CEBU Pacific, the airline unit of JG Summit conglomerate, said on Wednesday that it now ranks 65th among world airlines in terms of having the most number of weekly flights.

Citing June data published by the Official Airline Guide (AOG), Cebu Pacific said affordable fares and a fleet of new planes made it possible for the company to mount more flights.

“The improvement in ranking was a result of the airline’s sustained focus on offering the newest planes and the lowest possible fares to its passengers,” Candice Iyog, vice president for marketing and distribution, said.

AOG is a global flight information and data solutions company bringing together buyers and sellers of air travel and transport for the passenger aviation, air cargo logistics and business travel markets.

Cebu Pacific, also Asia’s third largest low-cost carrier, serves 32 domestic destinations and flies to 14 cities in Asia with a total number of frequencies of 1,665 weekly.

Iyog said the airline is poised to further expand its reach as it takes delivery of more new aircraft. It has ordered 15 new Airbus A320 for delivery from 2010 until 2013 and is thinking whether it should exercise its option to buy five more.

By 2013, it should have a total of 27 Airbus aircraft and 10 turbo-prop ATRs, the youngest aircraft fleet in the Philippines.

Cebu Pacific offers affordable fares, about 40-percent cheaper on average than the other airlines. “So with low fares, new planes, and the convenience we offer by flying from four hubs, which allowed direct flights within regions and did away with flying via Manila, we in effect are offering what the people want and need,” said Iyog.

The airline operates in four hubs—Manila, Cebu, Davao and Clark—to fly a total of 1,401-times weekly within the Philippines and a total of 264–times weekly in Asia.

“We will continue to seek ways to expand and make more people fly. We have a great business model that has shown domestic growth despite the present global downturn. We are confident that our march to further growth will continue,” she said.

Cebu Pacific carried 6.7 million passengers last year and expects to this number to increase to 9 million this year. From 2010, the numbers should further increase as more aircraft are deployed to serve its growing list of destinations. The company reported that passenger traffic went up by 12 percent for its North Asia routes over the past 12 months ending May.

Its RP-North Asia passenger carriage rose by 100,364. This increased to 944,063 for the period of June 2008 to May 2009 from 843,699 for the period of June 2007 to May 2008.

The airline now flies to 15 cities in Asia and 32 domestic destinations using 21 Airbus and eight ATR aircraft, with an average fleet age of less than1.9 years.