Domestic air passenger traffic grows in Q1

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MANILA — The country’s domestic air passenger traffic increased by three percent in the first quarter of 2015, data from the Civil Aeronautics Board showed.

The volume of domestic passengers reached 5.23 million in the January to March period this year.

The data shows an increase from the 5.06 million in the same period in 2014.

Cebu Pacific also topped the list of preferred airlines by travelers. It was the market leader for the quarter and was able to flew 2.66 million passengers.

It was followed by  PAL Express, which accounted for 1.17 million passengers, and Air Asia Zest with 500,139 passengers.

Tiger Airways followed with 456,122 passengers during the three-month period, and flag carrier Philippine Airlines with 327,716 passengers.

Air Asia carried 88,301 passengers, while Island Transvoyager had 22,293 passengers and Magnum Air flew 4,830 passengers.

Both the Island Aviation Corp. and Southeast Asian Airlines International, meanwhile, did not fly passengers in the first quarter of this year.