NEW Cebu Pacific direct domestic flights from Davao are seen as another door of opportunities for the local tourism industry especially for the upcoming Kadayawan Festival, said City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) official. By July 26, Cebu Pacific will have scheduled flights three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between Davao and Dumaguete. They will also fly four times a week from Davao to Tacloban and vice versa starting July 27. Schedules will be every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. The flights will be carried by the Cebgo fleet of ATR aircraft. “We’re very happy with these updates as it means opportunities for us. We’re deep into planning for Kadayawan so we’ll include these new routes in our plans. We’re going all out now with preparations and events. We’re setting up a Kadayawan Village at Magsaysay Park and hoping that Dabawenyos will also help promote and join the activities,” said CTOO Head Generose Tecson. It was earlier reported that the tourism sector in Davao City had been “slightly affected” by the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao especially with the hotel bookings, accommodations, and events being cancelled for security purposes. Aside from the direct Davao flights to be launched by the last week of July, Cebu Pacific will also launch flights between Cebu and Masbate, Zamboanga and Cotabato, and Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga. Read more: New Cebu Pacific flights from Davao to boost tourism
Nice to hear that Davao get upgraded. The two new routes sounds very interesting. Allows faster travels from DVO to visit relatives of my wife if we choose Davao as a future living place.
For sure. I would take a trip to Davao for a look see if it was cheap and easy to get there. Sounds VERY interesting.
I looked at the costs, using 14th August as an example, and found that the return fare to Davao is about P8000 for flight only, whereas the SAME flight duration (85 minutes) to Manila and back is about P6000.
Landing fees may be Higher so that could account, may settle when the route is full from other destinations
There are infos around where Air Asia and Qatar Airways want to fly to Davao as well. I'm but cautious about such infos because Qatar wrote once, that they want to fly to Cebu again last year. And this was never happening.
True, but there are many more planes going to Manila. Also, if the flight to Davao was at a lower cost then maybe they would fill all the seats: Sell 1 carrot at P30 or 10 at P15 each; which is better for the seller?
Flight prices are very complex and a lot of things go into the price you pay. It isn't as simple as selling carrots at a lower cost. If it costs you P20 to grow and transport each carrot to the market then selling them for P15 each the seller probably won't be doing so good. Then what happens if you don't have 10 people interested in buying carrots no matter what the cost is?
Pricing gets interesting sometimes, many people when faced with buying 2 pencils for 5 cents would avail of the special discount price of 3 for 10 cents (2 for a nickle or 3 for a dime)
