Cebu Pacific refunds 50% of requests
DUBAI, September 17, 2020
Cebu Pacific has said that it has refunded over PHP2.4 billion ($49.53 million) booking cancellations related to Covid-19, equivalent to 50% of refund requests received.
In a statement, the airline said the tourism and aviation industries have been among the worst hit by COVID-19 and currently, Cebu Pacific is only able to operate 10% of its pre-Covid network.
"Since the start of this pandemic, we have received an unprecedented number of refund requests due to the flight cancellations brought about by the lockdown. Our refund process then was originally not designed to handle this volume of requests, and this resulted to a backlog. We have since then revamped our procedures in order to address this," the airline said.
"To date, we have refunded over PHP2.4 billion booking cancellations related to Covid-19, equivalent to 50% of refund requests received. We remain committed to our customers to complete pending refunds, and will update them once these have been processed. We are currently halfway through refund requests filed last April.
"We understand how challenging this whole situation is, and we sincerely apologise for the delay. At present, refunds may take up to six months to process from the time the request was filed. We thank our guests for their patience and understanding as we continue to enhance our processes for this to be resolved soonest," he said. - TradeArabia News Service
