CEBU PACIFIC (CEB) announced that it will rehire its retrenched cabin crew following the government’s decision to ease travel restrictions across the country as mass vaccination continues.
The airline industry was among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic last year and CEB was forced to retrench about 1,300 employees.
Carmina Romero, the CEB spokesperson, said the airline
will prioritize those who were laid off last year. “Cabin crew first for this
and hiring has begun,” she told the Philippine News Agency.
Felix Lopez, CEB vice president, acknowledged
the country's Covid-19 response, which he said has paved the way for greater
recovery in the travel and aviation sectors. “This, in turn has brought about
an uptick in travel demand and opened opportunities for us to hire additional
cabin crew to support CEB’s growth and recovery,” he said.
He said CEB’s flight crew are all fully
vaccinated.
CEB also said that it will fly Bacolod from
Manila with fully vaccinated passengers every Tuesday and Thursday. The move is
in support of the local government of Negros Occidental's vaccination drive.
From twice weekly, CEB will increase Bacolod
flight frequencies to nine times weekly beginning November 15. Flights that are
exclusively for fully vaccinated individuals are every Tuesday and Thursday,
from November 16 to January 15 next year. (Maria Cristina Arayata)
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