With the totally reduced air travel demand accompanied by flight restrictions, airlines had to indefinitely park the majority of their aircraft and keep a few ones on the active status. Cebu Pacific in this case had decided to use all their more efficient eco-friendly Airbus NEO aircraft and park the older and less efficient ones.
All Airbus NEO aircraft in the Cebu Pacific fleet is active
Cebu Pacific has a total of 62 aircraft in the current fleet. As such, almost half of them are parked and the remaining area is on the active list. Unlike other airlines that have decided to also park some of the newer aircraft, Cebu Pacific decided to put all the new ones on the active list. Out of the 39 aircraft on the active list, 14 of them are Airbus NEO jets comprising of 9 A321-271neo and 5 A320-271neo. As of today, Cebu Pacific’s NEO count is 14, 9 A321neo and 5 A320neo, meaning, all these NEO jets are flying, none of them are parked.
Other aircraft in the Cebu Pacific active list are 5 A330-300s and 9 A320-200s. The airline also has 7 Airbus A321-200s which are still on “parked” status. However, 5 of these A321ceos have returned to the Philippines from long-term storage in Alice Springs. After checking their recent flight logs on FR24, it said “No flights found.” Will they be returned to their lessors?
A321neo now flying international and domestic routes
If you will fly Cebu Pacific these days (with airline code 5J), there is more than a 60% chance that you will be flying on one of their NEOs. Out of the total 23 A320 families in the Cebu Pacific fleet right now, 14 of them are NEOs. Each A321neo has an all-economy seating capacity of 236 passengers while their A320neo can fit 188.
Efficiency-wise, an Airbus A321-200 has a fuel burn of approximately 3,000 kg/hour while the A321neo is at 2,000 kg/hour. The difference is indeed huge.
Cebu Pacific is also getting set to receive their very first A330-900neo within the year, should things go in favor of them.
