Cebu Pacific hiring for 200 positions PAL, Cebu Pacific, Zest get more S.Korea seats

Cebu Pacific (Cebu Air Inc.) announced yesterday that it is hiring for 200 positions that have opened up for pilots, cabin crew, and technical and non-technical support crew in time for the delivery of two brand-new Airbus A320 this year and seven more aircraft next year.

The planes will be added to the airline's current line-up of 10 Airbus A319, 21 Airbus A320 and eight ATR-72 500 aircraft. “With our expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific region, CEB remains committed to providing high-paying jobs, a fun work environment and unlimited travel benefits to even more people,” said Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog In its 16th year of operations, CEB has flown over 65 million passengers to 32 domestic and 19 international destinations. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific wilhttp://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3792023598406880352#editor/target=post;postID=6162998307100531519l take delivery of 21 Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the third quarter of 2013, with the arrival of four Airbus A330s in the 2013 - 2014 period.

 Another local airline, Zest Airways Inc., has tapped global aviation training services provider Alpha Aviation Group (AAG) Philippines to train its pilots. ZestAir and AAG have signed an agreement for a long-term training partnership. ZestAir's pilots will beging their Airbus A320 training in September. ZestAir chief executive adviser Brian Hogan said the signing of the agreement is in line with the scheduled delivery of its new fleet of airline in the coming months. MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Airlines,

Cebu Pacific and Zest Air are getting the 9,500 additional seat entitlements that the government air panel negotiated with South Korea earlier this year. "We already awarded the entitlements to Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Zest Air," said Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) executive director Carmelo Arcilla. PAL and Cebu Pacific each get more than 3,000 seats. Zest Air was given around 2,000 seats, In its application, Cebu Pacific asked for an additional 3,780 seats a week. It currently has an existing allocation of 5,670 weekly seats.

 PAL asked for an additional 3,500 seats per week, on top of its current 7,550 seats per week. On the other hand, Zest Air applied for 5,596 seats a week. This is in addition to its 2,700 seats per week allocation. Last April, the Philippines and South Korea amended their existing air pact by adding an additional 9,500-weekly seats. Arcilla said the 19,000 weekly seat entitlements being utilized by Philippine and Korean carriers has been increased to 28,500 seats per week for each country.