, due to the unfavorable operating environment, the plan was put into hiatus. Tigerair and SEAir revisited the partnership plan in 2010 and it was officially launched on December 16, 2010. Seats on flights operated by SEAir using two aircraft leased from Tigerair were sold and marketed by Tigerair for SEAir. Shortly after SEAir and Tigerair launched the partnership, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Zest Airways and Air Philippines sent a letter of protest to the Department of Transportation and Communications claiming the partnership between SEAir and Tigerair was illegal and requested the authorities to stop flights operating under the partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ann/20101220/tap-airlines-hit-seair-tiger-airways-par-018c6ab.html|title=''Airlines hit SEAir, Tiger Airways partnership''|access-date=Sep 29, 2019}}</ref> The Tigerair-SEAir partnership began with international flights from Clark to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau. It was then expanded to domestic destination from Manila (NAIA) to Davao and Cebu (slated to launch in July 2011). However, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered the sales of the domestic flight under the partnership to be suspended on May 20, 2011, after receiving complaints from Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific. Since the ban from CAB was lifted in October 2011, the planned domestic flight (between Manila (NAIA) to Davao and Cebu) was scheduled to start in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Corporate&title=Seair-readies-new-routes-with-ban-lifted&id=45728|title=BusinessWorld - Seair readies new routes with ban lifted|work=bworldonline.com|access-date=January 27, 2012|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140028/http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Corporate&title=Seair-readies-new-routes-with-ban-lifted&id=45728|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2011, [[Tiger Airways Holdings]] Ltd., parent company of Tigerair, purchased 32.5% shares of SEAir.<ref>{{Cite news|title=After tie-up, Tiger Airways now wants stake in SEAIR |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/24/11/tiger-airways-take-stake-seair |work=ABS-CBN News |date=2011-02-24 |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref> They increased their shares to 40% in August 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tiger Airways buys 40% of SEAir |firstfirst1=Jerome |lastlast1=Aning |first2=Paolo G. |last2=Montecillo |url=https://business.inquirer.net/76735/tiger-airways-completes-buy-in-to-seair |work=Inquirer |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref>

In December 2012, CAB approved SEAir's application to form [[SEAir International]], a full-service airline focusing on domestic and international leisure destinations. It operates independently from SEAir Inc., which was rebranded as Tigerair Philippines. Due to the exclusion of turboprop aircraft under a share sale agreement between SEAir and Tigerair, the turboprop fleet of SEAir Inc. was transferred to SEAir International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/49445/seair-international-cleared-for-takeoff|title=Seair International cleared for takeoff|work=InterAksyon.com|access-date=2013-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629223128/http://www.interaksyon.com/business/49445/seair-international-cleared-for-takeoff#|archive-date=2013-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2018, after a crowdsourcing campaign was launched in 2017, Cebu Pacific announced it was flying to Batanes, the most requested destination in the campaign. The route's inaugural flight was on March 25, 2018, but flights to BatanasBatanes ended on October 27 of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/business/195855-cebu-pacific-cebgo-manila-basco-batanes-flights|title=Cebu Pacific to fly directly to Batanes|first=Chrisee Dela|last=Paz|website=Rappler|date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=Sep 29, 2019}}</ref>

Like Cebu Pacific, Cebgo's operations have beenwere affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Both airlines suspended operations during the [[enhanced community quarantine in Luzon]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cebu Pacific to suspend all flight operations due to COVID-19 |url=https://www.panaynews.net/cebu-pacific-to-suspend-all-flight-operations-due-to-covid-19/ |work=Panay News |date=2020-03-18 |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref>

{{As of|20222024|907}}, Cebgo operates an all-[[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] fleet composed of the following aircraft:<ref name="atrpr22sep2016">{{cite press release | url=http://www.atraircraft.com/newsroom/pressrelease/first-atr-72-600-high-capacity-delivered-to-cebu-pacific-1401-en.html | title=First ATR 72-600 High Capacity delivered to Cebu Pacific | publisher=[[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] | date=22 September 2016 | access-date=25 February 2017 | archive-date=February 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131428/http://www.atraircraft.com/newsroom/pressrelease/first-atr-72-600-high-capacity-delivered-to-cebu-pacific-1401-en.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="alternativeairlines.com"/>

|1415<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/search?fleet=CEBU-Pacific-Air&manufacturer=ATR&type=ATR-42&fleetStatus=current|title=Production List Search|website=www.planespotters.net|language=en|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref>

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* [https://www.planespotters.net/Airline/SEAIR-South-East-Asian-Airlines South East Asian Airlines fleet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205741/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/SEAIR-South-East-Asian-Airlines |date=March 14, 2016 }}