Alexander Lao, Cebu Pacific president and chief commercial officer, said the planned resumption of Manila-Beijing flights would be suspended until further notice.He added that 'we are not operating, for example, into Xiamen and Shenzhen this winter 2024. So that's part of our pivot and you would see that in our announcements anyway.''We have to be pragmatic as well.
He remains hopeful that the Chinese market will recover, saying 'it's an important pillar in our tourism, in our tourism numbers, almost two million in 2019.'Cebu Pacific will be moving some of its services to other places such as Chiang Mai in Thailand and Da Nang in Vietnam.'You'll see a few more announcements hopefully in the next couple of weeks,' Lao said.Cebu Pacific is set to fly from Manila to Chiang Mai starting Oct.