Doha City Skyline (Shutterstock Image)

Cebu Pacific To Fly To Doha

Doha City Skyline (Shutterstock Image)
Doha City Skyline (Shutterstock Image)

Cebu Pacific will launch twice weekly direct flights between Manila and Doha, Qatar from 4 June 2015. It will be the only Philippine carrier that flies between the two cities. There are over 260,000 Filipinos in Qatar based on Philippine Overseas Employment Administration 2009 stock estimates. Qatar has the third-largest Filipino community in the Middle East with CEB already operating flights to United Arab Emirates via Dubai and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via Riyadh.

The low cost carrier is offering introductory fares from Manila to Doha from PHP888 from 22 March for travel between 4 June and 31 December 2015. Fares after the sale will start from PHP9,488 which the airline says is around 60% less than other airlines.

Cebu Pacific will operate its Airbus A330-300 aircraft which can carry 436 passengers in economy class. Flights depart Manila on Monday and Thursday at 9.35 pm and arrives in Doha at 2.45am the next day. The return flight departs Doha on Tuesday and Friday at 4.15am arriving in Manila at 6.35pm.

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