CEB Passengers Grew 26.3% to 2.2M in Feb 2025, Reaching 86.8% Seat Load Factor

Cebu Pacific (CEB) carried 2.2 million passengers in February 2025, a 26.3% increase compared to the same period last year. Seat load factor (SLF) improved to 86.8% from 85.3% last year while seat capacity grew by 24.1%

Domestic passengers grew 28.9% versus February 2024 on 27.3% higher seats, with a SLF of 88.1%. International passenger traffic, meanwhile, grew 19.6% year over year on 16.1% higher seats, which allowed a 2.4 percentage point increase in SLF to 83.3%

For year-to-date 2025, CEB passengers grew to 4.7 million, marking a 30.0% increase from 3.6 million in 2024. Domestic passengers grew 31.9% to 3.5 million, while international passengers grew 25.0% to 1.2 million. SLF averaged 86.7%, while overall capacity in seats grew 27.8% to 5.5 million.  

“February traffic remained strong, surpassing capacity expansion and improving seat load factor across both our domestic and international networks. Considering that February is typically not a peak travel month for most Filipinos, these results reinforce our confidence that the market has already absorbed the additional capacity we’ve introduced since 3rd quarter of last year.”, said Candice Iyog, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer of CEB.

Cebu Pacific (CEB) is the Philippines leading airline. It entered the aviation industry in March 1996 and as a low cost-carrier, it pioneered the “low fare, great value” strategy. Since its inception, it has flown over 250 million passengers. 

CEB offers the widest network coverage in the Philippines with 37 domestic and 26 international destinations. It operates one of the youngest fleets in the world, with a fleet of 98 aircraft.