Cebu Pacific flies 2.1 million passengers in October

Cebu Pacific carried 2.1 million passengers in October 2025, a 1 percent decline from the same month last year.

The airline’s overall seat load factor fell to 79.3 percent from 80.5 percent a year earlier, while seat capacity rose by 0.6 percent.

Domestic passengers dropped 4.5 percent year-on-year on 6.1 percent fewer seats, resulting in a domestic seat load factor of 82.5 percent.

International passenger traffic grew 10.7 percent year-on-year as seat capacity expanded 22.2 percent, bringing the international seat load factor down by 7.4 percentage points to 71.4 percent.

For the first 10 months of 2025, Cebu Pacific flew more than 22 million passengers, a 12.3 percent increase from 19.6 million in the same period in 2024.

Domestic traffic rose 10.8 percent to 16.4 million, while international passengers increased 17 percent to 5.6 million.

Overall seat load factor for the period averaged 84.3 percent, while total seat capacity grew 12.5 percent to 26.1 million.

“October reflected our active capacity management, as we navigated ongoing supply chain challenges, particularly those related to Pratt & Whitney engines, as well as weather-related disruptions,” Cebu Pacific Chief Financial Officer Mark Cezar said.

“Capacity growth was intentionally moderated to ensure operational resilience ahead of the peak travel season,” he said.

“November is seeing similar headwinds and moderation, but we will be returning to double-digit capacity growth in December and January.”

	October      2025	October 2024	Var %	YTD October 2025	YTD October 2024	Var %
Passengers (000)	2,081	2,102	-1.0%	22,032	19,612	12.3%
Domestic	1,547	1,619	-4.5%	16,431	14,823	10.8%
International	534	483	10.7%	5,601	4,789	17.0%
Seat Load Factor1	79.3%	80.5%	-1.2 pts	84.3%	84.4%	-0.1 pt
Domestic	82.5%	81.1%	+1.4 pts	87.1%	86.5%	+0.6 pt
International	71.4%	78.8%	-7.4 pts	76.9%	78.5%	-1.6 pts
Seats (000)	2,625	2,610	0.6%	26,143	23,235	12.5%
Domestic	1,876	1,997	-6.1%	18,858	17,131	10.1%
International	749	613	22.2%	7,285	6,104	19.3%
RPK2 (Million)	2,234	2,101	6.3%	23,507	20,345	15.5%
Domestic	879	899	-2.2%	9,103	8,286	9.9%
International	1,355	1,202	12.7%	14,404	12,059	19.4%
ASK3 (Million)	2,932	2,632	11.4%	29,062	24,772	17.3%
Domestic	1,050	1,093	-3.9%	10,334	9,488	8.9%
International	1,882	1,539	22.3%	18,728	15,284	22.5%

 

¹ Seat Load Factor: Passengers divided by number of seats available and expressed as a percentage.

² Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK): Number of passengers carried multiplied by number of kilometers flown.

³ Available Seat Kilometers (ASK): Number of seats available multiplied by number of kilometers flown.