Cebu Pacific Air, Inc. (PSE: CEB), the Philippines’ biggest airline company, has shared its traffic performance numbers for June 2026 and the first half of the year. According to their official filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange on July 15, 2026, the airline carried more passengers compared to the same period last year.

What Are the Numbers for the First Half of 2026?

Think of an airline like a big bus that flies in the sky. Just like counting how many people rode the bus, Cebu Pacific counts how many people flew on their planes. Here’s what happened from January to June 2026:

• Total Passengers: Nearly 14.5 million people flew with Cebu Pacific, which is 4.3% more than the 13.9 million people who flew during the same time in 2025.
• Domestic Passengers: These are people flying within the Philippines. They had 10.9 million domestic passengers, up 4.9% from last year.
• International Passengers: These are people flying to other countries. They had 3.6 million international passengers, up 2.4% from last year.

The airline also added more seats available for people to book – about 17.9 million seats total, which is 9.7% more than last year. However, their seat load factor (SLF) – which is basically how full their planes were – stood at 81.2%. This means that out of every 100 seats available, about 81 were filled with passengers.

How Did June 2026 Perform?

Looking at just the month of June 2026:

• Cebu Pacific carried 2.3 million passengers, a 2.5% increase compared to June 2025
• Seat capacity grew by 7.2% year-on-year
• Overall seat load factor was 83.6%, compared with 87.5% in June 2025

Domestic travel did really well in June – passengers increased by 6.2% despite having 17.7% more seats available. This brought the domestic seat load factor to 83.1%.

International travel was a different story. International passengers decreased by 8.6% compared to June 2025, with the airline also reducing international seats by 18.5%. However, because they reduced seats more than the passenger drop, their international planes were actually fuller – with a seat load factor of 85.4%, which is 9.3 percentage points higher than June 2025.

What Does the Company Say?

According to Xander Lao, President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cebu Pacific, June showed a return to passenger growth thanks to strong domestic travel, even though it was the traditional slow travel season. He explained that while international passenger numbers were lower than last year, this was mainly because the airline had previously reduced capacity on international routes.

Lao also mentioned that fuel prices have dropped significantly and people’s confidence in traveling is improving. He expects the airline’s performance to get better in the second half of 2026.

About Cebu Pacific

Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific, is the leading airline in the Philippines. The company started flying in March 1996 and was a pioneer of the “low fare, great value” strategy in the country. Since it began operations, it has flown over 280 million passengers.

The airline currently flies to 36 destinations within the Philippines and 24 international destinations. It operates a fleet of 102 aircraft, which is considered one of the youngest fleets in the world.

Cebu Pacific is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CEB. According to the filing, the company has 612,744,153 common shares outstanding and 308,880,301 convertible preferred shares.

This article is based on the company’s official press release and disclosures filed with the Philippine Stock Exchange’s Electronic Disclosure Generation Technology (PSE EDGE) system. For the complete and official version of the announcement, readers may visit the PSE EDGE website and search for the company’s filing directly.