The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) won Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) of the Year, and its President and CEO Lance Gokongwei was named LCC CEO of the Year during the Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012 last February 9, 2012.

The Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012 was one of the highlights of the 2012 Low-Cost Airlines World Asia Pacific Conference held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore last week.

Representing the Philippines, CEB bested other airlines such as Air Asia, Jetstar, IndiGo, Spring Airlines and SpiceJet for LCC and LCC CEO of the Year, two Budgie$ Awards categories that were introduced just this year. CEB won Friendliest LCC of the Year award in 2011.

“We at Cebu Pacific are very happy and humbled by these awards, especially since they were voted by our peers in the Asia Pacific aviation industry.

It is a very exciting time for the airline since we recently announced we will offer long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

Rest assured we will continue providing the lowest fares, extensive route network and more innovative travel products to our passengers,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB President and CEO Lance Gokongwei announced last month that the airline will lease A330-300 aircraft to expand its range to possible destinations such as Australia, Middle East, and parts of Europe and the US.

“We want our passengers to join in the celebration and the excitement. Many requested for a PHP 1 seat sale when we first posted the awards on CEB’s official Facebook fan page and Twitter account. As the pioneer of the PHP 1 seat sale in the country, we are proud to offer it once again to our passengers,” Iyog added.

CEB places its 33 domestic destinations on PHP 1.43 Valentines seat sale from February 13 to 15, 2012, for travel from June 1 to September 30, 2012. The seat sale fare is exclusive of government tax and fuel surcharge.

The airline’s domestic destinations are: Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Busuanga (Coron), Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Catarman, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tawi-Tawi, Tuguegarao, Virac and Zamboanga.

This promotion is only available via www.cebupacificair.com or through travel agents using the Amadeus global distribution system. Travelers can also select seats in advance and avail of CEB’s free web check-in service for their travel convenience.

CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 20 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 38 aircraft – with an average age of 3.6 years – is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world.

Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 22 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders, and 2 Airbus A320 aircraft on operating lease agreements.