Cebu Pacific: more flights to six Asian destinations

Low cost airline Cebu Pacific announced that it would increase flight frequencies to six Asian destianations. The current twice weekly flights from Manila to Kota Kinabalu will get an additional Wednesday frequency starting October 20, 2010.

Starting October 31, 2010, CEB will operate daily flights from Manila to Taipei. Its Cebu – Singapore flights will also become a daily service on the same day. Meanwhile, starting December 15, 2010, three more flights will be added to CEB’s Manila – Kuala Lumpur service, making it a ten times weekly frequency. The airline is also increasing flights from Manila to Jakarta (four times weekly starting December 19, 2010) and Manila to Seoul (twice daily starting January 24, 2011).

CEB is also set to launch direct Manila – Brunei flights on August 21, 2010, and Manila – Beijing flights on September 5, 2010.

Emirates to launch new flights to Houston and L.A.

Emirates announced the launch of second daily flights from Dubai to Los Angeles and Houston. Starting October 31 for Los Angeles and November 1 for Houston, Emirates will fly non-stop to both cities twice a day on Boeing 777 aircraft.

Emirates currently flies nonstop to four U.S. cities: New York, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline will reinstate its flagship A380 aircraft on one of its double-daily JFK services from October 31.