The timely addition of the leased A320neo plane is expected to give the airline ‘additional reliability’ as engine-related problems and ‘strange incidents’ rock its operating fleet.
TIANJIN, China – Cebu Pacific flew home a new 188-seater A320neo on Friday, June 30, as it attempts to ramp up its fleet amid criticisms from the“For disruption on the day, we now have more aircraft to support that operation. This aircraft, it will be flying, but it will enable another aircraft to become an additional aircraft on the day,” Cebu Pacific chief executive officer Michael Szucs told international media on Friday, June 30.
The unit is the first China-assembled A320neo acquired by Cebu Pacific through a 12-year lease with Clover Aircraft Leasing. It’s also the eighth out of the 15 aircraft that the budget carrier expects to receive in 2023. The timely addition to the fleet comes just as Cebu Pacific drew the “This is an aircraft that now comes into the fleet and gives us additional reliability on top of what we’ve already done,” Szucs said.
Currently, about 17% of Cebu Pacific’s operating fleet became unavailable. At one point, nine of the airline’s long-term aircraft were grounded in a span of six to eight weeks. Without enough standby aircraft available, some flights were cancelled. “We just don’t have the standby aircraft to absorb all of the power,” Szucs said. “So we’re building that into our plan…. By the time we get to Christmas, we’ll have gone to more than double the number of standby aircraft we have.”
Cebu Pacific CEO Michael Szucs says that recent flight disruptions were due to engine problems and “strange incidents beyond normal wear and tear” — like a “freak wind” blowing a ramp into a plane. These grounded planes for up to 8 months and affected 17% of its operating fleet.
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