Cebu Pacific said Friday its passenger volume rose 26.3 percent in February 2025 from a year ago, driven by an increase in seat capacity.
Data from the airline unit of the Gokongwei Group showed it carried 2.2 million passengers in February, up from 1.72 million passengers a year earlier.
Seat load factor (SLF) improved to 86.8 percent from 85.3 percent last year, while seat capacity grew 24.1 percent.
Domestic passengers increased 28.9 percent to 1.61 million on the back of 27.3-percent growth in seats, with a SLF of 88.1 percent.
International passenger traffic grew 19.6 percent to 560,000 year-on-year, supported by a 16.1-percent increase in seats, which allowed a 2.4-percentage-point growth in SLF to 83.3 percent.
Cebu Pacific said that in the first two months of 2025, it flew 4.7 million passengers, a 30-percent increase from 3.6 million in 2024.
Domestic passengers grew 31.9 percent to 3.5 million, while international passengers increased 25 percent to 1.2 million. SLF averaged 86.7 percent, while overall capacity in seats grew 27.8 percent to 5.5 million.
“February traffic remained strong, surpassing capacity expansion and improving seat load factor across both our domestic and international networks,” said Candice Iyog, chief marketing and customer experience officer of Cebu Pacific.
“Considering that February is typically not a peak travel month for most Filipinos, these results reinforce our confidence that the market has already absorbed the additional capacity we’ve introduced since the third quarter of last year,” she said.
The airline offers the widest network coverage in the Philippines with 37 domestic and 26 international destinations. It operates one of the youngest fleets in the world, with a fleet of 98 aircraft.