Cebu Pacific (CEB) flew 2.2 million passengers in June 2025, marking a 7.9% increase from the same month last year. Despite the rise in passenger numbers, the airline’s seat load factor (SLF) slightly dipped to 87.5% from 88.3%, with overall seat capacity growing by 8.8% year-on-year.
Domestic travel remained strong, with 7.3% more passengers flown on 6.8% more seats compared to June 2024, resulting in a high SLF of 92.1%. Meanwhile, international traffic rose 9.7%, although the SLF declined by 3.1 percentage points to 76.1%, following a 14.2% increase in available seats.
For the first half of 2025, Cebu Pacific carried 13.9 million passengers, up 20.8% from 11.5 million in 2024. Domestic passengers accounted for 10.4 million, up 20.4%, while international passengers reached 3.5 million, a 22.3% increase. The airline’s average SLF for the period was 85.4%, with capacity growing 20.6% to 16.3 million seats.
Cebu Pacific President and Chief Commercial Officer Xander Lao credited the strong numbers to sustained demand, even as the academic calendar shifted earlier this year.
“Despite the earlier start of classes, passenger traffic and seat load factors remained resilient,” Lao said. “Domestic demand was particularly strong with a 92% load factor, while international growth reflects our investment in linking cities outside Metro Manila to more overseas destinations.”
Lao added that while capacity was scaled back in late June to match the start of the lean travel season and manage engine and supply chain constraints, growth is expected to resume in the fourth quarter of 2025.
