Airbus Foundation and Aviation Sans Frontières send clothing and medical supplies to Philippines on CEB’s newest Airbus A330 aircraft
PASAY CITY, Philippines, 2015-3-12 — /Travel PR News/ — The Philippines’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB), in cooperation with the Airbus Corporate Foundation and Aviation Sans Frontières, transported 2.4 tonnes of donations including clothing and medical supplies, on-board its newest Airbus A330 aircraft. The aircraft took off from Toulouse, France on Tuesday 10th March and landed in Manila on Wednesday 11th March.
The donations loaded in CEB’s new Airbus A330 include new clothes and shoes for children and babies, teddy bears, pens, and schoolbooks, as well as blankets and small medical supplies. These will be forwarded to communities affected by severe flooding and typhoons in the Philippines. The donations were collected by Aviation sans Frontières and destined for World Vision, an international non-governmental organization and its Development Foundation.
Aviation sans Frontières has been a regular partner of the Airbus Foundation since 2008 for flights from Toulouse. This non-governmental organisation supports Airbus humanitarian ferry flights from France to countries in need or which have been affected by natural disasters.
“We are honoured to be working with the Airbus Foundation and Aviation sans Frontières on our second humanitarian delivery flight. Our acceptance of Cebu Air’s sixth Airbus A330 is made more meaningful as we transport much needed relief goods to the Philippines,” said Alex Reyes, General Manager, Cebu Air Long Haul Division.
With this delivery, CEB now operates a fleet of 55 aircraft comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 31 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. Between 2015 and 2021, CEB will take delivery of 7 more brand-new Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
“Delivery flights of new aircraft are a perfect way to help deserving causes in our customers’ countries. We would like to thank Cebu Air and Aviation Sans Frontières, our partner organisations involved in this project for their logistics support. Without their tireless efforts, this new mission would not have been possible,” said Fabrice Brégier, Chief Executive Officer of Airbus.
In recent years, the Airbus Foundation has built up a global network of airlines and relief organisations to support international humanitarian causes. Delivery flights of new to be delivered aircraft have been used on numerous occasions to transport goods to destinations in need around the globe.
The Airbus Foundation was created to facilitate charitable activities worldwide within an international network of employees and partners. The organisation focuses on supporting humanitarian missions worldwide and youth development in its local communities. Since its launch in December 2008, the Airbus Corporate Foundation has facilitated 40 relief or goodwill flights to numerous destinations around the globe.
For more information on the Airbus Corporate Foundation and its activities, please visit:www.airbuscorporatefoundation.com
For more information on Aviation sans Frontières, please visit:
http://www.asf-fr.org/en/knowasf
About Cebu Air Inc. (PSE: CEB)
Cebu Air Inc. is the largest carrier in the Philippine air transportation industry, offering its low-cost services to more destinations and routes with higher flight frequency within the Philippines than any other airline. For bookings and inquiries visit: www.cebupacificair.com.
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Contacts for the media:
Cebu Pacific Air
Michelle P. Fojas
Phone: +(632) 8027000 loc. 6172
Email: mp.pestano@cebupacificair.com
Airbus Group
Daniel Werdung
Phone: +49 89 607 34275
Email: daniel.werdung@airbus.com
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Ground crew loading relief goods on a Cebu Air A330-300 at Toulouse Airport for delivery flight to Manila.