Cebu Pacific said its overseas Filipino worker passengers are now exempted from paying airport terminal fee.
“After months of working with the MIAA on the details, Cebu Pacific is very proud to be the first carrier to make available such a benefit for our OFWs,” said JR Mantaring, CEB vice president for Corporate Affairs.
“We are pleased to offer our kababayans working abroad the convenience of not having to go through a process of reimbursement for fees they are already exempted from under the Migrants Workers Act,” he added.
Starting April 27, OFWs flying with Cebu Pacific to their job site do not need to pay for the P550 Naia Terminal Fee.
Aside from OFWs, pilgrims with authorization from the Philippine Sports Commission, and guests who have been issued MIAA exemption certificates are also exempted from paying the IPSC, provided valid documents are presented.
Recently, Cebu Pacific passengers have been given the option to pay for the travel on international flights of P1,620, plus a handling fee of P89 when they book their flights.
The Gokongwei-led airline carrier said net profit went up by 122 percent to P9.8 billion last year from P4.39 billion in 2015.
Total revenues, which include wholly-owned subsidiary Cebgo, jumped 9.6 percent to P61.9 billion, higher by 9.2 percent from P46.6 billon in 2015.
Cebu Pacific flew 19.1 million passengers in 2016, up 4.1 percent from 18.4 million passengers carried in 2015.