Cebu Pacific starts Riyadh-Manila direct flight

Here's good news for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Saudi capital who have always longed to fly home in a Philippine airline.
Cebu Pacific, a Gokongwei-led budget airline, mounted its maiden flight to the Saudi capital starting on Wednesday. “Cebu Pacific will keep flying to where the Filipinos are,”
said Alex Reyes, Cebu Pacific's general manager for its long-haul division.

He added that as “Cebu Pacific expands its operations in the Middle East, we are proud to offer even more Filipinos in the Kingdom the fastest, mot affordable way to come home.” In a statement, the airline said that its thrice a week, non-stop flight departs Manila at 5:05 a.m. and arrives
in Riyadh at 11:35 p.m. (Riyadh time) every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Flights from Riyadh depart at 12:45 a.m. (Riyadh time) and arrive in Manila at 3:40 p.m. every Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
The airline's Manila-Riyadh service uses a brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Cebu Pacific is in addition to Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Saudi Airlines (Saudia) with Riyadh-Manila direct flights.