Cebu Pacific to lay off 800 workers, 25% of workforce by Aug-2020

Cebu Pacific (CEB) director for communications Charo Logarta Lagamon reported the carrier plans to lay off over 800 employees across the group by Aug-2020, 25% of the carrier's workforce (Business Inquirer, 08-Jul-2020). The carrier stated: "This is a difficult but necessary decision for CEB in order to fulfil its long term commitment to provide affordable and accessible air transport services to the public". It added: "Rest assured that this process was undertaken with utmost transparency, sensitivity and responsibility to all CEB stakeholders".