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1. Cebu Air Inc : @cebupacificair 2nd most tweeted airline in the world
The Twitter account of the Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) is the 2nd most tweeted airline in the world according to the latest monthly study from the Eezeer Data Lab, a Twitter analytic products company.
In partnership with social networking site SimpliFlying, the Airlines Monthly Twitter Report for August 2011 provides data that serves as a marketing reference in social media for the travel industry.
Eezeer said @cebupacificair received almost 12,000 public tweets for the month of August, ranking 2nd in the Airline Listening Champion category. Approximately 186 airlines tweet, but only 81 of them are actively tweeting.
Based on their report, Delta received more than 27,000 public tweets, while CEB received close to 12,000 tweets. JetBlue rounded up the third place with almost 9,000 public tweets.
CEB was also singled out in the report with a 106.7 global satisfaction rate. A score of 100 indicates average consumer satisfaction.
“Cebu Pacific remains innovative in using social networking sites to share our culture as an airline to our fans and followers, and boost travel with our trademark low fares,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.
“We owe this increase in public tweets to @cebupacificair to our Twitter promos and games. We currently have a Where in the World is Ceb promo that is linked to a CEB Facebook app. There, we give fans the chance to win four tickets to any CEB destination they want,” she added.
Because of this, CEB holds a seat sale as low as P1 from September 23 to 25, 2011 or until seats last.
For travel from November 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012, passengers can buy P1 seats from Manila to Laoag; from Cebu to Bacolod, Clark, Dumaguete, Iloilo; from Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi; and, from Cagayan de Oro to Iloilo or Davao.
It also highlights local destinations such as Bacolod, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cebu, Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran from Manila, and Davao from Cebu with seat sale fares as low as P388, for travel from November 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
P688 seats are also available for flights from Manila to Davao, General Santos, Dipolog, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro.
Meanwhile, popular international destinations are up for grabs, for travel from December 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012.
Passengers can buy P488 seats from Clark to Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, and P888 seats from Clark to Bangkok, and from Cebu to Hong Kong, Singapore, Incheon and Busan.
CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 15 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. By the end of 2011, CEB will be operating a fleet of 37 aircraft – with an average age of less than 3.5 years – one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 23 Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders, and 2 Airbus A320 aircraft on operating lease agreements.
2. Air talks with Taiwan planned for November
AIR TALKS with Taiwan have been proposed by the Philippines under the Aquino administration’s “pocket open skies” policy, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) yesterday said.
The government, said CAB Executive Director Carmelo L. Arcilla, sees Taiwan as a “big tourism market.”
“Our next air talks will be with Taiwan ... we have scheduled [the talks] for November, but this is still not yet final,” Mr. Arcilla told BusinessWorld.
“Taiwan is one of our big tourism markets ... we still see a lot of expansion for this market,” he added.
Tourism department data show that of the 1.91 million visitor arrivals during the first half of the year, a little over 4% or 84,979 were from Taiwan. This was enough to put the country in the top five list.
“We are looking at marketing the Kalibo route, as we have found out that there are many Taiwanese visiting that area,” Mr. Arcilla said.
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines and budget carrier Cebu Pacific currently stage daily flights from Manila to Taipei.
“We are using most of our entitlements from Manila. The maximum [for PAL] is 4,800 seats per week,” Cielo A. Villaluna, PAL spokesperson, said in a text message yesterday.
Candice A. Iyog, Cebu Pacific vice-president for marketing and distribution, said in a separate text message: “We fly to Taipei daily ... from Manila. We use our A320, which is a 180-seater aircraft.”
Both officials held off from saying whether their airlines would be interested in applying for additional seats to Taiwan.
The Philippines has successfully concluded air talks with Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Malaysia under the pocket open skies policy, which allows the grant of additional rights to facilities not including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Negotiations with Indonesia have not been fruitful and a second round of talks is expected to be held.
The Philippines was also readying for air talks with Hong Kong and Japan.
“We are just waiting for responses,” he said.
Executive Order 29, signed by President Benigno S. C. Aquino III on March 14, authorized the CAB and negotiators to “pursue more aggressively the international civil aviation liberalization policy” with respect to airports outside Metro Manila.
3. Nationality Up in the Air After Mid-Flight Birth
If a baby is born is born 30,000 feet in the air, what's the nationality?
It may sound like a ridiculous riddle, but this is exactly what officials are trying to figure out after Aida Alamillo, 41, gave birth on a Philippine Airline flight bound for San Francisco.
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Alamillo was just eight days shy of her due date when she boarded the flight.
"I didn't expect I would have a baby there...it just happened," Alamillo told NBC Bay Area.
Alamillo was cleared to fly by her doctor in the Philippines, but started to feel nauseous and alerted crew she was going into labor. Luckily, three nurses were traveling aboard the plane and were able to deliver the baby in a secluded area of business class.
Four hours from San Francisco, passengers cheered as the crew announced that a healthy baby boy had been born.
Upon landing, the mother was taken to a local San Francisco hospital to rest. She named the baby Kevin Raymar Francis Domingo. The middle name "Francis" was added in honor of the California city.
Alamillo was ultimately heading to Massachusetts, where her ailing father and sister live. Her sister, Leoni Bauermeister, told MyFoxBoston.com that Alamillo had just received visas for herself and her children to immigrate to the U.S. and was hoping to have the child in the U.S. so the child would be a citizen.
This, perhaps, isn't something she should have reported to the press.
Back to the citizenship question - according to Jennifer Vaughn, of the Center for Immigration Studies, if the baby was born over international waters it usually takes the same citizenship as the parents. However, if the baby was born over U.S. air space it will be considered a U.S. citizen, she told Fox News.
Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
1. Cebu Air Inc : @cebupacificair 2nd most tweeted airline in the world
The Twitter account of the Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) is the 2nd most tweeted airline in the world according to the latest monthly study from the Eezeer Data Lab, a Twitter analytic products company.
In partnership with social networking site SimpliFlying, the Airlines Monthly Twitter Report for August 2011 provides data that serves as a marketing reference in social media for the travel industry.
Eezeer said @cebupacificair received almost 12,000 public tweets for the month of August, ranking 2nd in the Airline Listening Champion category. Approximately 186 airlines tweet, but only 81 of them are actively tweeting.
Based on their report, Delta received more than 27,000 public tweets, while CEB received close to 12,000 tweets. JetBlue rounded up the third place with almost 9,000 public tweets.
CEB was also singled out in the report with a 106.7 global satisfaction rate. A score of 100 indicates average consumer satisfaction.
“Cebu Pacific remains innovative in using social networking sites to share our culture as an airline to our fans and followers, and boost travel with our trademark low fares,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.
“We owe this increase in public tweets to @cebupacificair to our Twitter promos and games. We currently have a Where in the World is Ceb promo that is linked to a CEB Facebook app. There, we give fans the chance to win four tickets to any CEB destination they want,” she added.
Because of this, CEB holds a seat sale as low as P1 from September 23 to 25, 2011 or until seats last.
For travel from November 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012, passengers can buy P1 seats from Manila to Laoag; from Cebu to Bacolod, Clark, Dumaguete, Iloilo; from Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi; and, from Cagayan de Oro to Iloilo or Davao.
It also highlights local destinations such as Bacolod, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cebu, Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran from Manila, and Davao from Cebu with seat sale fares as low as P388, for travel from November 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
P688 seats are also available for flights from Manila to Davao, General Santos, Dipolog, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro.
Meanwhile, popular international destinations are up for grabs, for travel from December 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012.
Passengers can buy P488 seats from Clark to Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, and P888 seats from Clark to Bangkok, and from Cebu to Hong Kong, Singapore, Incheon and Busan.
CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 15 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. By the end of 2011, CEB will be operating a fleet of 37 aircraft – with an average age of less than 3.5 years – one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 23 Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders, and 2 Airbus A320 aircraft on operating lease agreements.
2. Air talks with Taiwan planned for November
AIR TALKS with Taiwan have been proposed by the Philippines under the Aquino administration’s “pocket open skies” policy, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) yesterday said.
The government, said CAB Executive Director Carmelo L. Arcilla, sees Taiwan as a “big tourism market.”
“Our next air talks will be with Taiwan ... we have scheduled [the talks] for November, but this is still not yet final,” Mr. Arcilla told BusinessWorld.
“Taiwan is one of our big tourism markets ... we still see a lot of expansion for this market,” he added.
Tourism department data show that of the 1.91 million visitor arrivals during the first half of the year, a little over 4% or 84,979 were from Taiwan. This was enough to put the country in the top five list.
“We are looking at marketing the Kalibo route, as we have found out that there are many Taiwanese visiting that area,” Mr. Arcilla said.
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines and budget carrier Cebu Pacific currently stage daily flights from Manila to Taipei.
“We are using most of our entitlements from Manila. The maximum [for PAL] is 4,800 seats per week,” Cielo A. Villaluna, PAL spokesperson, said in a text message yesterday.
Candice A. Iyog, Cebu Pacific vice-president for marketing and distribution, said in a separate text message: “We fly to Taipei daily ... from Manila. We use our A320, which is a 180-seater aircraft.”
Both officials held off from saying whether their airlines would be interested in applying for additional seats to Taiwan.
The Philippines has successfully concluded air talks with Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Malaysia under the pocket open skies policy, which allows the grant of additional rights to facilities not including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Negotiations with Indonesia have not been fruitful and a second round of talks is expected to be held.
The Philippines was also readying for air talks with Hong Kong and Japan.
“We are just waiting for responses,” he said.
Executive Order 29, signed by President Benigno S. C. Aquino III on March 14, authorized the CAB and negotiators to “pursue more aggressively the international civil aviation liberalization policy” with respect to airports outside Metro Manila.
3. Nationality Up in the Air After Mid-Flight Birth
If a baby is born is born 30,000 feet in the air, what's the nationality?
It may sound like a ridiculous riddle, but this is exactly what officials are trying to figure out after Aida Alamillo, 41, gave birth on a Philippine Airline flight bound for San Francisco.
Get latest destination features, Adventure, and luxury travel tips & deals Sample
Alamillo was just eight days shy of her due date when she boarded the flight.
"I didn't expect I would have a baby there...it just happened," Alamillo told NBC Bay Area.
Alamillo was cleared to fly by her doctor in the Philippines, but started to feel nauseous and alerted crew she was going into labor. Luckily, three nurses were traveling aboard the plane and were able to deliver the baby in a secluded area of business class.
Four hours from San Francisco, passengers cheered as the crew announced that a healthy baby boy had been born.
Upon landing, the mother was taken to a local San Francisco hospital to rest. She named the baby Kevin Raymar Francis Domingo. The middle name "Francis" was added in honor of the California city.
Alamillo was ultimately heading to Massachusetts, where her ailing father and sister live. Her sister, Leoni Bauermeister, told MyFoxBoston.com that Alamillo had just received visas for herself and her children to immigrate to the U.S. and was hoping to have the child in the U.S. so the child would be a citizen.
This, perhaps, isn't something she should have reported to the press.
Back to the citizenship question - according to Jennifer Vaughn, of the Center for Immigration Studies, if the baby was born over international waters it usually takes the same citizenship as the parents. However, if the baby was born over U.S. air space it will be considered a U.S. citizen, she told Fox News.
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Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
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