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Cebu Pacific Passenger Numbers Fall 0.7% in April 2026
Cebu Pacific carried 2.3 million passengers in April 2026, a 0.7 percent decline from the same month in 2025. The airline reported lower seat load factors, particularly on domestic routes, as fuel prices rose due to the Middle East situation. Year-to-date passenger traffic remains 6.2 percent higher than the prior year.
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Cebu Pacific carried around 2.3 million passengers in April 2026, 0.7 percent fewer than in April 2025, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on May 15. Overall seat load factor fell to 74.4 percent from 83.8 percent a year earlier.
The decline was larger on domestic routes, where the load factor dropped 11.8 percentage points to 73.9 percent. International seat load factor decreased 3.5 percentage points to 75.6 percent. The company flew 2.271 million passengers in April, down from 2.463 million in March when the effects of the Middle East conflict began to affect consumers.
Domestic passengers fell from 1.850 million in March to 1.669 million in April. International passengers declined from 613,000 to 602,000.
The airline has carried more than 9.8 million passengers since the beginning of 2026, a 6.2 percent increase from the 9.2 million recorded in the same period of 2025. The company president and chief commercial officer said the airline saw softer booking momentum and weaker April load amid fuel price pressures brought by the conflict in the Middle East.
“We have since recalibrated pricing, including rolling out targeted seat sales, with early indications of a booking recovery emerging in our late April and May booking trends,” he said. Fuel surcharges more than doubled in April after the Civil Aeronautics Board raised levels from Level 8 to Level 19.
The board later reduced the surcharge to Level 15 for the period from May 16 to 31. That change translates to fares between 491 pesos and 1,436 pesos for domestic flights and between 1,621.42 pesos and 12,056 pesos for international routes.
