Every touchdown in Manila aboard Cebu Pacific flight, this is what I hear from the flight attendants over the microphone. And I always wonder whatever happened to Philippine Airlines (PAL). As we all know, PAL is the first airlines in the Philippines since 1941. They have international flights as far as the Middle East, Australia and the US. And Cebu Pacific started operating in 1996 only and does not have international flights in the Middle East, Australia and the US, only Asia Pacific. What could have been the basis for being the LARGEST? Fleets? PAL aircrafts are way too far bigger the Cebu Pacifics. Destination? Hmmm, they have domestic routes unreachable by PAL like Tawi-tawi. Number of passengers onboard? I am really sure. I really don’t know, that’s why I wonder.
Here’s a comparison of Cebu Pacific to Philippine Airlines courtesy of wikipedia.org:
I don’t have anything against the two airlines competing with each other. I don’t know if both airlines are of the same level of competition. Both airlines have unique qualities in them. Cebu Pacific for having the earliest flights possible and domestic routes that PAL doesn’t have. And PAL has free snacks on board, sophisticated planes and international flights as far as the US.
Well, I think the passengers are the ones who benefit most from this competition of airlines. The fare for air transport has been reduced since the introduction of low fares from Cebu Pacific and other airlines are following.
3 comments:
A flag carrier needs to be the airline currently "dominating" the market regardless of whether they are state owned or not...therefore, 5J may claim the title...However, when they say,"largest flag carrier" it already seems redundant. Maybe they just want it clear that they are numero uno. However, there is no licensing body for this so this "title" is just for marketing purposes. Just look at how PAL reacts or...might i say, has no reaction. =)
a NATIONAL carrier, by the way, needs to be state-owned to be called such.
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